Thread: my interests

Cooke - Ellesmere, Wolverley various other parts of Shropshire



Heath- Westbury





Spicer - Westbury



White - Ellesmere, Loppington



Margaret Phillips - Ellesmere area married Joseph Cooke

From the FreeBMD website this is a possibility for your Phillips/Cooke marriage:



Marriage June Quarter 1839

Margaret Phillips & listed on the same page Joseph Cooke

District: Shrewsbury

Volume: 11b

Page: 283



Of course, without checking the full details you cannot assume that this is "your" couple.

Hi JJ i have the marriage cert but you made me relook at my Cookes and i,m not sure about one of them now as she was born before they were married!!



Cher

Hi Cher



Birth before marriage was not uncommon, in fact it happened many many times. So, don't rule out anyone just because there's a possible birth before the marriage ceremony............



I read an article about this topic, and it stated that in the 1800's men liked to see whether their future wife-to-be could give them children, before committing to marriage. I have several instances of this in my family tree.