Hello,

Welcome and thanks for your question. You can order the civil registration of Joseph Corrie and Jane Blair's marriage at http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk

The marriage of John Corrie and XXXXX XXXXX is a church/parish record. Civil records were not required until 1837, but you can order a copy the same way.

Here is the marriage record if you want to order it:

• Name: BALDWIN, Jane
• Registration district: Malling
• County: Kent
• Year of registration: 1851
• Quarter of registration: Apr-May-Jun
• Spouse's last name Not available before 1912
• Volume no: 5
• Page no: 457

• Name: GOLDXXXXX, XXXXX
• Registration district: Malling
• County: Kent
• Year of registration: 1851
• Quarter of registration: Apr-May-Jun
• Spouse's last name: Not available before 1912
• Volume no: 5
• Page no: 457

There is no birth or baptism record for a John Goldsmith 1829±5 years in Kent or elsewhere in England.

In the military records this is the only John Goldsmith I found:

• Name: GOLDXXXXX, XXXXX
• Mother's name: Not available before 1966
• Station: Bermuda
• Country: West Indies
• Year: 1832
• Page: 593
• Record source: GRO Army Chaplains Birth Indices (1796 to 1880)

I did find this familiy in Wroxham, Kent in the 1841 census:

• John Goldsmith 50 M b Kent
• Hannah Goldsmith 45 F b Kent
• John Goldsmith 10 M b Kent
• Hannah Goldsmith 5 F b Kent

This one was in the 1851 census:

• Ann Goldsmith 57 F Head of household Widow
• George Goldsmith 26 M Son agricultural labourer
• John Goldsmith 23 M Son Ag. lab.
• Charlotte Goldsmith 13 F Dau
• Virginia Granger 5 F grand-dau
• Al.... Granger 1 M grandson

In the 1851 census, John and Hannah Goldsmith had just their daughter Hannah living with them.

I hope the GRO marriage record will give complete details on John's parents since you can't tell who they were from online records.

All the best,

Schuyler