does this person excist?

[lostatsea09]

ok i will try and explain the best i can.
my husbands grandmother married 4  first times and i have been trying to find her first husband
john bedworth,now on my father in laws marriage certificate(1947)he is down has deceased,because i dont know when he was born i have been going backwards from 1947 but cannot find this persons death any where.

im beginning to think he is not a real person lol.
any suggestions would be greatley appreciated
thankyou

[toni*]

so is John Bedworth the 1st or 4th husband of your husbands grandmother?

have you found the other HUsbands?

[Merly]

You could try searching for your husband's grandmothers details. Depending on when she was born, etc, you should be able to find her marriages, then trace each one to its end. It depends on your dates whether this will make your search easier or not. Otherwise, talk to any family still living, write everything they tell you down, then try to verify what they say one person at a time. I am still learning, but I think it would help if you had more information.  Good luck.

[lostatsea09]

i know who two of them are but only found one of them
john beworth is her first husband the second is thomas sargent,her third husband no one seems to know,the last one i found is  herbert barker

i have been searching my own family tree since 1998 and im still learning.

thankyou

[Maggie.]

Hi lostatsea 

Do you know the maiden name of your husband's grandmother?

Maggie

[lostatsea09]

yes a very common name it,s smith
i did find thomas sargent on the burial register just now.

[Maggie.]

Oh no - not Smith 

Did she by any chance have a nice, unusual Christian name that might help?

[toni*]

when did she marry Thomas Saregent and under what name Bedworth or Smith?
you really need to try and find this marriage to narrow down the death and marriage to John Bedworth

when was she born? plus circa 18-25 years for a marriage to begin with ....................

[toni*]

some possible marriages (having no years or place)

Jun 1844   Sergeant  Thomas    Burton  17 7   

 Sep 1846  Sergeant  Thomas     Newmarket  14 151   

Dec 1849   Sargeant  Thomas     Northampton  15 627   

Jun 1852   Sargent  Thomas     Spilsby  7a   

 Jun 1872  Sarsons  Thomas Edmund     King's N.  6c 692 

all these have a Mary Smith on the same page