FAMILY HISTORY: MORTON
THE MARRIAGE OF JOSEPH & AMELIA WEIGHTS:
| GROOM: | |
| Name: Joseph Weights, age 20, bachelor, Butcher | |
| Father: Robert Weights, Manager | |
| Mother: Elizabeth Pearson | |
| Baptism Date: 20 June 1873 | |
| Birthplace: Preston, Lancashire, England | |
| BRIDE: | |
| Name: Amelia Coupe, age 21, spinster, Weaver | |
| Father: Isaiah Coupe, Engine Driver (deceased) | |
| Mother: Eliza Marginson | |
| Baptism Date: 3 March 1872 | |
| Birthplace: Preston, Lancashire, England | |
| THEIR WEDDING: | |
| Date: 3 April 1893, by Banns | |
| Place: St Luke's Parish Church (C. of E.) | |
| Location: Preston, Lancashire, England | |
| Priest: William Lewis, Curate | |
| Witnesses: James Thomas Hodgkinson & Alice Ann Coupe | |
| THEIR TWO CHILDREN: | ||||||||
| Florence Weights | Baptized: | 13 | May | 1894 | ||||
| Joseph Weights Jr. | Baptized: | 19 | Jul | 1896 | ||||
| DEATHS: | ||||||||
| Joseph Weights | [26 yrs] | Died: | 19 | Jan | 1899 | |||
| Amelia Weights-Metcalfe (Mrs) | Died: | |||||||
| Florence Weights | Died: | |||||||
| Joseph Weights Jr. | Died: | |||||||
| NOTE: | |
| 1: | At the time of their marriage Joseph Weights was living 64 Waterloo Road, Ashton, and Amelia Coupe was living at 25 Woodhouse Grove, Preston. |
| 2: | All parties to the wedding signed their own names in the register. |
| 3: | After the death of Joseph, Amelia remarried. See Misc. Information below. |
| 4: | The above information was taken from the original marriage and baptism registers held at the Lancashire Record Office. |