Hello, Graham, and all the Lovelock researchers who may have been equally intrigued by the mixture of Dorothys and Mortimers. However, there is no intrigue, but plenty of scope for confusion, as there were 3 Dorothys: 1. dorothy, daughter of Jesse Lovelock, born presumably some time after 1901, as she doesn't appear with the family in that record. As far as I know she never lived in Lyneham, though her father was born there. I only know about her through a conversation with my late father-in-law, who said that "she married a chap called Mortimer". Given that he knew very little about his Lovelock ancestry, it wouldn't surprise me if this was incorrect, or if Mortimer was a first name rather than a surname. (You can imagine how amazed my father-in-law was when I was later able to tell him about all the Lovelocks in Lyneham to whom he was related!) 2. Dorothy Emily, daughter of Frederick Mortimer (according to the PR entry for the marriage to charlie Lovelock), born 1903-4 (she was 20 when she married). The only reason I know the names of her children is through a conversation with Peggy Scott (nee Telling), one of her nieces. 3. Dorothy Emily, daughter of Tom and Emily Lovelock and hence Charlie's sister, born 21 November 1900, who married Alfred Hnery Hemmings in 1927. So there you go - pure coincidence, just 3 different Dorothys living in roughly the same place at the same time! Best wishes Sue Graham Lovelock <[email protected]> wrote: Hello to one and all I was recently browsing the marriage records at wiltshirebmd and came across the marriage at St Andrew’s, Chippenham in 1924 of Charlie Lovelock and Dorothy E Mortimer. Then at St Michael and All Angels in Lyneham in 1927 was the marriage of Dorothy E Lovelock to Alfred H Hemmings. The Lyneham Line shows Dorothy the daughter of Jesse Lovelock and Jane (nee Robinson) born in 1901 married a Mortimer, but no date or other detail is given. The Line also shows that Charlie the son of Tom Lovelock and Emily (nee Humphries) born in 1895 married Dorothy E Mortimer on 31 May 1924 and had children Derek and Joyce. I am intrigued by the mixture of Dorothy’s and Mortimer’s, but also by the implication that Charlie and Dorothy, having married in almost the middle of 1924, had two children and then divorced in time for Dorothy to marry Alfred Hemmings before the end of 1927. Is that really what happened, or have I missed a simpler explanation? Regards Graham ==== LOVELOCK Mailing List ==== Lovelock family history Web pages: http://perso.numericable.fr/~lovjames/family-history/lovelock/ ============================== Jumpstart your genealogy with OneWorldTree. Search not only for ancestors, but entire generations. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13972/rd.ashx