Alice jane Bates (nee Harris)

[AMBLY]

Ahh Ireland! Didn't think of that when I coul;dn't find them 

Hi Delp60, 
The Irish 1901/1911 Census is completely free to search, here
http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/search/

Benjamin is boarding in a household of people named GREER. He is listed as married.

His daughters, are at a seperate address with the HEWITSONs.

Cheers
AMBLY

[Radcliff]

So  the girls and their father are in Ireland,


so did she marry  Mr Duckworth, and  then go to Canada or go as a single woman,

has any one found her going to Canada,

her husband in his petition for  divorce proceedings names himself as Thomas Bates

have you access to these papers ,they would give her address,at the time,

[delp60]

OK. Have found only one Alice Bates of the correct age emigrated from the UK to Canada in 1905. Departed Liverpool for Halifax Nova Scotia. I can only guess that when the marriage went pear shaped she went home to Liverpool to her family before departing for Canada.

     Are we correct in assuming Duckworth would have been her new man, given that he is the co-respondent in the divorce?

     I have started the order process for the divorce papers from National archives. It appears it will take at least a coupe of weeks.

     I did try to find a marriage in Canada, but none so far.

     My mother recalls that her brother had a copy of a letter from a Canadian law firm to Thomas Bates requesting some documentation on Alice's behalf. Divorce papers perhaps? My uncle tried to write to the law firm 20 years ago but it came back as no such address. I have appealed to my cousins to please find said documents but they have not as yet.

[valeriec]

There is a 3 year old child listed as one of the daughters on the 1911 census in Ireland so that would probably mean she was still with the husband in 1908 and would mean that the Alice Bates in 1905 is probably not the correct one.

Val

[delp60]

oops! Thanks Val. Yes, I'd better do my maths.

[delp60]

Well a long time between posts! We finaly got the divorce record from National Archives & we can eliminate Thomas Duckworth as the record shows that this was a different Alice Jane Bates.