Hello, Just came across this forum. Dorothy, (Doris) Martha (Marie) Pavey, Parker, D'Elton nee Allamby wa my great step mother. She married my great grandfather Alphonsus Apsley Westalke Parker. There are records stating she deserted the first marriage to Alfred Ernest D'Elton Jnr and had a son William John D'Elton 1919. There are news articles in trove regarding the desertion of the D'elton divorce. She then married my Great grandfather Alphonso Apsley Westlake Parker in 1925 and adopted a girl Jean McPherson from mother Jessie Louisa McPherson in 1926. She then deserted this marriage shortly after the adoption and name changed to Dorothy Pavey. Her sister Elva May Allamby married George William Grace they also had a daughter Barbara Jean Grace in 1934. Elva also deserted her husband and left the child and William Pavey. In my research both sisters deserted marriages and married a Pavey. Both daughters born and adopted have Jean in there middle name. Doris is a mystery in our family as we know she married my great grandfather to adopt our grandmother then left the marriage shortly after. We have been searching for the birth mother Jessie Louise Mcpherson ever since as my grandmother was the only child born into the Mcpherson family. We would love to solve this mystery x
