Singapore - Marriages abroad

[Poozan]

Wow! I am gobsmacked!!! Can one get such accurate far-reaching family information about all one's ancestors? I have downloaded the information from the link you sent me and will gradually put it on my software.

I would love to know why Ruby Maidment died in the UK and William Cuthbertson in San Francisco. I have 2 photographs of their daughter Jill's wedding in 1932, this one showing some men in uniform. We think it must have taken place in California but can't recognise the uniforms.

[ShaunJ]

Jill M Cuthbertson married Flying Officer Joseph Seymour Tanner in London in 1933. I think the chaps in uniform will be a guard of honour of fellow RAF officers.

[Poozan]

You know everything! Thanks again. I will get hold of the marriage certificate for fine tuning. My great uncle in the photograph was only 53 at the time of the wedding, he looks a lot older I think. His wife was 62!

[Poozan]

You have been so helpful, may I ask for one more piece of advice. I think it is possible that Margaret Maxwell Anderson who married Thomas Cuthbertson in 1875 and Marion Fullarton Anderson who married his brother John Reid Cuthbertson, presumably also in Singapore since their son was born there, may have been sisters. There is a witness signature on the 1875 marriage which could read Marion. Is there anywhere I could go which would help to prove this theory?

Sorry to bother you again.

[ShaunJ]

Both John and Thomas Cuthbertson attended the wedding of a John Anderson in London in 1901, at which Tom Cuthbertson junior was best man. John Anderson was 48 and a recent member of the Straits Settlements Legislative Council. It seems likely that he was related to Margaret and Marion, perhaps a brother. 

See http://www.rootschat.com/links/08d7/

The marriage register page is in Ancestry's London Marriages. John Anderson's father had the same name, was deceased by then, and was a master mariner and civil servant.

Incidentally Marion's middle name was Fullerton and not Fullarton ( Wills and Bequests, The Times 15 September 1933 page 15)

[ShaunJ]

Margaret Maxwell Anderson was the "third surviving daughter of the late John Anderson" http://www.rootschat.com/links/08d9/

[ShaunJ]

They were indeed sisters - see this 1933 obit http://www.rootschat.com/links/08db/ "A Straits Hostess"

[Poozan]

John Anderson was indeed the brother of Margaret and Marion. He was, with his sister Marion and his mother Janet, a witness at the 1875 wedding and I mistakenly thought the signature was that of his father.

1. As usual you have given me so much information that my head is reeling. Is there any way that these items from the Singapore paper can be saved onto my computer so that I can digest them at leisure?

2. How do I go about looking up Marion in Wills and Bequests, the Times 1933 page 15 please?

[Poozan]

I have actually got my head together and looked up FAQ on the paper website. Now I know what to do if I want a copy of the article.