Hello April
The person who gave the registrar or minister the details to write on the
marriage certificate (in your case probably Reginald) would have given the
details he "knew". If in the family the father was always known only as
Edward, then that is what would have been written. I also don't think there
was any liablility on the minister to write "deceased" - he may not have asked
Reginald if his father was living.
You also have to remember that the headstone may have been raised many years
after the deaths at a time when the parents' true names were known/not known,
and so you have the differences i.e. "Edward and Eliza" on the MIs for children
Benjamin and Richard, and "William Edward" and "Elizabeth" on the
headstone for
the parents. I suggest you obtain a birth certificate from circa 1852 for
(William) Edward KERTON and that will tell you for certain under which name he
was registered. Also, a lookup in other censuses for Edward would be useful as
a cross-check for his given name/s.
Pam
in New Zealand
I have found my gg grandfathers name (Edward KERTON) on my g grandfathers marriage
certificate. The wedding took place in 1916 and listed my gg grandfather as being a steel
worker and I know he came from Blaenavon.
I have census information from 1891 which lists an Edward KERTON in Blaenavon as a
steelworker so I am assuming this could be him. However I also have information from a
cemetery in that area that details a William Edward KERTON born in the same year as Edward
KERTON and living in Blaenavon.
William Edward KERTON died in 1898.
What I really need to know is would the marriage certificate have to show his full name
and would he have been listed as deceased if he had already died rather than listing his
occupation? If either of these are the case then it isn't the same person.
Any advice gratefully received.
April
In thawing but cold Norfolk