Genealogy Chat

If the father of the bride/groom is deceased is this fact always recorded on the marriage cert. Not sure if I have the right one as it doesn't say he is deceased but according to 1851 census he should be!
Jennifer

The simple answer is NO. It would depend on what information was given to the priest/registrar at the time of the marriage. My grandfather's father was not recorded as deceased on his marriage certificate. I later obtained grandfather's brother's marriage certificate; he had married 6 years before my grandfather and gr grandfather was down as deceased.
Maureen

Thanks for replies, it does give the father's name & occupation. It is just that all other certs I have had have said 'Deceased' if that was so.
I'm pretty sure it is the right M cert.but as both bride and groom are called Haigh, a very common name in Huddersfield finding a child with the name Haigh is nigh on impossible as there are dozens.

Thanks Jennifer

I suspect that I have a marriage certificate that gives the groom's father as deceased when he, in fact, was not.