I've seen one, possibly two, cases where a wife's surname was changed by deed-poll to match the husband's because he was already married to someone else. Tony Proctor ----- Original Message ----- From: "WRIGHT PETER" <peter.wright15@ntlworld.com> To: "WARDLE WILLIAM" <wwardle@ntlworld.com> Cc: <NOTTSGEN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, November 20, 2013 2:49 PM Subject: Re: [NTT] Bertie Wardle & Jane Mc Namara marriage > Hi, > > Ancestry have this one at Basford for Bertie Wardle - Perhaps he married > someone else and couldn't marry your Sarah. > > Name:Bertie WardleDate of Registration:Oct-Nov-Dec 1911Registration > District:BasfordInferred County:NottinghamshireVolume Number:7bPage > Number: > 463Records on Page:Name Edith E Anthony > <http://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=FreeBMDMarriage&indiv=try&h=711403>Annie > Haslam > <http://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=FreeBMDMarriage&indiv=try&h=13005510>William > Schofield > <http://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=FreeBMDMarriage&indiv=try&h=25429233> > > Bertie Wardle > <http://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=FreeBMDMarriage&indiv=try&h=30223241> > > > > > On 20 November 2013 12:23, WARDLE WILLIAM <wwardle@ntlworld.com> wrote: > >> Hi All, I wonder if I may call on your combine expertise to help me break >> down ONE of my long standing brick walls. >> >> My father's cousin is coming up to 95 yrs old in December 2013(b.1918). >> Her >> daughter informs me that her mum has always believed that her parents >> weren't married. >> All of the information that we have collected indicates to me that they >> were indeed married. >> BUT I cannot find the marriage. >> I am sure that it would please an old lady so much to see written proof >> of >> her parents marriage. >> >> My cousin's parents were: >> >> Bertie Owen WARDLE & Sarah Jane Mc NAMARA >> On the >> 1911 Census Bertie was in Sheffield Barracks.(Northumberland Fusiliers) >> Sarah Jane Mc NAMARA was staying with Bertie's parents >> (Gilbert >> and Amy WARDLE in Gregory Boulevard, Hyson Green, Nottingham (she had a >> daughter Phyllis McNAMARA.) >> It may well be that the couple married late 1911 to 1912 because in >> >> 1912:Son Bertie Francis born 19th August to Bertie Owen WARDLE Postman & >> Sarah Jane WARDLE formerly >> Mc NAMARA of 25 Bradwell St Sheffield >> >> >> 1915:Son Gilbert born 6th Mar: to Bertie Owen WARDLE Private >> Northumberland >> Fusiliers (Postman) >> & S.J.WARDLE (Formerly Mc NAMARA) 6 Athol Terrace Egypt Rd, Nottingham. >> Registered 16th April 1915. Died in Sheffield 1920. >> >> These two certificates (and others) indicate to me that Bertie & Sarah J. >> were married, but where? >> Possibly in Sheffield c1912. Possibly in Nottingham. >> >> Sarah Jane Mc NAMARA died May 1920 in Sheffield. >> >> Bertie re-married in May 1921 to Minnie BANKS. >> There were/are many non conformist churches in the >> Basford/Hyson Green area. My hope is that records still exist for the >> relevant period but there doesn't appear to be any lists of such churches >> or records. >> Ancestry searches for Sheffield and Nottingham have proved fruitless. >> >> Any help appreciated >> >> Bill Wardle >> >> >> -- >> Websites: >> http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~hartshorn/ >> http://wardlehistory.tribalpages.com/?userid=wardlehistory&x=13&y=10 >> >> >> Notts Surname List >> >> http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~hughw/notts.html >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> NOTTSGEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> > > > Notts Surname List > > http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~hughw/notts.html > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NOTTSGEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message