Mick A couple of things. Are you sure it was her wedding and that she was not a bridesmaid? OR for some reason did the wedding not take place. You mention your father and her brother - was her father still living then? if yes strange he is not in the photo! You mention her having two sons - have you any BDM on them? re your father, I assume from what you are saying he was in mufti, not uniform? when did your father and uncle (I am assuming this) join up? have you contact with the uncle? or have you tried to locate him? could the dates be just prior to or very early in the war? bob ----- Original Message ----- From: <Csgen50@aol.com> To: <essex-uk@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, August 17, 2008 9:31 PM Subject: [Ess] Disappeared rellie > Good morning, > > I have an aunt, Diana Julie Stow born Q1 1924, Malden, 4a - 1282. Last > know > to me in the late 1950's early 60s, when she supposedly died of cancer. > She > lived in Tollesbury and joined the Land Army in WW2. > Then the mystery begins. I have photos of her wedding taken in front of a > church door, with my late father her brother present in RAF uniform. > Knowing > his service was most mostly overseas until the end of the war, dates the > wedding circa '44 / '45. My father was demobbed late 45. > Another rellie in Oz has been searching the BMD's on line, through > Ancestry, > and cannot find a wedding recorded at any time or place. Under her > married > name, which I believe to be Curtis, she had 2 sons Colin and Martin born > between '46 and '50, but again there are no records of either birth. Even > more > mysterious is that we cannot find any record of her death. She would seem > to > have disappeared. Does anyone know if the BMDs on Ancestry are totally > complete > or might there have been a few transcription losses? > Of course my memory might be incorrect (I was just a lad) and the married > name might not be Curtis, hence the reason why we cannot find the boys > births or > Dianas death, but there should be a record of the wedding in the name > of > Stow somewhere. > Any help or suggestions would be appreciated but please take into > consideration that I don't live in the UK but S. France so my doing actual > look ups of > records is impossible. > > Regards, Mick. > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Any problems, please contact the List Admin: Essex-UK-admin@rootsweb.com > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ESSEX-UK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message -- I am using the free version of SPAMfighter for private users. It has removed 2342 spam emails to date. Paying users do not have this message in their emails. Get the free SPAMfighter here: http://www.spamfighter.com/len