Robert Turvey and Hannah Wheeler

my 2 x gt grandparents


Robert was baptized at Wick, Worcestershire in May 1816, son of Thomas and Elzabeth Turvey. Hannah was born c1815 in Worcester.

Hannah and Robert were married in Worcester on 14th March 1842. The marriage certificate from GRO southport shows the marriage to have been solomnised at St Helen's parish church, but there are no signatures, other than that of the rector, F H Wilding. Did the pair marry and make a hasty retreat? or did they not turn uo on the day?

Research at Worcester Record Office established that there were no marriages recorded at St Helen's between 6th March and 20th March 1842, but, the marriage register at the nearby St Alban's parish church has an identical entry on 14th March 1842 for the marriage of Robert and Hannah; they both marked the register and the marriage was witnessed by F. Fletcher and Mary Fletcher (both witnessed a lot of marriages).

I still need to re-check the GRO indexes to see if the St Alban marriage is listed as well as the St Helen 'marriage', but this does appear to be a major clerical error in that the register copy submitted to the Registrar General does not match the church register.

unsigned marriage certificate
The unsigned marriage certificate of Robert and Hannah.


They lived in Wick, Worcestershire where Robert was a market gardener. They had six daughters baptized at Wick, but both Robert and Hannah died in Bricklehampton, Worcs. Robert in February 1893 and Hannah in February 1895.

Known children of Robert and Hannah:

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