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Jonesey

Jonesey Report 17 Aug 2011 17:36

Susan, It is better to stick to just one post on what is essentially looking for the same information. May I suggest therefore that you delete this one but leave the other one which contains more information.

For anyone interested this is Susan's other thread:

http://www.genesreunited.co.uk/boards.page/board/ancestors/thread/1277638

Researching:
Don't put off until tomorrow doing what you can do today. If you like doing it today you can do it again tomorrow. Be kind to your children for it is they who will decide which care home you end up in.

Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it

Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it Report 17 Aug 2011 17:12

What did his wife state as her marital status when she remarried.

Divorce really wasnt an option then. only the rich could afford to get a marriage annulled . What often happened was the parties separated and then one or both remarried . sometimes the status would say widowed or sometimes a woman would say she was a spinster to cover up and to tie with the surname she gave for her father. Its really a minefield sometimes trying to get through cover ups.
Have you found her on the 1911 census?

Researching:
Surname Fahse. Germany. Essex .South East London My avatar is one of our wedding photos of 1957

Jonesey

Jonesey Report 17 Aug 2011 17:08

If you have a copy of his wife's remarriage certificate what does it state as her status, widow ect?

How is she shown on the 1911 census?

In 1905/6 divorce was really only the prerogative of the wealthy. Presumably as you say his son and grandson tried to find him I can only assume that they presumably believed that he was still alive at the time the did that.

Researching:
Don't put off until tomorrow doing what you can do today. If you like doing it today you can do it again tomorrow. Be kind to your children for it is they who will decide which care home you end up in.

Susan

Susan Report 17 Aug 2011 17:03

I have a relative who went missing in about 1905/6. His wife eventually remarried in 1932 and I know his son and grandson tried to find him to no avail. There is no death for him before 1932 and I can find no trace of a divorce either so I am assuming that the first marriage to the missing man was annulled or he was declared dead in absentia. Does anyone know how I go about finding out about this?