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i have checked marriages between 1878 and 1880 for michael dwyer and his wife Concordia Mercy known as mercy, unsure of her maidean name, i have looked on free bmd family search and find my past to no avail

thanks
shirl

Is this him?

1881

Name Michael Dwyer
Event Type Census
Event Date 1881
Event Place Habergham Eaves, Lancashire, England
Registration District Burnley
Residence Note Every St
Gender Male
Age 25
Marital Status (Original) Married
Occupation Vocalist
Relationship to Head of Household Boarder
Birth Year (Estimated) 1856
Birthplace London, Middlesex, England
Page Number 50
Registration Number RG11
Piece/Folio 4151/28

Frederick Bird Head M 52 Shouldham, Norfolk, England
Elizabeth Bird Wife F 44 Letcham, Norfolk, England
John A Bird Son M 19 East Lexham, Norfolk, England
Florence M Bird Daughter F 15 East Lexham, Norfolk, England
Gertrude H Bird Daughter F 11 East Lexham, Norfolk, England
Michael Dwyer Boarder M 25 London, Middlesex, England
Mercy Dwyer Boarder F 24 London, Middlesex, England

yes beverley

i have them up to 1911 and mercys death and probate

yes i have that

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Births Dec 1855 (>99%)
Smith Concordia Mercy St James 1a 295

thank you jean :-) :-) :-)

Looks like the one above:

Name: Concordia M Smith
Age: 5
Estimated birth year: 1856
Relation: Daughter
Mother's name: Margaret Smith
Gender: Female
Where born: Marylebone, Middlesex, England
Civil Parish: St Giles
Ecclesiastical parish: London
County/Island: Middlesex
Country: England

Registration district: St Giles
Sub-registration district: St Giles North

Margaret Smith 40
George Smith 16
Melton Smith 14
Byron Smith 10
Haaneman Smith 8
Concordia M Smith 5

Perhaps they didn't actually marry.

In 1911 how many years do they claim to have been married?

It's def her - I see Mercy Dwyer was a piano teacher,

Name: Concordia M Smith 'teacher of piano'
Age: 15
Estimated birth year: abt 1856
Relation: Daughter
Mother's name: Margaret Smith
Gender: Female
Where born: St James, Middlesex, England
Civil Parish: St Marylebone
Ecclesiastical parish: St Andrew
Town: London
County/Island: London
Country: England
Registration district: Marylebone
Sub-registration district: All Souls
ED, institution, or vessel: 1
Household schedule number: 107
Piece: 148
Folio: 12
Page Number: 20
Household Members:
Name Age
Margaret Smith 50
George Smith 26
Byron Smith 20
Bahneman G Smith 18
Concordia M Smith 15
George Colin 56
Jane Colin 52
Edward Colin 14
Frank Colin 12

Says married 32 years, i.e. abt 1879

I can't see any marriage between a Smith and a Dwyer between 1875 and 1885.

Nor me. Not even when you look individually. I suspect they never married.

I just had to look at the 1881 census to see what number they lived at on Every Street Burnley, because many years later 1957 I lived at no. 29. Just saying. :-D

Birthdate and baptism for Concordia Mercy Smith:

First name(s) CONCORDIA MERCY
Last name SMITH
Birth year 1855
Birth day 30
Birth month Sep
Baptism year 1856
Baptism day 6
Baptism month Jul
Parish St James, Piccadilly
Father's first name(s) Thomas
Mother's first name(s) Margaret
County Middlesex
Page 92
Record set Westminster Baptisms

She was baptised in a job lot along with siblings George, Milton, Byron,and Hahnemann Gall on 6th July 1856.. Father Thomas was an upholsterer. Address was Broad st.

George was born Oct 26th 1844, Milton 27th feb 1847, Byron Sep 5th 1850, Hahnemann Gall July 4th 1852.

This might be the marriage for THomas and Margaret Smith as Thomas is an upholsterer, and his father is named George, like his eldest son:

Name: Thomas Smith - upholsterer
Spouse: Margaret Jordan
Record Type: Marriage
Event Date: 11 Feb 1844
Parish: St Marylebone
Borough: Westminster
Father Name: George Smith - upholsterer
Spouse Father: Joseph Jordan - compositor.
Register Type: Parish Register

Witnesses are Elizabeth and Henry Harrison.

Both bride and groom are of full age, and their address is given as 36 Thayer St.

EDIT: The family in census 1851:

1851 England, Wales & Scotland Census

Gerrard Street, Saint Anne Westminster, Strand, Middlesex, England

Thomas Smith Head Married Male 49 1802 Upholsterer Middlesex, England
Margaret Smith Wife Married Female 30 1821 - Middlesex, England
George Smith Son - Male 6 1845 Scholar Middlesex, England
Milton Smith Son - Male 4 1847 - Middlesex, England
Byron Smith Son - Male 0 1851 - Middlesex, England

Reading through some items in "The Era" stage newspaper (in British Newspaper Archives) there was one in 1878 that mentioned Michael Dwyer being seasick crossing to Ireland.

So - how about this marriage (shows two versions of bride's name)?

Name: Michael Dwyer
Date of Registration: Oct-Nov-Dec, 1878
Registration district: Dublin South, Ireland
Volume: 2
Page Number: 615
FHL Film Number: 101253
Records on Page:
Name
Emma Gane
Michael Dwyer <<<<<<<
John Watts
Concordia Mercy S Bradshaw <<<<<<<
Catherine Shaw
C M Smith-Bradshaw <<<<<<<
Bigoe Henzell Danaher
Ellen Burke
Marcus Johnston

Was Bradshaw a stage name, or had she been previously married?

ADDED:

The Era, 22 December 1878

"Married, on the 23rd November, by special licence, at Dublin, Michael Dwyer, to Mercy Bradshaw, of H.M.S. Pinafore company"

I'm guessing she just thought Bradshaw was a better name for an artiste than Smith.

02 July 1876 - The Era

http://www.genesreunited.co.uk/keepsafe/asset/details/20310591

Well done MarieCeleste! Great detective work.

It was just by noticing that he was a singer on the 1881 census that I thought I'd check "The Era" - bingo!