Grandfather jailed for bigamy - missing link

[Dundee]

M3D1C_Dan,

Have you seen this?  http://www.lostcomms.co.uk/forum/displaytopic.asp?T=15256&P=1

So they have been looking, and given that at least two of the siblings are already deceased I think that time is of the essence!

Debra 

[dawnsh]

Fantastic find Debra!

[avm228]

Brilliant find The person who posted the message seems to be easy to trace/contact online.

[Milliepede]

Ooh that's good and did you notice he has the names switched round to Roland Gordon   

I was looking for Rolands this afternoon.  To no avail I might add.  I can see this one is going to continue for a few pages yet!

I can't understand why you would make up/change a name from the off when there is nothing to hide.  Subsequent marriages yes but not for the first or for your birth just doesn't make sense.
I'm sure someone would have found a birth by now or a census entry.

Any other little snippets you can tell us about him Dan that might not seem relevant but could help in some way? 

[M3D1C_Dan]

Sadly no in terms of anything additional.

On a plus note, a massive thank you to Debra for posting the link on the Forces Forum from someone looking for their grandfather's history.

I contacted the poster yesterday through various means at my disposal  and managed to get in contact with her grandfather, Ernest MARKERSON. Ernest is Gordon's brother who, from information he gave me, struck too many coincidences for my liking. See what you make of this:

Ernest is the son of Gordon Roland MARKERSON and Phyllis Emily OAKLEY.
His father joined the army and left his mother when Ernest was 10 years old.
He recalls his G/father being called George and being a horse breeder (of sorts), which would tie in with the 'Colt Breaker' on Gordon & Phyllis' wedding cert.
He knows Gordon left and moved to Leeds where he had a family, but the last he heard of Gordon was when he returned to Ernest and his wife's wedding in 1956.

He never heard from him after this.

[Milliepede]

Library computers weren't being very helpful today (searches taking too long that kind of thing)

I found one "colt breaker" called George.  He was George Baker born 1851 Hailsham Sussex which sounds most unlikely.

Maybe someone with FindMyPast could have a look for horse traders called George?  Has to be worth a shot tho I suppose he could have had that profession after 1911 so it wouldn't come up on a census 

[ljuk]

There is a George WILSON (Horse Breaker) living in Southwell, Nottinghamshire in 1911. Southwell being about 9 miles from Newark. Maybe worth following up?

[Milliepede]

In 1901 he is coachman at a livery stables.  Born Westby Lincs.

George R age 32
Wife Sarah A 40
daughter Emily R 3
boarder Edward Storey 17 who is a groom

Would be interesting to see if the R stood for Roland!  He only admits to one child in 1911.

[Dundee]

That is great news that you have made contact, possibly not the easiest thing you have had to do?  It does seem likely that they are the same person and perhaps an exchange of photos will clinch it?

The next step would be to chase up his service record to see what he says about himself. 

At the moment I am leaning toward some sort of alien involvement 

Debra