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Member Since: March 2004 Posts: 36 Send Message	Maureen	Report	6 Sep 2010 10:36
Member Since: March 2004 Posts: 36 Send Message	I am having trouble finding either a death or even a divoice cert i have tried really to find her.. Her name is Rosa Bradley nee Cole ,i believe she would have died before 1931 or other wise divoiced before this year as this year the man she was married to married my mother inlaw . Any help would be very helpful . Thanks Maureen Bradley .
Member Since: November 2003 Posts: 28,835 Send Message	KathleenBell	Report	6 Sep 2010 10:42
	What area of the country was she from? What was Mr. Bradley's first name? Kath. x
Member Since: November 2003 Posts: 28,835 Send Message	KathleenBell	Report	6 Sep 2010 10:46
	Is this your mother-in-law's marriage? :- Name: William O A Bradley Spouse: Olive M. Williams Date of Registration: Jul-Aug-Sep 1931 Registration district: Birkenhead Registration county (inferred): Cheshire Volume Number: 8a Page Number: 1491 If so is this Rosa's marriage to Mr. Bradley:- Name: William Otto A Bradley Year of Registration: 1906 Quarter of Registration: Jan-Feb-Mar District: West Ham County: Essex, Greater London Volume: 4a Page: 65 Also on the page is Rosa Cole. Kath. x
Member Since: November 2003 Posts: 28,835 Send Message	KathleenBell	Report	6 Sep 2010 10:47
	Possible birth for Rosa (going by registration district of the marriage):- Name: Rosa Cole Year of Registration: 1886 Quarter of Registration: Oct-Nov-Dec District: West Ham County: Essex, Greater London Volume: 4a Page: 264 Kath. x
Member Since: November 2004 Posts: 242 Send Message	Carol Ann	Report	6 Sep 2010 10:50
	possible re-marriages for Rosa Marriages Sep 1925 (>99%) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bradley Rosa Jeavons Wolverhampton 6b 1347 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Marriages Jun 1930 (>99%) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bradley Rosa Boakes Richmond Y. 9d 1556 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Marriages Dec 1933 (>99%) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bradley Rosannah Beavis Chelmsford 4a 1584 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Marriages Jun 1935 (>99%) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bradley Rosa R Crawshaw Skipton 9a 43
Member Since: November 2004 Posts: 242 Send Message	Carol Ann	Report	6 Sep 2010 10:51
	Rosa may have changed back to her maiden name as i know you can after a divorce.....
Member Since: November 2003 Posts: 28,835 Send Message	KathleenBell	Report	6 Sep 2010 10:52
	You can apply here for a 10 year search of divorce records:- Principal Registry of the Family Division First Avenue House 42-49 High Holborn LONDON WC1V 6NP Telephone 020 7947 6939 However it is quite expensive £30 - £50 per search. Is it possible that the couple never divorced? Between the wars a lot of marriages broke up and because divorce was very expensive and difficult to get lots of couples just separated and later set up home with a new partner as if they were married. My own father-in-law did this. Kath. x
Member Since: January 2003 Posts: 49,504 Send Message	Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it	Report	6 Sep 2010 11:31
	the marriage cert to your MIL would be the place to start because his marital status on marriage will show
	Researching: Surname Fahse. Germany. Essex .South East London My avatar is one of our wedding photos of 1957
Member Since: November 2003 Posts: 28,835 Send Message	KathleenBell	Report	6 Sep 2010 11:51
	But the information on the marriage certificate will only be the information given at the time - not necessarily true!! Kath. x
Member Since: March 2004 Posts: 36 Send Message	Maureen	Report	6 Sep 2010 17:18
Member Since: March 2004 Posts: 36 Send Message	Thanks Kath. Yes all correct but am looking for a death or divoice or maybe a new marriage
Member Since: March 2004 Posts: 36 Send Message	Maureen	Report	6 Sep 2010 17:19
Member Since: March 2004 Posts: 36 Send Message	can you do that .
Member Since: March 2004 Posts: 36 Send Message	Maureen	Report	6 Sep 2010 17:21
Member Since: March 2004 Posts: 36 Send Message	we have the Cert for husbands mum and dad .THANKS kATH
Member Since: November 2004 Posts: 242 Send Message	Carol Ann	Report	6 Sep 2010 17:58
	Did the chap married to your mother inlaw not have his divorce papers for when he re-married her.... I know my dad had to for his 2nd marriage....
Member Since: March 2004 Posts: 36 Send Message	Maureen	Report	6 Sep 2010 19:21
Member Since: March 2004 Posts: 36 Send Message	Sorry no idea his mum did not even tell he had been married before ,when i started my tree a few years back my husband came with me to the family records offices in London he was just browsing and found his parents marriage cert i did not bother to much with his family but now i am on the case i just want to sort it .
Member Since: November 2003 Posts: 28,835 Send Message	KathleenBell	Report	6 Sep 2010 23:38
	I think the best thing to do is to look again at your in-law's marriage certificate and see whether Mr. Bradley described himself as "widower", "divorced" or "bachelor". If he says he is divorced then there should be records (which I think he would have had to provide). If he said he was a widower again I think he would have had to provide his first wife's death certificate. However there were lots of bigamous marriages at that time when married men who could not afford to divorce just said they were bachelors. Kath. x
Member Since: March 2004 Posts: 36 Send Message	Maureen	Report	7 Sep 2010 08:07
Member Since: March 2004 Posts: 36 Send Message	Hi The marriage certificate states he was a widower who knows if he gave them proof . I shall keep on looking , i am in touch with someone in NZ who maybe able to help , might be greatgrandchild of Rosa.
Member Since: November 2004 Posts: 242 Send Message	Carol Ann	Report	7 Sep 2010 09:41
	has anyone found them on the 1911 census?
Member Since: March 2004 Posts: 36 Send Message	Maureen	Report	7 Sep 2010 11:01
Member Since: March 2004 Posts: 36 Send Message	No but he might have moved around they will turn up in the end.

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