Hi all Hope someone may be able to assist with my research. My gr-gr-grandmother, Hannah Elliott married Samuel Gardner on 30 May 1853 at St. Peter's Chapel, Coventry. I have the marriage record. They were both silk weavers. They had a daughter, Rosa on 5 June 1854, Baptism 10 June 1855 at Holy Trinity, Coventry. I have the birth record. Then comes the tricky part. Hannah married John Lee at St. Peters & St. Paul's, Aston Juxta, Birmingham on 12 April 1857. I have the marriage certificate. So what happened to Samuel Gardner? I looked for a death record between 1855-1857 and found the death of a Samuel Gardner in Coventry in November 1856, so I ordered the record. Lo and behold, it was not the death of husband Samuel, it was the death of Hannah & Samuel's son (also named Samuel) on 8 November 1856 at the young age of 5 months old. So, what happened to husband Samuel Gardner? He seems to have disappeared. I find no record of death or burial for him, nor any records after 1855, except for a mention as father of the infant Samuel on the boy's death record. He spent his entire life in Coventry, so what happened to him? Yet Hannah states she was a widow on her marriage to John Lee in 1857. It seemed odd that Hannah was married in Birmingham, as both John Lee & Hannah were not from this part of Warwickshire, yet there it is. Does anyone know of where I might look for information to track Samuel Gardner? Are there any newspaper sources where I might look for articles like this? I am in the USA, so I can't pop over to a local library or record center. Vicki D.