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Hi help please anyone I m new to this and confused by the marriage registers which only say one persons name and nothing else . how can I find out who they were marrying ? For example I know for sure that a sarah cumberland married thomas hanson in in nottingham in about the 1850s and stilll cant find it So how would i do it if i didnt have a womans maiden name ?

you could try a search on ancestry putting in all the mans details date ,place full name etc and sometimes you get the spouses details. if you have found an entry you can order a marriage cert and that would give you the womans details etc. how much info do you have and what is it?

I found this entry.

Marriages Jun 1850 (>99%)
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ALLCOCK George Nottingham 15 936
Davison Elizabeth Nottingham 15 936
Hanson Thomas Nottingham 15 936
HAZARD Sarah Nottingham 15 936
Herrap Mary Nottingham 15 936
Hicken Hiram Nottingham 15 936
Smith Robert Nottingham 15 936
Storer Hannah Nottingham 15 936

Is it possible you have the maiden name wrong?

Sue

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Thomas Hanson Pedigree
Male Family

Event(s):
Birth:
1835 Of, Beeston, Nottingham, England
Christening:
Death:
Burial:

Marriages:
Spouse: Sarah Kilbourne Family
Marriage:
1858 Attenborough, Nottingham, England

Messages:
Record submitted after 1991 by a member of the LDS Church. No additional information is available. Ancestral File may list the same family and the submitter.

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None found for a Sarah Cumberland between 1840 and 1860 in Nottingham. So it looks like the maiden name is incorrect.

perhaps Sarah was married before ?

Whether you use Ancestry or freebmd, the search system is basically the same.

Using freebmd (as everyone can access that) fill up the search form. In this instance, use Thomas Hanson and selecting marriages and date range Mar 1850 - Dec 1855. In the Counties box, select Nottingham

Results are


Marriages Mar 1850 (>99%)
Hanson Thomas Worksop 15 841 Scan available - click to view
Marriages Jun 1850 (>99%)
Hanson Thomas Nottingham 15 936 Scan available - click to view
Marriages Jun 1851 (>99%)
Hanson Thomas E Retford 15 801 Scan available - click to view
Marriages Dec 1851 (>99%)
Hanson Thomas E Retford 15 104

Taking the top one as an example, click on the 2nd number (841), which is the page number

The result shows all transciptions made with the same page (841) and volume (15) number

Marriages Mar 1850 (>99%)
Drewry Hannah Worksop 15 841 Scan available - click to view
Friend Eliza Worksop 15 841 Scan available - click to view
Hanson Thomas Worksop 15 841 Scan available - click to view
Johnson George Worksop 15 841 Scan available - click to view
Thickett Susannah Worksop 15 841 Scan available - click to view
Thickitt Susannah Worksop 15 841 Scan available - click to view
Tomlinson Elizabeth Worksop 15 841 Scan available - click to view
Wilson John Worksop 15 841 Scan available - click to view
Woodhead William Worksop 15 841

Susannah, in this instance, is transcribed twice as the volunteer transcriber wasn't sure of the correct spelling of her surname.

You would have to check the next availble census using the man's name to see the first name of his wife.

Of course the only sure way would be to order the certificate, unless you already have the wife's name from the BC of one of their children.

I also have had a look 1849-1860 for your Hanson/Cumberland and unfortunately can't find it. It could be that she was married before so not married under a maiden name of Cumberland