General--marriage certificate anomalies (General)

by unknown, Sunday, April 01, 2007, 01:53 (6448 days ago)

Hi all
Ive received a copy of my grt/grt/grandfathers marriage certificate 1865 at Lydbrook Parish church (also see at MEMBERS AREA: 1865 FISHER THOMAS MARRIAGE LYDBROOK) and it has got me confused. It shows the bride and grooms fathers as different surnames ie. Thomas Fisher/ Emily White whos fathers show as George Combes and Thomas Allaway. Was there a practice to use mothers maiden names ie. it would be George Combes-Fisher and Thomas Allaway-White or could they both have stood in because co-incidentally both fathers where deceased.?
Thanks in anticipation
John Fisher