As you say he could of married in the army. Now you have to look for his Service Papers in which his 1st marriage will be listed Bill Stratton Cole Harbour NS Canada ----- Original Message ----- From: "Pat Cook" <paver207@yahoo.co.uk> To: <ENG-LINCSGEN@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, April 02, 2012 11:13 AM Subject: [LIN] Brick wall -Thomas SMITH b 1839 Middle Rasen Lincs - who washis 1st wife? Thomas SMITH bapt 1839 St Paul's, Middle Rasen igi C02857-6 . 1873 July 20 - He marries Hannah LEE at Mkt Rasen R.C.Church. For many years I have searched for a first wife. I cannot be certain he married in Lincolnshire. or Yorkshire. Tried to follow up every Thomas who married I also have a small coloured photograph in a velvet lined leather case, showing him in uniform, I have had it identified, and he is in the 'Coldstream Guards' The 'Stock' at his neck has been suggested is of the type worn in 1960, it was to keep the Guardsmen's heads up, and it was lowered several times over the years. . If anybody else has any suggestions for me to try, it would be appreciated.

he wasnt married in 1871 so are you sure he had been married before, but to be fair it did give his unmarried not single, but it must have been a very short marriage if he married for a second time in 1873. justa thought elaine Westaway ________________________________ From: "bill.stratton@ns.sympatico.ca" <bill.stratton@ns.sympatico.ca> To: Pat Cook <paver207@yahoo.co.uk>; eng-lincsgen@rootsweb.com Sent: Monday, 2 April 2012, 17:20 Subject: Re: [LIN] Brick wall -Thomas SMITH b 1839 Middle Rasen Lincs - who washis 1st wife? As you say he could of married in the army. Now you have to look for his Service Papers in which his 1st marriage will be listed Bill Stratton Cole Harbour NS Canada ----- Original Message ----- From: "Pat Cook" <paver207@yahoo.co.uk> To: <ENG-LINCSGEN@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, April 02, 2012 11:13 AM Subject: [LIN] Brick wall -Thomas SMITH b 1839 Middle Rasen Lincs - who washis 1st wife? Thomas SMITH bapt 1839 St Paul's, Middle Rasen igi C02857-6 . 1873 July 20 - He marries Hannah LEE at Mkt Rasen R.C.Church. For many years I have searched for a first wife. I cannot be certain he married in Lincolnshire. or Yorkshire. Tried to follow up every Thomas who married I also have a small coloured photograph in a velvet lined leather case, showing him in uniform, I have had it identified, and he is in the 'Coldstream Guards' The 'Stock' at his neck has been suggested is of the type worn in 1960, it was to keep the Guardsmen's heads up, and it was lowered several times over the years. . If anybody else has any suggestions for me to try, it would be appreciated. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ENG-LINCSGEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

there s thomas and an edward smith in the 1861 census livng in worcestershire just giving his irthplace as lincolnshire could this be him, he is an ag lab, my computer is playing up and wont let me get back to the entry to get the ref no but if so then this could be where he first married   regards Elaine Westaway ________________________________ From: "bill.stratton@ns.sympatico.ca" <bill.stratton@ns.sympatico.ca> To: Pat Cook <paver207@yahoo.co.uk>; eng-lincsgen@rootsweb.com Sent: Monday, 2 April 2012, 17:20 Subject: Re: [LIN] Brick wall -Thomas SMITH b 1839 Middle Rasen Lincs - who washis 1st wife? As you say he could of married in the army. Now you have to look for his Service Papers in which his 1st marriage will be listed Bill Stratton Cole Harbour NS Canada ----- Original Message ----- From: "Pat Cook" <paver207@yahoo.co.uk> To: <ENG-LINCSGEN@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, April 02, 2012 11:13 AM Subject: [LIN] Brick wall -Thomas SMITH b 1839 Middle Rasen Lincs - who washis 1st wife? Thomas SMITH bapt 1839 St Paul's, Middle Rasen igi C02857-6 . 1873 July 20 - He marries Hannah LEE at Mkt Rasen R.C.Church. For many years I have searched for a first wife. I cannot be certain he married in Lincolnshire. or Yorkshire. Tried to follow up every Thomas who married I also have a small coloured photograph in a velvet lined leather case, showing him in uniform, I have had it identified, and he is in the 'Coldstream Guards' The 'Stock' at his neck has been suggested is of the type worn in 1960, it was to keep the Guardsmen's heads up, and it was lowered several times over the years. . If anybody else has any suggestions for me to try, it would be appreciated. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ENG-LINCSGEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message