Frederick Purser and Alice Thompson were married Dec. 25, 1861 at Holy Trinity Church in Bedford. Frederick is 20 years old, a bachelor, working as a shoemaker, living in Priory St., son of John Purser, a laborer; Alice is 19, a spinster, living on Priory St., daughter of James Thompson, a sawyer.
(Source: Holy Trinity Church Records, Bedford, England: Marriages.)
