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Charles Provart Keeble and Ann Prior

High Street, Haverhill cc-by-sa/2.0 - © Robin Webster - geograph.org.uk/p/5816659 This part has been called Market Hill, but the premises are numbered in the High Street sequence and there is no apparent name plate. Beyond Peacocks, the continuation is called Queen Street . Charles Provart Keeble (bap. 20 Oct 1844 at St Edmund , Bromeswell , Suffolk), son of John Lionel Keeble and Emma Cockle…

Joseph Daniel Soppit and Rachel Boad

Photo © Malc McDonald ( cc-by-sa/2.0 ) St Nicholas Church, Deptford Photo available for reuse under this Creative Commons licence . Joseph Daniel Soppit (b. 23 Sep 1877 in Deptford), son of John Soppit and Louisa Tompson , married Rachel Boad , daughter of Charles Boad and Elizabeth Short, in Milton-next-Gravesend , Kent, on 18 Aug 1907. In 1901, Joseph D Soppit (23) Beer and Wine Retailer, had…

Andrew Ephire King and Annie Jones

The former St. Luke's church cc-by-sa/2.0 - © Jonathan Thacker - geograph.org.uk/p/5436811 Andrew Ephire King (b. 10 Nov 1894), Chief Yeoman , United States Navy , son of Joseph Damos King and Josephine Martel , married Annie Jones (b. 30 Sep 1890), only daughter of Nicholas Jones and Ellen White , at St Luke's Church , Cork , Ireland on 18 Aug 1919 . Witnesses were Frederick Joseph Lee and Nelly…

Henry Prior and Eliza Ellen Seymour

Former St Peter's Church , Cephas Street, Mile End Old Town Photo: Julian Walker . Some Rights Reserved Henry Prior (b. 1835), son of Charles Prior and Mary Wilton , married Eliza Ellen Seymour (registered: Ellen Eliza Seymour 1838 D Quarter in MALDON Volume 12 Page 131), daughter of John Seymour and Susannah Howell, on 16 Aug 1869 at the church of St Peter , Mile End Old Town . In 1861, Eliza…

Richard Benbow and Grace Beer

Site of the former St James', Dukes Place cc-by-sa/2.0 - © Basher Eyre - geograph.org.uk/p/921191 A former church, demolished in 1874. Richard Benbow (b. ~1659) Bachelor, married Grace Beer (b. ~1663) Spinster, at St James, Duke's Place, City of London , on 15 Aug 1686 . Nicholas Poor is listed, presumably as a witness to the marriage. Described variously as " Aldgate’s own version of Gretna Green…

George Bawden and Mary Baker

Knowstone : Cottage & Church cc-by-sa/2.0 - © Lewis Clarke - geograph.org.uk/p/3980875 George Bawden (bap. 9 Dec 1821 in Knowstone, Devon), son of John Boaden (sic), Shoemaker and Ann Marshall, married Mary Baker , illegitimate daughter of Elizabeth Baker , at St Peter's church , Knowstone on 15 Aug 1845 . George and Mary appear to have had seven children: George Bawden b. 1845 D Quarter in SOUTH…

Dan Tompson and Mary Ann Green

Junction of Cable Street and Watney Street, Shadwell cc-by-sa/2.0 - © Robin Stott - geograph.org.uk/p/6067988 Dan Thompson (b. 12 Oct 1848 in Broughton, Northamptonshire ), son of Daniel Thompson and Mary Adcock , at 19, married Mary Ann Green (b. 3 Jul 1849 in Bethnal Green), 18, daughter of Edward Green and Eliza Goodman , at the Church of Saint John the Evangelist , Limehouse ( bombed in 1940…

William Henry Bridle and Emma Lucas

Interior of St Thomas a Becket's Church, Thorverton , Devon cc-by-sa/2.0 - © Derek Voller - geograph.org.uk/p/4038111 William Henry Bridle (b. 1844 in Rockbeare , Devon), son of Thomas Parsons Bridle and Elizabeth Wills , married Emma Lucas (bap. 2 Sep 1849 in Thorverton, Devon), daughter of William Lucas and Eliza Bamsey, at St Thomas a Becket's Church, Thorverton , on 14 Aug 1870 . They had five…

Solomon Thompson and Ann Turner

Old Bethnal Green Road cc-by-sa/2.0 - © Stephen McKay - geograph.org.uk/p/1332206 Solomon Thompson (bap. 4 Apr 1822 at St Andrew's Church, Cransley , Northamptonshire) (48) widower, builder, son of Solomon Thompson Jnr and Maria Willis , married Ann Burr (39), widow, on 14 Aug 1871 , at St Jude's Church ( Old Bethnal Green Road ), Bethnal Green. Both gave their address as 8 Hare Street, Bethnal…

John Green and Mary Pritzler

Photo © Peter Trimming ( cc-by-sa/2.0 ) Chelsea Old Church, Wednesday, 19 March, 2025 Photo available for reuse under this Creative Commons licence . John Green (bap. 8 Mar 1730 at Chelsea Old Church ) son of William and Sarah Green, married Mary Pritzler (b. 15 Oct 1738, bap. 5 Nov 1738 at St John's Church, Wapping ), daughter of Christian Pritzler, Sugar Baker, and Mary Woodard, at Chelsea Old…

Anthony Dent and Sarah Dalton

Photo © John Salmon ( cc-by-sa/2.0 ) St Mary & Holy Trinity, Bow Church, Wednesday, 1 May, 2013 Photo available for reuse under this Creative Commons licence . Anthony Dent (b. ~1776) married Sarah Dalton (b. 22 May 1778 in White Horse Street, Stepney), daughter of William Dalton and Sarah Travally , on 13 Aug 1799 , at St. Mary, Stratford, Bow ( Bow Church ). As with the marriages of Sarah's…