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My search goes on for my Mother-in-Law's Canadian Father who returned to Canada after WW2.

I'm not having any luck tracing him.

He was called John Paul Dube from Quebec Canada - he married Bessie Williams from Southwark in 1920.

I know they divorced between 1946 and 1968. Is there anyway to view Divorce Records? We believe Bessie traced John Paul in Canada to serve Divorce Papers and thought perhaps we would have a district/address on Divorce Paper work. :-S

Married in 1920? Was he perhaps a Canadian soldier of WW1?

Oh! Married 1943:

Marriages Sep 1943 (>99%)
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Dube John P Williams Southwark 1d 40
Williams Bessie M Dube Southwark 1d 40

Thought this sounded familiar:

http://www.express.genesreunited.co.uk/boards.page/board/genealogy_chat/thread/1269930

Just to let people know, I was NOT the one who requested a review.

Amokavid, thanks for the reply.

So viewing a divorce is not something I can do online.

Thanks for your help.

Bessie remarried so either
she got a divorce
her first husband died
or she married bigamously

do you know what she said ? ......... the second marriage certificate would say whether she said she was a spinster or was widowed or divorced

I don't know whether Bessie is still living so I won' t put the details but do you have her marriage certificate ?

...... like Margee I did not report the thread but I don' t understand why a new one was started ........

also remember that it could be her husband who got a divorce in Canada

I wonder are you sure he was Canadian and not American ...... just because this person would fit very well ..... possibly an American from a French Canadian family



http://www.pdcroteau.com/f187.htm#f4487

Husband Jean Paul Dube

Born: 25 Sep 1921 - Allenstown, Merrimack, NH, USA
Baptized:
Died: 8 Aug 1998 - Portsmouth, Rockingham, NH, USA
Buried:

Marriage:

Noted events in his life were: • Military Service, WW II, 26 Apr 1943 - Rockingham, Rockingham, NH, USA

Name: Jean P Dube Birth Year: 1921 Race: White, citizen (White) Nativity State or Country: Maine State: New Hampshire County or City: Rockingham Enlistment Date: 26 Apr 1943 Enlistment State: New Hampshire Enlistment City: Manchester Branch: No branch assignment Grade: Private Grade Code: Private Term of Enlistment: Enlistment for the duration of the War or other emergency, plus six months, subject to the discretion of the President or otherwise according to law Component: Selectees (Enlisted Men) Source: Civil Life Education: Grammar school Marital Status: Single, without dependents Height: 34 Weight: 069

• Residence, 113 Cottage Street, Cir 1990 - Portsmouth, Rockingham, NH, USA

Name: Jean P Dube Birth Date: 25 Sep 1921 Street address: 113 Cottage St City: Portsmouth County: Rockingham State: New Hampshire Zip Code: 03801 Phone Number: 603-431-6482

• Cemetery, 8 Aug 1998 - Portsmouth, Rockingham, NH, USA

Name: Jean Paul Dube Service Info.: PFC US ARMY WORLD WAR II Birth Date: 25 Sep 1921 Death Date: 8 Aug 1998 Cemetery: Calvary Cemetery Cemetery Address: 35 Highland St Portsmouth, NH 03801


Wife Doris A. Croteau (details suppressed for this person)

That one looks very likely, Chrissie. Jean Paul and John Paul are the same, pronounced the same and there are a lot of French Canadian families in New Hampshire, it borders on Quebec.

hopefully Zoe's MIL's birth certificate or Bessie's marriage certificate gives good details about what his military regiment was and that would settle whether it could be the one I added .... probably Zoe does know that info so Jean P Dube doesn' t fit but she can let us know :-)

oh

lucky this was a duplicate thread ?

http://www.genesreunited.co.uk/boards.page/board/genealogy_chat/thread/1269930

'am looking for John Paul Dube, 25776 Private Royal Canadian Ordnance Corps (Famer).'

so not Mr Dube from the USA

but one more reason not to have different threads about the same thing ... with different information ...

I did a google search for 'Royal Canadian Ordnance Corp' dube

and it found this page from the Canadian Legion ( deaths of veterans )

it was a lucky coincidence I think because what Google found also had this person on the page

http://www.legionmagazine.com/en/lastpost/details.asp?alpha=D&offset=6900&LastPostData_ID=172816

J.P. DUBE
Date Deceased: December 8, 1993
Age: 70
Service Information
Service Number:
Units:
Period of Service: WW 2
Legion Branch Information
Member Title:
Legion Branch: Mount Sorrel Branch
Location: New Carlisle, Quebec

??

there is no information there at all ... all the other listings have things like service number ... maybe the Canadian Legion could help find more information ??

Sorry, Chrissie, I should have realized that he wasn't the American chappie. I took part in the previous thread! I guess I'm responding to too many threads, I can't keep track of what's been said previously.

well that's why they say no more than one post for a person :-)