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Today, we received a copy of William Rymell and Elizabeth Perkin’s marriage certificate:

Marriage of William Rymell and Elizabeth Perkins, 25th December 1845 in the parish church of
Marsworth, Buckinghamshire. He was a bachelor of age, working as a hairdresser. He lived in
Tring and his father was Henry Rymell, a tailor. She was a spinster of age with no occupation. She
lived in Marsworth and her father was William Perkins, a dealer. William signed his name,
Elizabeth did not. The witnesses were William Perkins and Ann Barber, both of whom could write
their names.
 source 1845MarriageOfWilliamRymellAndElizabethPerkins ()

This is interesting because 6 weeks later their first daughter Mary Ann was born. William and Elizabeth were both a month short of their 22nd birthdays. I also came across a website that contains searcheable digitised images of historical trade directories: http://www.historicaldirectories.org In the 1855 Post Office Directory of Essex, Herts, Kent I found the following:

 Tring: Rymell William, hairdresser & glazier, Akeman street (View - Attach:rymell-1855-post-office-
 directory.pdf)

This is great - it shows that the William Rhymell listed as a plumber and glazier in the 1871 census for Tring is highly likely to be Mary Ann’s father. We had doubts about this before because in 1871 his wife is Lydia rather than Elizabeth. I started a Rymell Timeline