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Title: Marriage British serviceman and German wife after WW2
Post by: RedPlume on Wednesday 17 July 24 18:36 BST (UK)

Hi everyone,

I'm trying to locate information about the marriage of my German Great Aunt and British Great Uncle sometime after WW2. They may have married in the U.K, but also may have married in Germany. Are there any military records available for me to search?

Thanks in advance for your help.

Title: Re: Marriage British serviceman and German wife after WW2
Post by: CaroleW on Wednesday 17 July 24 18:38 BST (UK)

Have you tried www.freebmd.org.uk for a British marriage.

Title: Re: Marriage British serviceman and German wife after WW2
Post by: RedPlume on Wednesday 17 July 24 18:47 BST (UK)

Hi Carole,

I have and I've found one record with the correct first name and the wrong surname. I just wondered if there was anywhere else I could check before I paid for the marriage certificate.

I love your profile cat, btw. I had a rescue Persian once, who was very entertaining.

Thanks!

Title: Re: Marriage British serviceman and German wife after WW2
Post by: Ashtone on Wednesday 17 July 24 19:20 BST (UK)

Have you checked FindMyPast's British Armed Forces and Overseas Banns and Marriages index collection?

Title: Re: Marriage British serviceman and German wife after WW2
Post by: RedPlume on Wednesday 17 July 24 20:16 BST (UK)

I haven't and that's an excellent suggestion. Thanks very much, Ashtone.

Title: Re: Marriage British serviceman and German wife after WW2
Post by: CaroleW on Wednesday 17 July 24 20:18 BST (UK)

If you don’t have any luck with the link above  you may want to consider giving their names etc  so we can see if we can find anything for you.

Title: Re: Marriage British serviceman and German wife after WW2
Post by: RedPlume on Thursday 18 July 24 18:32 BST (UK)

Hi Carole,

I didn't find anything on FindMyPast's British Armed Forces and Overseas Banns and Marriages index collection. There are a few Wisemans, and none of them were located in Germany.

FreeBMD.org have the following marriage in Dec 1946

Wiseman    Thomas A        Kalke    Chatham    5b   767

Ancestry has the following details. Hildemarie is a not a common name, and they lived in Northfleet, Gravesend eventually, so not too far from Chatham. Name changes - Hildemarie was born Domnick, but could have been married previously and Kalke is a German name. We knew her husband as Alan, so perhaps he is Thomas Alan.

I've ordered the marriage certificate from the GRO to check.

Hildemarie Kalke Dec qtr 1946
Chatham RD
Spouse    Thomas A Wiseman
Volume Number   5b
Page number   767

This is all a big mystery considering she was my Great Aunt and I actually met her.

Title: Re: Marriage British serviceman and German wife after WW2
Post by: CaroleW on Thursday 18 July 24 22:02 BST (UK)

From her death reg

Hildemarie Wiseman born 28.8.1921 died Aug 1991 Gravesend 16 898

Title: Re: Marriage British serviceman and German wife after WW2
Post by: Liam59 on Thursday 18 July 24 23:01 BST (UK)

The date of marriage is given as 11th December 1946 in this link: https://www.thepeerage.com/p61274.htm#i612733

Title: Re: Marriage British serviceman and German wife after WW2
Post by: CaroleW on Thursday 18 July 24 23:47 BST (UK)

Interesting - her surname on the marriage entry is Kalke but the link above refers to her as Domnik which suggests she may have been previously married

Title: Re: Marriage British serviceman and German wife after WW2
Post by: RedPlume on Monday 22 July 24 19:37 BST (UK)

Thanks CaroleW, that's definitely her. I remember visiting their house when I was a kid.

Liam59 - that's an outstanding link and very definitely Uncle Alan and Auntie Hildemarie.

Thanks so much to you both for your time and advice. Very much appreciated.

 :)