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Searching for UK records when only minimal information to go on?

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4 I'm trying to search for more information on a relative, but I'm a bit stumped. I'm trying to find information prior to her marriage which was in 1912. The only information I have of any certainty is from her marriage certificate and a DOB from her death record I don't know her previous residences or place of birth. Her father's occupation was listed as naval pensioner, but I'm not sure how far I can get with this. Searching the censuses hasn't produced any definite results. I've searched for just her, resulting in nothing anywhere near the location of her marriage. As she was born in 1888, I search for a census record linking her and her father in 1891 and 1901 and 1911. The only tenuous link is in the 1901, but I'm not sure if there is a way to verify this. I've sea