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Certificate of Proclamation of Banns for Marriage
Parish of North Leith, Paper
Certificate of Proclamation of Banns for Marriage
Certificate of Proclamation of Banns for Marriage
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22092
Title
Certificate of Proclamation of Banns for Marriage
Description
Certificate of Proclamation of Banns for Marriage of John Young Liston and Ann Marshall. Blue-grey printing on white paper with handwritten additions, including the signature of the Minister of Newhaven Free Church, James Fairbairn. The certificate is headed 'Parish of North Leith in the County of Edinburgh'. Each side of the border is printed with a quote from the bible. There are two dates noted: 21 September 1874 for the proclamation of the Banns, and 25 September 1874 for the marriage.
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Parish of North Leith
Size
21.5 x 25.5 cm
Type
Paper
Location
Museum of Edinburgh
Accession number
NH98/7/96
John Liston was a fisherman, as was Ann Marshall's father John. The minister signing the document is Rev Dr James Fairbairn, the much-loved minister of St Andrew's Church, which was know as the fishermen's church.
Newhaven, like all fishing communities, was closely knit, and intermarriage was common. The result was that the village was represented by only a few surnames. These appear in the records of the Free Fishermen's Society. The name Liston appears in some of the earliest records.
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