My Grandmother declared herself a widow in 1924 when she married a neighbour although my Grandfather didn't die until 1975. He had left her in 1909/10 and embarked on an adventurous life around the world. How would she have had him declared missing presumed dead and how can I get proof of this? Of course she may just have said that he died in WW1. Velda

Hi Veida Well if some one has been missing for seven years you can have them declared dead (Lord Lucan was declared dead ) but normally you have to take it to court In those days it might of cost allot of money for this to happen , but no one properly would check , also if she moved area's would anyone know ? Another question did he abandon her with children and she needed a bread winner to support her and any children Divorce was very expensive and only for the rich , one of my family married but on the next census his wife claimed she was a widow , but then I found her husband miles away married to someone else and he even gave his correct place of birth on the census Have a look at the details of her new marriage and what it said on your grandfathers death cert whether he marriage again or called himself a widow , Just to add a note to this , last week on the Telly in Who Do You Think You Are it did a programme on a man who left his wife and three children , his granddaughter wanted to know what happened to him , and she found out that with in a year of him leaving his wife and family he remarried again ,had children with his second wife lived over 20 years in his new wife's home town, then suddenly decided to move to Australia where he died in the 1970s he never changed his name and was never caught Cheers Cassy Assistant Admin Black Country Potteries, and Wolverhampton Lists ----- Original Message ----- From: "Velda Hampton" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, August 16, 2009 6:42 PM Subject: [Black Country] Missing person declared dead > My Grandmother declared herself a widow in 1924 when she married a > neighbour > although my Grandfather didn't die until 1975. He had left her in 1909/10 > and embarked on an adventurous life around the world. How would she have > had him declared missing presumed dead and how can I get proof of this? > Of > course she may just have said that he died in WW1. > > Velda > > > ------------------------------------- > The only List that specifically covers the whole of the Black Country. Run > by Black Country folk who were born and still live in the area. > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.5.392 / Virus Database: 270.13.58/2306 - Release Date: 08/16/09 06:09:00