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Carter

Carter Report 8 Sep 2013 22:49

thank you everyone for your help x

GlitterBaby

GlitterBaby Report 8 Sep 2013 22:39

Might simply have been a friend of either family

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KathleenBell

KathleenBell Report 8 Sep 2013 22:32

This is copied from a site explaining about Prison Chaplains today. It might help give a reason:-

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Prison Chaplaincy

Prision chaplaincy is committed to serving the needs of prisoners, staff and faith communities.

Chaplains from a wide range of faith traditions work with the Prison Service, including Buddhist, Church of England, Free Church, Hindu, Jewish, Muslim, Roman Catholic, and Sikh. Chaplains are appointed on the basis of their skills and competences and to meet the need of prisons and their particular population. The nature of the work to be done will also determine whether to appoint a permanent employee or engage a Chaplain on a fee paid basis.
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Perhaps the person officiating at the marriage you mention was not a permanant member of the prison staff and was just paid a fee when he was needed and also had a post at St. Aidan's Church.

Kath. x

Sylvia

Sylvia Report 8 Sep 2013 22:30

Hi Linda.
I do not know if it was the same then, as it is now but a prison chaplain will also be at the church. Where I live the village vicar is also the prison chaplain.

Carter

Carter Report 8 Sep 2013 22:16

could anyone explain why a prison chaplain would be marrying someone in a church .
i could understand it if the groom or bride was a prisoner and it was the prison chapel but that wasnt the case
thanks linda

Marriage: 3 Apr 1884 St Aidan, Billinge, Lancashire, England
Thomas Rigby - 21, Collier, Bachelor, Tong fold, Billinge
Merab Hurst - 20, Smoother in Glass Works, Spinster, Tong fold, Billinge
Groom's Father: John Rigby, Collier
Bride's Father: John Hurst, Collier
Witness: Henry Burrows; Charlotte Chadwick
Married by Banns by: O. F. Prest Chaplain of H.M. Prison, Kirkdale, Liverpool
Register: Marriages 1837 - 1891, Page 193, Entry 386
Source: Original register at Wigan Archives