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How do I find the name of an Anglican priest at a specific church during a specific year?

LegacyUser
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September 23, 2020 edited August 15, 2024 in Search
How do I find the name of an Anglican priest at a specific church during a specific year?

My great-great grandparents were married in 1904 by a priest in the Holy Trinity Church in Gainsborough, UK but the five different personal histories we have give him five different names (all variations of one another). Is there a way to find his actual name?

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Thanks!

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  • Anitra Whittle
    Anitra Whittle ✭✭✭
    September 23, 2020 Answer ✓

    Hello Christopher,

    Here are some sites that might help you.

    @England Genealogy Research​ and

    a Facebook researching the British Isles.

    https://www.facebook.com/groups/BritishIslesGenealogyResearchCommunity/

    Thank you.

    AnitraW

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  • LegacyUser
    LegacyUser ✭✭✭✭
    September 23, 2020

    Thank you!

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  • Family Bible
    Family Bible ✭✭✭
    September 23, 2020

    have you just tried using GOOGLE?

     

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  • LegacyUser
    LegacyUser ✭✭✭✭
    September 23, 2020

    Of course...?

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  • Dennis J Yancey
    Dennis J Yancey ✭✭✭✭✭
    September 23, 2020

    what are the variant names of the priest you allude to?

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  • LegacyUser
    LegacyUser ✭✭✭✭
    September 23, 2020

    "Rev. Doulby"

    "Reverend Canin Darby"

    "Canon Dalby"

    "Canin Dalby"

     

    (The searches I've conducted were only successful through the Kelly's Directory of Lincolnshire. In the entry for Gainborough in the 1896 edition, a Reverend "Francis Higgs Dalby" was listed with the Holy Trinity Church in Gainsborough. No other priest with a similar last name appears in the other editions to which I had access nor in any other source I have found.)

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  • Dennis J Yancey
    Dennis J Yancey ✭✭✭✭✭
    September 23, 2020

    see also:

    https://www.ancestry.co.uk/genealogy/records/francis-higgs-dalby-24-22b50c5?geo_a=r&geo_s=uk&geo_t=uk&geo_v=2.0.0&o_iid=41012&o_lid=41012&o_sch=Web+Property

     

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  • LegacyUser
    LegacyUser ✭✭✭✭
    October 4, 2020

    Thank you 😊

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