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Member Since: May 2003 Posts: 28 Send Message	indybabe	Report	24 Sep 2007 21:36
Member Since: May 2003 Posts: 28 Send Message	My grandmother Emily Mary Ann Russell/ Nee Cripps married William Charles Russell, but no certificate appears anywhere as far as I know. She was born in 1885 and William was born in 1875. We have a marriage certificate that he married in 1895 to Eliza Fossett, no further info on her. The death certificate for 1901 re Eliza is not her? Any help?
Member Since: March 2003 Posts: 720 Send Message	SueS	Report	25 Sep 2007 17:55
Member Since: March 2003 Posts: 720 Send Message	when you can't find a marriage certificate and you know there was a previous marriage, it's quite possible there was no second marriage as first wife still alive. No easy divorce in those days.
Member Since: May 2003 Posts: 28 Send Message	indybabe	Report	25 Sep 2007 20:26
Member Since: May 2003 Posts: 28 Send Message	Hello Sue, Thank you for your input. We had thoughts along those lines and I suspect you are right. Because we remember her as a really good lady, perhaps we were ignoring the reality. My Thanks Judith