MACHEN Family and SMITH Family Letter 1873-1889 (General)

by Mike Pinchin , Bedford, England, Saturday, September 10, 2016, 10:49 (3006 days ago) @ jevans

I just wonder if this is the marriage referred to; the bride would likely have been classified as a lady,

FODFHT

Record_ID 64686
Entry_Number 118
Year 1875
Month Apr
Day 7
Grooms_Surname MAXWELL
Grooms_Forenames David Ardell
Grooms_Age full
Groom_Condition Bachelor
Grooms_Occupation Clerk in Holy orders
Grooms_Residence Perry Barr Warwickshire
Grooms_Fathers_Surname MAXWELL
Grooms_Fathers_Forenames George
Grooms_Fathers_Occupation Esquire
Brides_Surname WOOSNAM
Brides_Forenames Amy
Brides_Age 20
Brides_Condition Spinster
Brides_Occupation [not stated]
Brides_Residence Bicknor Court
Brides_Fathers_Surname WOOSNAM
Brides_Fathers_Forenames James Bowen
Brides_Fathers_Occupation Major General Royal Artillery
Licence_or_Banns Licence
Date_of_Banns
Signature_or_Mark Both sign
Witness_1 Kate Woosnam
Witness_2 James B. Woosnam
Other_Witnesses J. Richardson Dodds
Officiating_Minister Edward Machen
Event Marriage
Memoranda
Notes
Register_Reference P138 IN 1/12
Page_Number 59
Parish_Chapel English Bicknor

Also, this seems to be the MACHENs in 1881 – transcribed by GR as MASHEW but clearly MACHEN,

GR 1881 Census, English Bicknor, Eastbach, Eastbach House,

Edward MASHEW, Head, Mar, 63, Clerk without care of souls, b. Gloucester, Dean Forest
Sophia, Wife, Mar, 54, Gloucester, Rodmarton
Edith, Daur, Unmar, 27, Gloucester, Mitcheldean
Mary, Daur, Unmar, 25, Gloucester, Mitcheldean
Annie, Daur, Unmar, 18, Scholar, Gloucester, Staunton
Margaret, Daur, Unmar, 16, Scholar, Gloucester, Staunton
Florence, Daur, Unmar, 14, Scholar, Gloucester, Staunton
Henry Arthur Ilford, Grandson, under 3m, Gloucester, English Bicknor
Louisa CHAPMAN, Governess, Unmar, 29, Governess, Sussex, Playdon
Catharine EDY, Servant, Unmar, 50, Cook domestic, Hereford, Mordiford.
Rose OAKLEY, Servant, Unmar, 28, Housemaid domestic, Gloucester, Guiting
Harriet ASTON, Servant, Unmar, 17, K-maid domestic, Gloucester, West Dean
Thomas COOPER, Servant, Unmar, 27, Groom domestic, Monmouth