A Poor Copy But It Gets the Job Done: Marriage Certificate of Andrew Doyle and Elizabeth Laws

Below is the 1863 U.K. GRO (General Register Office) marriage certificate for my great-great-grandparents, Andrew Doyle and Elizabeth Laws.  This looks like a scan of a poor photocopy.  The background is dotted with spots.  The type is light and hard to read.  But it's legible.  And it's a certified copy.  As a certified copy it gets the job done for family history research.  (And I have no complaints about the GRO.  They've done very well by me.)

Here is a transcription of the record.  Even though the date looks like 1862 I will trust that it's 1863 because that's what the GRO tells me.

1863. Marriage solemnized at Woodhorn Church in the Parish of Woodhorn in the County of Northumberland
No.  177
When Married.  Novr 14
Name and Surname.   Andrew Doyle, Elizabeth Laws
Age.   full age   full age
Condition.   Widower   Spinster
Rank or Profession.  Miner    ----
Resident at the time of Marriage.  North Seaton   North Seaton
Father's Name and Surname.  William Doyle   Robert Laws
Rank or Profession of Father.   Miner   Miner
Married in the Parish Church according to the Rites and Ceremonies of the Established Church by me, after Banns,  [Illegible first name] T. H. Ashhurst, Curate
This Marriage was solemnized between us  Andrew Doyle    Elizabeth Laws
in the Presence of us,  John Mitcheson   Martha Doyle

This certificate is in the collection Year 1863, Quarter D, Volume 10B, Page 463.

FreeReg.uk.org tells me Andrew and Elizabeth were married in St. Mary the Virgin Church in North Seaton.  I've yet to find an image of the church marriage record.

This is the full page of the record as it appeared when it arrived in my mailbox. 

And just for fun, this is a photo of the watermark on the certificate.  I love those crowns.

-–Nancy.

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