Hi Sue and Denise

It turns out that there were 2 marriages on the same day in Manchester (at different churches), when couples Sophia Gill+Matthew Burton and George Leng+Margaret Caley acted as witnesses at each other's ceremonies !

Scans of the parish registers for both marriages are on Ancestry:

ht tp://search.ancestry.co.uk/search/db.aspx?dbid=2962&enc=1

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ht tp://search.ancestry.co.uk/search/db.aspx?dbid=2967&enc=1

(close gap)

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First marriage:
Manchester, England, Marriages and Banns, 1754-1930
about George Leng
Name: George Leng
Birth Year: abt 1828
Age: 26
Marriage Date: 31 Jul 1854
Parish: Hulme, Holy Trinity
Parish as it Appears: Manchester
Father's Name: Thomas Leng
Spouse's Name: Margaret Caley
Spouse's Father's Name: John Caley
Reference Number: GB127.M320/2/2/1

Image shows:

GL 26/bach/joiner/24 Pownall St, Hulme/father Thomas Leng, joiner.
MC 22/spinster/24 Pownall St/father John Caley, cabinet maker.
witnesses: Sophia Gill and Matthew Burton.

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Then a hop across Manchester to second marriage:

Manchester, England, Marriages and Banns, 1754-1930 (Cathedral)
about Matthew Burton
Name: Matthew Burton
Age: 27
Birth Year: abt 1827
Marriage Date: 31 Jul 1854
Parish: Manchester, St Mary, St Denys and St George
Father's Name: Matthew Burton
Spouse's Name: Sophia Gill
Spouse's Age: 26
Spouse's Father's Name: Robert Gill
Archive Roll: 722

witnesses: George Leng and Margaret Leng

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After Sue found Sophia Gill 15 and Margaret Caley 10 together in 1841, I wonder whether they could have been half sisters or cousins ?

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