Digging deeper

Since finding the maiden name of Annie Tyrle, wife of James, the next step was to try to find the marriage so we can carry back one further generation (well, at least part of it).
Back to the ancestry website (http://www.findmypast.co.uk) to trawl through the record pages of the births, marriages & death records. This is a painstaking task, as all the records are stored alphabetically in quarter-year sections so searching is by surname and then attempting to decide if a record is relevent - all that is given is the surname & first name, the district the marriage took place and then the book & page of the registry where the entry can be found. To be totally sure of a match it is best if you can find the reference to both sides (i.e. husband & wife) and ensure they both point to the same record set.
I started at the quarter where Frances' birth was recorded (Q4, 1867) working back on one side. I chose James Tearle/Tyrle - both spellings first to see if I could get a reference to be used in a search of Annie Pigg. Going back through the years the only one close that I could find was for James Tyrle, in Tynemouth quarter 3, 1864. So, using this information I was able to obtain a match of sorts with Annie Pigg for the same reference.
The certificate ordered it was just a matter of time until I could be sure I'd got the right match.
An agonising wait of five days until the envelope dropped through the letterbox, and opening it I got yet another surprise, well two really.
August 1st, 1864, in Holy Saviour's in the Parish of Tynemouth Priory, the marriage of James Tyrle, Bachelor & Soldier, of Halifax, married Annie Fenwick Pigg, Spinster of Tynemouth. Annie's father was stated as William Fenwick, Sculptor!
So was James a soldier or sailor? I have heard mention that a number of the Tearles entered the service of the Marines, which might have explained the reference to Soldier!
What about Annie though? Father one William Fenwick!
The plot thickens!

A footnote to all this, mother is a little happier now, knowing that Fenwick is the previous level in the ancestry, and also that his occupation is placed as sculptor, well, much happier now then!
There is also one other quandry here - James' father is recorded as John Tyrle, with an occupation of Coachman. Was this just something of a better sounding occupation? John Tyrle (Tearle) is recorded as a pauper on the 1851 census!