Grandfather jailed for bigamy - missing link

[M3D1C_Dan]

It is very possible.
 I'm not sure if this will read week enough to decipher but here goes...
*attachment*
it is easy to seer how the surname could write easily have been changed to MARKINSON when you see the handwriting on this document.

[alpinecottage]

I'd agree that the occupation could easily be "Colt breaker" and I agree with josose's conclusion that it could well be the same man.  In fact, I'd go for "95% certainly the same man".

The bride at the first marriage was only 17, so Gordon may have knocked a few years off his age to disguise the fact he was twice her age, or maybe he added a few years later to cover his tracks.

Doesn't get us much nearer to finding his birth or origins, though   

[carol8353]

Hope I haven't missed this,Phyllie E Markerson married George Chowns in Aylesbury in 1958 and died

Phyllis Emily Chowns   DOB   2 Jul 1916 died Dec 1972 in Oxford aged 56

Volume 6b  Page    2819

Births Sep 1916

Oakley    Phyllis E   mmn  Wilson    Aylesbury    3a   1797

[jorose]

Definitely "colt breaker" to my eyes.  Interesting that he's listed his father as deceased (conflicts with earlier mentioned family stories about parents + sister dying in the Blitz)

freebmd.rootsweb.com shows:
WIlliam Oakley m. 1904 Aylesbury to Louisa Wilson
a possible older child for this couple, Gladys L(illian) Oakley b. 1906 and m. 1926 to a Herbert G Martin which would cover the witnesses.

Still cannot find anything concrete about Gordon or father George.  It's looking quite likely that there was a George, colt/horse breaker/trader (or somehow otherwise engaged in that industry), possibly with some link to Newark, but almost certainly not with the surname of Mark(in/er)son. 

The two documents to go after now, I would think:
Gordon's military records (I linked to the MOD a couple of posts up)
Any newspaper records for the 1949/50 case (copies may be held, possibly on microfilm, by either WYJS or in the British Library's newspaper collection - but I think the later is about to be moved so not a good time.  Either way would probably require someone to visit in person).

[M3D1C_Dan]

Nice one Jorose, thank you.
Not quite the positive I was hoping for but then, it wouldn't so much fun if it was ask straight forward would it.
I was thinking of contracting the Green Howard's regarding this new name search to see what they could unfold.
Would searching in person, microfiche records of either newspapers or past MOD info reveal anything or is this something that had already been explored online?

[dawnsh]

If you want to look through newspapers at the British Library in Colindale, you'll need to get a move on as they plan to close permanently 1st week of November. Everything is moving to Boston Spa and won't be available at the British Library at St Pancras until February 2014. Once moved, you'll have to give 48hrs notice at St Pancras so they can order things to be delivered from Boston.

Having seen earlier bigamy reports in the Yorkshire newspapers, I don't think you'll actually gain anymore information than you'll already been given. There were so many bigamy reports I don't think they were actually that newsworthy.

here's a clip from 1944

[M3D1C_Dan]

what I need to do is find info on Gordon Roland Markerson's mother to fund out if she was French. That would be a deff confirmation of the same guy, based on what my Grandfather told my dad.

[carol8353]

Would there be any mileage in contacting the 4 children born after 1934- they all married in the same area as Phyllis and Gordon's marriage by the way.I wonder if he stayed around for long or if they know what happened to him?

[avm228]

I was (tentatively) wondering that too.  Two are deceased I think. Obviously this would be very sensitive territory. The Leeds "marriage" took place just months after the birth of the youngest child.