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Would anyone please help me find a marriage for John Richard Goodwin Brewer b. 1909 believed born Fylde Blackpool but was on trawlers in Hull and was killed on H.M.T. Fifeshire Feb 1940. I've read he was married but No children No name for wife
Thanks George.

The source of your 'married but had no children'

http://hulltrawler.net/Sidewinder/Vessel%20-%20F/FIFESHIRE%20H120.htm

Perhaps he wasn't officially married??

Wonder if he left a Will???

Doesn't seem to be any marriage for him on FreeBMD.

Now there's a thought! :-D

Not seeing anything on the Probate Calendar. You could apply for search directly to the Probate office, if you think its worth a try? Costs £10

A tree on Ancestry says he was married to Jean Isabella Farr who was born in Austarlia.

Thanks for looking DetEctive and Margee.

Margee - might that have been in Scotland which is why its not on free bmd?
Someone said that the indexes have been added to FMP

Edit - you added Australia as her p.o.b so may be not Scotland. :-)

Does it say were they were married Please

No - the tree is a bit scant on details and I'm wondering how much is correct

Jean Isabella Farr
Birth 02 Nov 1923 in Sydney N.S.W. Australia
Death 2008 in Sydney N.S.W. Australia

So if they were married, she'd have been only 16/17 when he died.

Australian BMD are notoriously difficult to access because of their closure laws.
As any marriage, if it took place in NSW would have been over 40 years ago, it is possible to search on
http://www.bdm.nsw.gov.au/bdm_fh.html
However, there are zero results

In addition, the tree cites a 1954 Australian ER in her maiden name. It is always possible that Jean reverted to it. She married Raymond George Sanders under the surname of Farr not Brewer (if she ever was married)

Interestingly, the tree shows that there was a Brewer/Farr daughter - details hidden.

Depending on your interest, someone with Ancestry membership would be happy to send a message to the tree owner - Farr24 'Hill Family Tree' - who is a regular user of the site.

They may have been relying on hear-say rather then documentation.

Very interesting I will see how far I can get with this info.

Thanks everyone for your time and trouble
Regards George

BREWER, JOHN RICHARD GOODWIN

Rank:Seaman CookService No:LT/JX 165972
Date of Death:20/02/1940
Regiment/Service:Royal Naval Patrol Service H.M. Trawler Fifeshire.
Panel Reference: Panel 4, Column 2. Memorial:LOWESTOFT NAVAL MEMORIALAdditional Information:


Name: John Richard G Brewer
Registration Year: 1908
Registration Quarter: Jul-Aug-Sep
Registration district: Fylde
Inferred County: Lancashire
Volume: 8e
Page: 692

1911

Name: John Brewer
Age in 1911: 2
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1909
Relation to Head: Son
Gender: Male
Birth Place: Blackpool, Lancaster, England
Civil Parish: Sculcoates
County/Island: Yorkshire-East Riding
Country: England
Street address: 9 Elm Grove Liverpool St Hull
Registration district: Sculcoates
Registration District Number: 521
Sub-registration district: Hessle
ED, institution, or vessel: 31
Piece: 28641
Household Members:
Name Age
Susan Brewer 25
John Brewer 2

Married 3 years. Head of house at sea

Thanks for that rootgatherer But have you found a marriage That's my problem as it says killed on H.M.T. Fifeshire. Married no children ???

Would you like one of us to contact the tree owner on Ancestry? If so please send a PM with your email address and connection to JRGB.
We can then pass that info on so that they can, should they choose, contact you directly

For info - George has PMed me with contact details. These have now been sent to Farr24 with an explanatory message and a request that they email George