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Title: Harry McMahon
Post by: stephenperry on Tuesday 20 October 15 07:37 BST (UK)
Looking for info on Harry McMAHON born in New Zealand and went to Canada. In 1925 he married  Jeanne Yvonne MARTY.  He then disappeared from  the scene and reappeared as Jerome McMAHON and died in Vancouver 10 Jan 1949.  By that stage he had remarried a Alice SAPETA.  No details can be found

Can anyone help please, thanks
Title: Re: Harry McMahon
Post by: aghadowey on Tuesday 20 October 15 08:47 BST (UK)
Welcome to Rootschat  :)

What sort of information are you looking for? are you sure that 'Harry McMahon' and 'Jerome McMahon' are the same man? Do you have both marriage certificates and his death certificate?
Title: Re: Harry McMahon
Post by: aghadowey on Tuesday 20 October 15 12:08 BST (UK)
In 1925 he married  Jeanne Yvonne MARTY.
Here's the 1925 marriage in Canada- parents given as Thomas McMahon & Jean Gordon McKenna, age 25 so born c1900, bride Marie Jeanne Yvonne Marty.

A Jeannie McMahon death 1969 and in same cemetery is Jerome McMahon (1901-1949)-
also a Harry D. McMahon d.1951

http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=26369261 (click on link to see all McMahons buried in that cemetery)

Death certificate for Jerome McMahon (1949)-
https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FLP2-MFQ
Title: Re: Harry McMahon
Post by: willsy on Tuesday 20 October 15 22:05 BST (UK)
Just found his will... Jerome Henry

https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KDTM-W4P

Representative of the intestate Jeanne Yvonne Nascou
Title: Re: Harry McMahon
Post by: willsy on Tuesday 20 October 15 22:22 BST (UK)
If you have a look here

http://search-collections.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/Genealogy/BasicSearchResult

the first name Marie Yvonne Nascou death 28 Nov 1973
 
has father Joseph Marty, informant Raymond E  Mcmahon
husband Carl Adolphus Nascou

marriage to Jerome, her father as Adolph Joseph Marty

https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JD8R-HDR

Carl death Yvonne Marie wife, notation to say it should be Yvonne Marie Marty

https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FLTR-QXS
Title: Re: Harry McMahon
Post by: willsy on Tuesday 20 October 15 22:43 BST (UK)
Just noticed on Carl's death, Raymond is step son, son in law for Marie Yvonne
Title: Re: Harry McMahon
Post by: willsy on Tuesday 20 October 15 23:26 BST (UK)
Nascou and Raymond can be picked up in the Canada Voter's list, Raymond is with Sylvia, but I can't see any marriage to pull Carl in or anything about Alice.

There's a Times Obit

McMAHON, Raymond Edmond; 78; Duncan BC; Victoria T-C; 2004-2-13; zac

birth would be c 1926
Title: Re: Harry McMahon
Post by: stephenperry on Wednesday 21 October 15 07:18 BST (UK)
Hi everyone, thanks for all your input and information
Harry and Jerome are one in the same.  He was a real enigma.  He disappeared from NZ and was found (by the Salvation Army) to have gone to Canada. He had died by that stage. He then disappeared again from his first wife when his son Ray was born
The things I am looking for are his marriage certificate to Alice Sapeta.  Did he divorce Marie? I cannot seem to find divorce papers online.  Was either not married to Alice or perhaps he was a bigamist!  I cannot find their marriage certificate or her death certificate
Marie remarried the same year as Harry died.  Does this tell me they still kept in touch?
I am surprised that Probate was filed in NZ so will get a copy of that
Thanks, i am a novice at this sort of thing!
Title: Re: Harry McMahon
Post by: stephenperry on Wednesday 21 October 15 07:20 BST (UK)
Is there anyway I can find out if Harry served in the Canadian Armed Forces during WW2?