Yes, that is a possibility. However, if Emmanuel was not dead where was he hiding?!!! Millie -----Original Message----- From: Nivard Ovington Sent: Wednesday, January 01, 2014 5:32 PM To: bristol_and_somerset@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [B&S] Fw: New year S+R - Emmanuel Harris Hi Tony & Millie She may have bluffed her way by saying she was a widow but having a presumption of death was not automatic or easy, it took a court order, I have yet to find a single case where this happened for anyone other than the very rich, who wanted to prove ownership of assets or similar reason Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) On 01/01/2014 17:13, Tony Harrison wrote: > Hi Millie > Just a thought could he have deserted Susan again after the birth of Alice > after 7 years she could have had him presumed dead allowing her to wed as > a > widow. > Tony > > > My apologies. I should have added that Susan Harris remarried in 1870 to > James Hale. On her marriage Certificate she described herself as Widow. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to BRISTOL_AND_SOMERSET-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ----- No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2014.0.4259 / Virus Database: 3658/6965 - Release Date: 12/31/13

Hi again If someone does not want to be found it was very easy to seemingly disappear I have precisely the same problem with my great grandfather, he is in the 1871 census "helps" my great grandmother produce my grandfather He is not named on the birth or baptism but my grandfather is given his surname as a middle name as was the practice In later years he had contact with an uncle, younger brother of his father, he talks "of the manner of his fathers death" (but sadly not where or when) His father seems to disappear from the point of conception onwards I feel sure he legged it and changed his name, went abroad perhaps There was little need for a chain of identity as there is today Once you assume a name change (which is not illegal unless to deceive) a person can carry on living in much the same way as they did previously I hope you have better luck than I have with my missing g.grandfather Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) On 01/01/2014 18:13, MillieB&D wrote: > Yes, that is a possibility. However, if Emmanuel was not dead where was he > hiding?!!! > Millie