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Got the marriage certificate this morning. It was the correct one. It appears she changed her name by deed to Geldart. She lied on her wedding certificate saying she was 31yrs old, when she was 39yrs old and her husband was 24yrs old, so could well still be alive! I can't believe she married someone 4yrs older than her own son!!! Unbelievable! Don't know the witnesses to the marriage, I'm assuming they must've been friends of theirs.

Thank you all so much for your help
Helen
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Hopefully this is now rectified :-) x

Helen,

You may be better off send for the marriage cert in Leslie H Oddy's name then you will get the right one.

Because on the Yorkshire BMD site the marriage for Vera is registered in both Geldart and Brown.

Hi

Got the death certificate today and that was the correct Vera, she died in Yeovil of heart disease at 88yrs old.

She was married to the man we thought, but the marriage certificate I received was for 2 completely different people?!!! Odd!! I entered all the details correctly too! Mmmmm . .

You might be interested in reading this thread. Similar story:

http://www.genesreunited.co.uk/boards.page/board/tips_board/thread/1258077

Rose

Oh, I see it now. She didn't use her middle name.

Rose

Choccy gave me the details of a possible marriage between Vera and an Oddy??

I found a possible marriage for Vera and PM'd the details as there are likely to be living relatives.

Helen,

There's no marriage for a Vera Bessie to an Oddy. What did your order?

Rose

Thanks for all your help.

I've now ordered the death and marriage certificate of Vera Bessie Oddy. Lets see what that gives me.

I've also contacted a couple of people with the new husbands name to see if there's a link there.

Thank you so much!
x

I have Vera's birth certificate. Unfortunately, I gave all the certificates to my Dad and he lives in Wales, I live in Hertfordshire. I've copied the information from the certificates to my tree. If it helps, I can give you access to that? x

I like the first one.

Can't see a marriage for a Vera B to an Oddy, but that's okay because legally she would be unable to marry.

There's a marriage for a Bessie V Tuffs to a Walter C J Macklin. Here's her birth so we can rule her out:

Births Jun 1911
Tuffs Bessie V Winchester 2c 137

There are only 24 births for a Vera B registered between Jan 1st and June 30th 1911, so the odds are good that Vera Oddy is the one.

Rose

I wonder if either of these death certs might be worth looking at

England & Wales, Death Index: 1916-2005
about Vera Bessie Oddy Name: Vera Bessie Oddy
Birth Date: 13 Mar 1911
Death Registration Month/Year: May 1999
Age at death (estimated): 88
Registration district: Yeovil
Inferred County: Somerset
Register number: B11
District and Subdistrict: 7263B
Entry Number: 25



England & Wales, Death Index: 1916-2005
about Bessie Vera Macklin Name: Bessie Vera Macklin
Birth Date: 13 Mar 1911
Death Registration Month/Year: Jul 1999
Age at death (estimated): 88
Registration district: Winchester
Inferred County: Hampshire
Register number: A49D
District and Subdistrict: 5021A
Entry Number: 51

1911 census found on FMP



PM sent - possibility of living relatives

Choccy, where did you find that information?

Wow thanks everyone. Yes that's the one. Sorry, it was a spur of the moment thing to post a thread, so I didn't have all the details to hand.

She left home when my dad was around 12yrs old, never to be seen again by anyone. (Her own mother did the same, so I'll hit another brick wall with Florence! TUT!)

I've contacted the Salvation Army and they couldn't locate her. I've searched all the deaths around wartime, as she was apparently posted to Southampton just before the heavy bombing there. I don't know how people find this kind of information out, I'm just treading water with her. My dad (now 81yrs old) has decided he wants to know what happened to her.

:-)

??

Marriages Jun 1907 (>99%)
BROWN William Henry Melksham 5a 235
JONES Florence Clara Melksham 5a 235

The district Melksham is in the county of Wiltshire.

Hi,Slug/Lettuce..

I am brain dead today got up too early this morning.

looks to be Vera Bessie Brown -

1911

BROWN, William Henry Head Married
4 years M 33 1878 House Painter Wiltshire Bradford VIEW
BROWN, Florence Clara Wife Married
4 years F 26 1885 Wiltshire Devizes VIEW
BROWN, Gladys Florence Kate Daughter Single F 3 1908 Wiltshire Trowbridge VIEW
BROWN, Maurice William Son Single M 1 1910 Wiltshire Chippenham VIEW
BROWN, Vera Bessie Daughter Single F 0 1911 Monmouth Abertillery VIEW

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RG number:
RG14 Piece:
31834 Reference:
RG14PN31834 RG78PN1832 RD585 SD1 ED21 SN254

Registration District:
Bedwellty Sub District:
Aberystruth Enumeration District:
21 Parish:
Abertillery

Address:
17 Victoria St Abertylerry Mon County:
Monmouthshire

Hi Sue

it is Brown .... see title of thread (lol) got me too...
Ria x