marriege look up please

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Member Since: January 2004 Posts: 24 Send Message	Allan	Report	10 Nov 2007 12:31
Member Since: January 2004 Posts: 24 Send Message	family rumour has it that my grandfather married a woman before running awy with her to canada with her .he was already married to my gran at the time ,his name was david watson and her name was mabel johnstone they sailed for canada on the 8th of october 1910 ,so i imagine that if he did marry her it would have been close to the date they ran away .proberley in the penrith area many thanks alan
Member Since: November 2002 Posts: 3 219 Send Message	Sue in Somerset	Report	10 Nov 2007 12:52
	I've just searched the BMD site for any David Watson or Mabel Johnstone/Johnston marriages around 1909-1910. I can't find any marriage for them anywhere in the country, Looks like they didn't bother! Sue
Member Since: January 2003 Posts: 37 Send Message	Angela	Report	10 Nov 2007 15:12
Member Since: January 2003 Posts: 37 Send Message	If you have the sailing date you should be able to check with the shipping company not sure how you go about that but I'm sure someone will know.