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[cathyturner17]

Well, the divorce records arrived today and confirm that our man, Albert Sidney Simmons forgot to divorce (or declare) his first wife.  She must have lost track of him as she did not serve him with divorce papers until 1927-28.

There is no mention of him in either of his parents probate records, so I assume they dis-inherited him.  Interestingly, on both marriage certs, his age is 23 although there is a 10 year gap.

Now to track his last known whereabouts..........

Cathy

[cathyturner17]

All of the entries on this conversation have turned out to be our people!

Albert definitely married both Ethel and Sarah.  After Ethel eventually caught up with him in the ealy 1930's, he went on to marry the woman she caught him with, one Maud Chamberlain! 
However, he then died aged 55, on 03/01/1935 in Richmond, Surrey.  His address was 50 Raleigh Road, and by some miracle, I found a photo of the property on line!  The marriage to Maud I found a couple of weeks ago and his death cert. arrived today!

Is there any one who could locate what cemetery he may be buried in? I have the third edition of the National Burial Index, but cannot find him on it.  Maybe he was cremated.

I managed to find his oldest son Sidney married to Ethel D Wickham.

Many thanks for all your help, it has been great to finally track him down.

Cathy

[louisa maud]

All the info I have for Richmond cemeteries is the following

Richmond Cemetery
Lower Grove Road
Richmond Upon Thames
Surrey
TW106HP

I am not sure when cremation became popular but I think it was much later than 1935

The office is open Monday to Friday from 9am until 5pm, excluding Public Holidays, Christmas and New Year.

The Cemetery Office
East Sheen Cemetery,
Sheen Road,
Richmond,
TW10 5BJ

Telephone: 020 8876 4511
Fax: 020 8878 8118
Email: cemeteries@richmond.gov.uk

Hope this helps

Louisa Maud

[cathyturner17]

Found him!

Albert Sidney Simmons
Section 1
Grave 7304
Richmond Cemetery.

Thre are 4-5 other people in the same grave, all buried within a few days of each other, is this normal?  None of them appear to be related.

There may be no headstone, but does anyone live in the area who may be able to take a photograph?

Cathy

[louisa maud]

This would be what used to be called a communal grave. Not everyone could afford to buy their own plot, and to save space I suppose more than one would be buried in the same plot, in fact I should imagine most couldn't afford their own plot in those days. A photograph would most likely just be a flat piece of ground, like a lawn if it is kept nicely.

Pleased you have finally been able to track him down

regards

LM