Grandfather jailed for bigamy - missing link

[ljuk]

Some of us have real lives and other things that need to be done before we spend time here.

I'm sure Dan will come back and join in when he is able to.

Nothing from Dan yet then ... see he was last active on the 10th of October in the afternoon ... been a while ...

It's a give and take thing you know ... not like a drive-in MacDonalds ...

[sarah]

That is not so long ago ljuk, he could just be on his holiday, working abroad of even in hospital. Do rather hope that he is on his annual holiday somewhere nice and sunny

Sarah

[M3D1C_Dan]

Some of us have real lives and other things that need to be done before we spend time here.

I'm sure Dan will come back and join in when he is able to.

Nothing from Dan yet then ... see he was last active on the 10th of October in the afternoon ... been a while ...

It's a give and take thing you know ... not like a drive-in MacDonalds ...

I'm still here, just nothing that constructive to add from what little time I have had of late to dedicate to this. Comments of me being "not interested" I find slightly amusing. Allow me to ellaborate:

I work for the ambulance service working all hours god sends on a 12 hour-a-day rota, this week I've been working all weekend on nights. When I'm not working I'm also trying to get through a GCSE Human Health and Physiology course at college so I can progress at work to Paramedic. SOmewhere in between work and college, I run my own motorcycle website, review products and also try and juggle my wife and 2 young sons as well. It sounds clichéd, but there honestly aren't enough hours in the day for me to get done everything I hope to do, and whilst tracing my grandfather's past is another past-time, it isn't top list of my priorities in amongst everything else.

I can appreciate that for those who either don't work, or don't have as many things on the go as I do, awaiting a response from myself on this thread can be frustrating, and for that I apologise – I confess I can be the world's worst person for being impatient.

As far as current info goes, I sent Ernest Markerson some photos my father has of Gordon, and Ernest says, and I quote:
"that's him without a shadow of a doubt, the man who came to my wedding back in '56"

My father and Ernest are now looking into getting a DNA test done to confirm this 100%.

As far as tracing proof or obtaining evidence of Gordon's birth, or his father (George) whereabouts or birthdate etc, I'm not sure where to go from here or what I need to do.

I will try and make a conscious effort to keep you posted sooner on this thread, if for nothing other than respect for those who have put some much of their own time and effort/experience into helping me so far.

Once again, I can't begin to thank you all so much for the help you have so kindly given up and I hope you will continue to help.

 

[dawnsh]

Hi Dan

Glad you're ok.

As I surmised in reply #186, you seem to have a full and hectic life away from here.

Just reply as and when you can.

Dawn

[antonymark]

Hi there,

I stumbled on this fascinating thread while chasing my own bigamy puzzle.

A search on FindMyPast's newspapers brought up this:

[antonymark]

To add:

It is from Yorkshire Evening Post Wednesday 20 November 1946.

Tony.

(modified for clarity  )

[PatLac]

Well done, Tony! Fascinating thread!

[M3D1C_Dan]

Awesome work there mate, thank you.
That’s 100% my grandad - the names, places and dates all add up.
Thank you.

I did track his estranged family down and after making contact with his granddaughter, confirmed the suspected info.

I apologise for not keeping you all updated on this but to be honest it kind of got parked as it seems I’ve opened a Pandora’s box with what is obviously another family branch I will now have to explore.

I’d actually forgotten all about this tbh so thank you for opening this back up 😂

[PatLac]

Hi Dan,

Have you found his birth records?