Source 8c: Marriage certificate

Certified copy of marriage certificate. [Joan Robson (nee Luale) Personal Archive]. 

Transcript

CERTIFIED COPY OF AN ENTRY OF MARRIAGE GIVEN AT THE GENERAL REGISTER OFFICE 

Application Number 6305774-1 

1922                                        Marriage solemnized at Register Office 

                                                   in the District of Croydon in the Counties of Croydon, Surrey and Kent 

 

No  

 

 

33 

 

When married 

 

 

Twentieth September 1922 

Name and Surname  

 

Henry William Jackson 

Age  

 

 

 

26 years 

Condition 

 

 

 

Batchelor 

Rank or Profession 

 

 

Showman  

Residence at time of marriage 

13 Anerley Grove Upper Norwood 

Father’s Name and Surname 

 

Watson Jackson 

Rank or Profession  of Father 

 

Chief (Tribe header) 

May Louisa Gilliss  26 years  Spinster  ————-  11 St. Hugh’s Road, Anerley  Richard Gilliss  House decorator 
Married in the Register Office…………………………………………………………………………by Certificate before 

 

This Marriage was solemnized by us: H.W. Jackson)  in the presence of us:  F.E. Lovelock        Thomas Driver, Register 

 

                                                             M.L. Gilliss)                                      Edward Odlum          A. Thorn, Deputy Supt .Registrar                                   

 

Certified to be a true copy of an entry in the certified copy of a register of Marriages in the Registration District of Croydon 

Given at the GENERAL REGISTER OFFICE, under the Seal of the said Office the 25th day of February 2015. 

………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 

 

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