MARY ANN JORDAN (General)

by Dennis Meek , Wednesday, June 22, 2005, 07:23 (7087 days ago) @ slowhands :-)

Thanks very much for the speed and quantity of your replies.
Actually you have raised a point I hadn't considered in my research. All my research on MARY ANN JORDAN had been based on the fact that the age 21 given on her marriage certificate was her true age. I see now that this was possibly false to avoid having to get Parental permission to marry and that her true age was 17.The certificate gives their addresses only as 'Bishopswood'. This could explain their wedding at All Saints Church rather than a possibly local one. Also, interestingly, the two witnesses were JOHN WHITEHOUSE & ELIZABETH MARY BENNETT. Could Mary's mother be ELIZA WHITEHOUSE. (needs checking).
In the 1881 census there was a CHARLES JORDAN living at 286,Chuch Street,East Dean,with a wife, ELIZA, son SAMUEL, and 3 daughters, MARY, ELIZA,& RACHEL. I have discounted MARY before as her age was given as 12yrs. but I shall now have to do some research based on Mary being born around 1868.