As both his parents died before he was about 12, William Orchard could have been some kind of guardian. Maybe an uncle, husband of mother's sister, something like that. As for the 1919 marriage, I have several cases where the wife is a young widow and listed under both her maiden and married name. I would imagine there were quite a few young widows in 1919 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jan Glasby" <jan.glasby@hawkerc.act.edu.au> To: <AUS-NSW-HILLS-HAWKESBURY-HUNTER-VALLEY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, September 16, 2002 9:12 PM Subject: [H,H,HV] WW1 record mystery > Hi all, > > In searching the World War 1 records at the National Archives site I came > across the following entry: > > Gould William John : SERN 425 : POB Barraba NSW : POE Armidale NSW : NOK F > Orchard William > > I think that this is William John GOULD born 9 Jan 1899 at Barraba, the son > of Edgar GOULD and Louisa Ann MYERS, but am mystified by the father's name > given as William ORCHARD. > > Louisa GOULD died in 1903 and Edgar in 1913, so it's not a case of Louisa > remarrying. Edgar had been previously married to Hannah MORRIS in Singleton > in 1867. There are no ORCHARD connections that I know of. > > To add to the mystery William John GOULD married Ethel May HARRIS. The NSW > BDMs have two marriages recorded, both #11167 in 1919 in Sydney, to Ethel > M. HARRIS and Ethel M. WILSON! > > Any suggestions anyone? > > Cheers > Jan > > > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >