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Approximate facsimile of a certified copy of the marriage entry for Thomas Swindle and Ellen Moffat

CERTIFIED COPY OF AN ENTRY OF MARRIAGE

Given at the GENERAL REGISTER OFFICE,        
Application Number  R008949/D
                        Registration District
  1861         . Marriage solemnized at the Parish Church in the    Parish             of    Alston                                                           in the County of Cumberland
No. When married Name and surname Age Condition Rank or profession Residence at the time of marriage Father's name and surname Rank or profession of father
 

435

 

 December
1st
1861		 Thomas Swindle

Ellen Moffat

 of
full age

of
full age

 Bachelor

Spinster

 Miner

--

 Parish of Ninebanks

Alston

 --

Peter Moffat

 --

Miner

Married in the    Parish Church                               according to the Rites and Ceremonies of the Established Church , by                       or after    Banns   by me
T.H. Thompson, Curate

This marriage
was solemnized
between us

    Thomas Swindle

in the
presence
of us

     Joseph Smith  
   Ellen Moffat     her X mark     Jane Moffat  
CERTIFIED to be a true copy of an entry in the certified copy of a Register of Marriages in the Registration District of  Alston

Given at the GENERAL REGISTER OFFICE, under the Seal of the said Office, the                 22nd                       day of      April                          1998
MXA 289290        This certificate is issued in pursuance of section 65 of the Marriage Act 1949. Sub-section (3) of that section provides that any certified copy of an entry purporting
 to be sealed or stamped with the Seal of the General Register Office shall be received as evidence of the marriage to which it relates without any further or other proof of the entry,
 and no certified copy purporting to be given in the said Office shall be of any force or effect unless it is sealed or stamped as aforesaid.

 CAUTION: - It is an offence to falsify a certificate or to make or knowingly use a false certificate or a copy of a false
                    certificate intending it to be accepted as genuine to the prejudice of any person, or to possess a certificate
                    knowing it to be false without lawful authority.

WARNING:  THIS CERTIFICATE IS NOT EVIDENCE OF THE IDENTITY OF THE PERSON PRESENTING IT.

 

Courtesy of Julia Oldfield