Missing declared dead, Hi In 1908 the 1st wife alive in 1916 the husband remarries Stating he is a widowerThere is no record of 1st wife death or divorce Could someone who is missing be declared dead?And if so does anyone know how many years someone had to be missing? Before they were declared dead in 1916Who would decide? and where would it be recorded? Derek Tripp Flatford Mill Suffolk Tel 01 206 298111 derek@tripp111.fsnet.co.uk

In message <POEHKNIEENDPBHELLKNLCEICDCAA.B&B@derektripp.plus.com>, derek tripp <B&B@derektripp.plus.com> writes >Missing declared dead, >Hi >In 1908 the 1st wife alive in 1916 the husband remarries Stating he is a >widowerThere is no record of 1st wife death or divorce Could someone who is >missing be declared dead? If the missing spouse had not been seen OR HEARD OF for seven years, , the husband could apply to the courts for a legal presumption of death. Very few people went to this trouble, but just regrouped or even remarried, if they were reasonably sure the first wife would not surface/ One way of being sure was if the man had killed her - but he could hardly say that. -- Eve McLaughlin Author of the McLaughlin Guides for family historians Secretary Bucks Genealogical Society