does this person excist?

[Nick29]

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

The fact that someone is down on a marriage certificate as being dead doesn't necessarily make them dead - it might just mean that they couple didn't want that person on the certificate (maybe a family feud ?).  Also, when you said "i have been going backwards from 1947", how exactly have you been doing this ?   Searching manually can be quite a task unless you're pretty sure you know the district where the person died.

[toni*]

just rereading and seeing that you have 1947 so the mariages i found are pretty unlikely
and John Bedworth she might not have married maybe just said they were married for convience

[Maggie.]

John Bedworth is her first husband the second is Thomas Sargent.  Is she likely to be using the surname Bedworth when she married Thos. Sargent rather than Smith?

[toni*]

oops silly me, 

but just a thought if you know the marriage to the 4th person then ordering this certificate it should list all Marys pervious names late being widowed from and formerly her maiden name
a divorced woman should also be described as such

[lostatsea09]

her name is doris
she was born in 1903,i have no idea what  name she went under when marrying these people
her last husband died in 1977 which was hebert barker.

my husband doesnt really know anything i voluntered to do this
i dont think his sister knows much either,my husband does have a brother who lives in australia
i will have  to email him.

goodness this is hard.

[avm228]

Could she be the Doris Smith who married John Bedford, Mar 1929 Pontefract 9c 225?

Anna

[Nick29]

goodness this is hard.

You must think we've all pounced on you !  I assure you it's because we all want to help 

[Maggie.]

Hi lostatsea,

It is hard indeed 

Have you any idea at all which part of the country they are likely to be in, and did Doris have a middle name, or even and initial would help?

Maggie

[lostatsea09]

his name is john bedworth
but spelling mistakes happen so it could be
thankyou