Hello
I have sent you a personal message, but it has just occurred to me that, as a newbie, you may have been unfamiliar with that facility, so I am pasting it below. You'll gather that my interest is mainly in Amy's 1st husband, because there is just a distant possibility I may be remotely related to him (unlikely, but I do now know his reason for picking his stage name). Anyroadup:
In response to your query, I should say straight away that I am extremely unlikely to to be related. I have HAVILAND in my tree, and so was very interested in Amy's first husband. He used the stage name William HAVILAND, but after investigation I found that he was actually William Alexander IRWIN. Nevertheless, I have pursued him and his family because I have a long standing interest in the theatre, and particularly in the 19c theatrical company of Sir Henry Irving (for other reasons, which I can bore you with at great length given the slightest encouragement).
I was aware of his two wives, the divorce, and her three husbands. Also of the two offspring of their marriage. My research also led me to several other actorly HAVILANDs, some related, some not.
Intrigued that you were a COWLRICK! Websites are notoriously unreliable, but I also have great wodges of paperwork. The name as shown on the USA marriage certificate is ambiguous. The UK divorce document, however, states it clearly as COWBRICK! Nevertheless if your relationship with Amy is direct then I fully accept that my previous assumption must have been incorrect.
Presumably you have pictures of Amy. There are a few on the net, including a cigarette card of her. There is also info on her in the Theatre Museum Archive in London.
I'd be thrilled to hear about your relationship and any results of your own research which you feel able to share with me.
Good luck
Colin
