Abel Armitage & Eliza Hartley's 1847 Marriage Records

Abel Armitage and Eliza Hartley were married at St. Peter's Church (also known at Bradford Cathedral) in Bradford, Yorkshire, England, on January 13, 1847.  I obtained both a civil record and a church record, shown below. 

Marriage Certificate from UK GRO, Year 1847, Quarter M, Volume 23, Page 140.

The transcription.

1847.  Marriage solemnized at St. Peter's Church in the Parish of Bradford in the County of York
No. 113
When Married.   13 January
Name and Surname.   Abel Armitage    Eliza Hartley
Age.   25    33
Condition.   Bachelor    Spinster
Rank or Profession.   Carter    Mill hand
Residence at the the Time of Marriage.   Horton    Horton
Father's Name and Surname.   John Armitage    Richard Hartley
Rank or Profession of Father.    Collier    Cloth-dresser
Married in the Parish Church according to the Rites and Ceremonies of the Established Church, by banns, by me
W F Stirling, Curate
This Marriage was solemnized between us    
Abel Armitage's  x  mark     Eliza Hartley's  x  mark
in the Presence of us,
Charles Hemsworth     Joseph Smith

Marriage Record from St. Peter's Church, Bradford, Yorkshire, U.K.  Available at Ancestry.com.

The transcription.

Page 57.
1847.  Marriage solemnized at St. Peters Church in the parish of Bradford in the County of York
No. 113
When Married.  13 Jan
Name and Surname.  Abel Armitage   Eliza Hartley
Age.  25   33
Condition.  Bachelor   Spinster
Rank or Profession.  Carter   Mill hand
Residence at the Time of Marriage.  Horton   Horton
Father's Name and Surname.  John Armitage   Richard Hartley
Rank or Profession of Father.  Collier   Cloth dresser.
Married in the parish Church according to the Rites and Ceremonies of the Established Church, By Banns by me, W. F. [illegible words], Curate
This Marriage was solemnized between us Abel Armitage's X mark   Eliza Hartley's X mark
in the Presence of us, Charles Hemsworth   Joseph Smith [signatures]

Record images together for comparison. 

The church and government records request the same information but you can see that the handwriting is different in these records.  The only other difference I see between them is that the church record has a page number and the civil record does not. 

On at least one occasion I purchased a UK GRO marriage record after having already found a church record.  When the civil record arrived I was disappointed to see that the images were identical, almost as if the GRO had copied the church record onto their form. 

I haven't been able to learn where or how the UK GRO obtains its information, whether directly from the couple or the minister, or in some other way.

Comment
It's great to get the names of the bride's and groom's fathers but not really helpful in determining which man is their father when there are several men with the same name in the same community or county.  Finding a church birth record is helpful but even then, the record only asks for the mother's given name. 

I also find it interesting that no one has added the parents of either Abel or Eliza to FamilySearch's family tree.  Often documents/sources are attached to the tree and I take those as hints to research further.  No help from FSFT yet for this couple!

-–Nancy.

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