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Mark

Mark Report 13 Apr 2009 21:58

does anybody know did you need a marriage cert to get a passport in 1959

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~~~Secret Red ^^ Squirrel~~~ **007 1/2** Report 13 Apr 2009 22:00

even if you weren't married?

(sorry couldn't resist)

Mark

Mark Report 13 Apr 2009 22:07

its a joint passport that said they were married but i cant find any records of it

Gwyn in Kent

Gwyn in Kent Report 13 Apr 2009 22:09

We were recently told by the Passport Office that if a married woman was included on her husband's passport, - as was often the case,ie. joint passports, then a marriage certificate would have to have been shown.
We have a couple arriving with the same surname into England in 1957, but have yet to find a marriage for them, so wonder whether it took place in South Africa, where they sailed from.

Gwyn

Mark

Mark Report 13 Apr 2009 22:13

was it a joint passport MOinKENT

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~~~Secret Red ^^ Squirrel~~~ **007 1/2** Report 13 Apr 2009 22:15

You may need to ask was the name spelt correctly on the marriage index? where they married in another area/country? Were they married earlier than you thought?

Where are you checking for the marriage - if online, has that year been fully indexed?

Sorry cannot be more help. Good luck :-)

Mark

Mark Report 13 Apr 2009 22:20

ive been checking online and at the birmingham library both surnames, but no luck. anymore ideas on how to find a marriage cert if it happened from about 1940

Gwyn in Kent

Gwyn in Kent Report 13 Apr 2009 22:23

Were they travelling to or from Britain?
Are you able to give names so others can help search. You need to check the GRO quarter by quarter as the marriages after about early 1930s haven't been transcribed onto the freebmd site yet.

Gwyn

Mark

Mark Report 13 Apr 2009 22:30

they were leaving britain, havent given names to orthers to search yet but ill try it

Gwyn in Kent

Gwyn in Kent Report 13 Apr 2009 22:41

Mark
Post the names here and we can look for a marriage.

Gwyn

Mark

Mark Report 13 Apr 2009 22:43

walter else sedgwick(b1910) and constance nellie woodcock(b1916) married in the birmingham area i think, thanks

EvieBeavie

EvieBeavie Report 14 Apr 2009 01:18

The GRO index in Ancestry's complete database shows Sedgwick-Woodcock births in Birmingham in jan-mar quarter 1939 (i.e. possibly in late 1938) and apr-jun quarter 1942.

So was the marriage possibly a little earlier than you're thinking?

... not in 1937 or 1938, or first quarter 1939, that I can see, searching for Sedgwick.

EvieBeavie

EvieBeavie Report 14 Apr 2009 01:30

Where did they go?

Findmypast has:

SEDGWICK C M 1916 F 1946 London Australia Australia

for example, but no Walter traveling with.

Mark

Mark Report 15 Apr 2009 20:00

thanks EvieBevie, the two birth date you gave me were their children, not sure if they were married earlier i couldnt find any records. ill keep on trying, thanks again

Gwyn in Kent

Gwyn in Kent Report 15 Apr 2009 20:49

There is a registered one name study of one of those surnames.
Perhaps the researcher knows of a marriage.
Contact link here....

http://www.one-name.org/cgi-bin/search.cgi?find=4776

Gwyn