Reuben PEARCE and Agnes KERR, married 1895 in Camlachie

[RonJohnNOLA]

Hi,

Found their marriage certificate at ScotlandsPeople. Very useful site!! However, I'm having trouble interpreting the penmanship...

The "Usual Residence" column shows both living at the Clyde Iron Works, even though she was a domestic servant. Company housing, maybe?

Also, the wife's parents' names are a bit confusing. What I see written is:

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Jos. Hodges,
    (deceased).
    John Kerr.
Gardener.
    and
Mary Kerr.
Jos Fulton

It's written with a fountain pen both "Jos" are in script, so I might not be interpreting it correctly.

Is Jos. Hodges her biological father?

Am I completely misinterpreting the marriage certificate?

Sincerely,
Ron

[WilmaM]

Firstly Welcome to talking Scot

The 2nd Jos. you see will actually be MS - meaning Maiden surname of the bride/groom's mother.

The usual format would be:
John Smith
farmer
Mary Smith
MS Brown
with [Deceased] if that were the case.

Would the Jos. Hodges part be from the groom's details? and be his mother's maiden name?

[joette]

Hi Ron & welcome to .
Yes you have misinterpreted the certificate it actually both sets of parents- Enoch Pearce(Labourer)/Jemima Bailie Pearce Maiden name Hodges and
John Kerr(Gardener) & Mary Kerr Maiden name Fulton.Good hunting I had a look as I have Kerrs as one of my main lines.

[RonJohnNOLA]

Yes you have misinterpreted the certificate it actually both sets of parents- Enoch Pearce(Labourer)/Jemima Bailie Pearce Maiden name Hodges and
John Kerr(Gardener) & Mary Kerr Maiden name Fulton.Good hunting I had a look as I have Kerrs as one of my main lines.

Wow. I was so wrong I'd have climbed Mt Everest (noting that I'm a dedicated couch potato!) before such an interpretation would ever have occurred to me.

Now I can vaguely see what I thought was "Jos" can be "MS".

So the two mothers were born Jemima Baillie Hodges and Mary Fulton?

Thanks, Wilma & joette. =D>

[WilmaM]

It helps to know what 'should' be there, we've spent years going skelly eyed trying to decifer ancient handwritting.

Have a look at Scotlands Peoples info pages:
http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/Conte ... ?r=554&403
for an idea of what you should be able to find.