Spouse: Harold Henry Oliphant / Elizabeth Ferguson (F43)

• Father | Male Harold Henry Oliphant

  
  

  Born	17 Jul 1917	Preston Grove, Tuebrook, Liverpool, Lancashire, UK
  Died	30 May 2005	Arrowe Park Hospital, Birkenhead, Cheshire, UK
  Buried	7 Jun 2005	Landicon Crematorium, Wirral, Cheshire, UK
  Married	8 Jun 1943  [1, 2]	Parish Church, Aldershot, Hampshire, UK  [1, 2]
  Father	Thomas Benjamin Charles Oliphant | F213 Group Sheet
  Mother	Martha Annie Bradley | F213 Group Sheet

  
  

  Mother | Female Elizabeth Ferguson

  
  

  Born	21 Jan 1918	Lloyd Street, Everton South, Liverpool, Lancashire, UK
  Died	1 Jul 2001	Heswall, Wirral, Cheshire, UK
  Buried	6 Jul 2001	Landicon Crematorium, Wirral, Cheshire, UK
  Father	Robert Ferguson | F38 Group Sheet
  Mother	Nellie Singleton | F38 Group Sheet

  
  

• Photos		Harry Oliphant and Elizabeth Ferguson, 1943 Harry and Lil married on 8 Jun 1943, at the parish church in Aldershot. The uniformed men at each end are unknown. Lil's sister Nellie was her bridesmaid. Her other sister Minnie was due to attend, but her children (myself being one) were so upset at her leaving them that she changed her mind!
  		A wedding group: Harry Oliphant and Lily Ferguson, 8 Jun 1943 Lil and Harry were married at Aldershot Parish Church. Harry was serving in the army. Their honeymoon was a few days, after which Harry was posted to North Africa. They did not see each other for over 2 years.

  
  

  Marriage(s)

  Harold Henry Oliphant marriage to Elizabeth Ferguson Harold Henry Oliphant married Elizabeth Ferguson on 8 Jun 1943, at Aldershot Parish Church.

  
  

• Notes

  Married: Witnesses to the marriage were A R Bartlett and M V Colgate, both army comrades of Harry. Strangely, both bride and groom gave the wrong details for their fathers' names. Lil gave her father's name as Bernard Ferguson (not Robert) and described him as a metal worker. Harry gave his father's name as Benjamin Charles Nevitt Clewes Oliphant, (his adoptive father whom he seldom saw because he lived in Jamaica) and his father's occupation as secretary. The Christian names given were a mix of names of his 'father' and his father's brother. They were married by licence. Harry and Lil had no children, a source of great sadness to them. In 1953, they were told they would never have any children, and decided to adopt. The planned adoption of a baby girl was denied them at the last minute in about 1955, when the girl's mother changed her mind. They also tried fostering, but this too didn't work out as they hoped. They gave up trying to have any sort of family.

  
  

• Sources

  [S4] CRI. [S36] MARRIAGE CERTIFICATE.