Grandfather jailed for bigamy - missing link

[M3D1C_Dan]

No PatLac not yet. I don't think I will TBH given that we always were led to assume his middle name was Richard and not ROLAND as is evident here.

I've just spoken to my Dad who confirmed that the date of their wedding s as in the clipping is correct as well.

I've not reached back out to the MARKERSON family who I initially spoke to and wouldn't be surprised if his son from his estranged family down south is still living as when I spoke to him way back (I can't even recall when it was now), he was well into his 80s if my memory serves me correctly.

We'll find out as I have a lot more time on my hands now.

If anyone has any suggestions of where I take this, I'm all ears.

[PatLac]

Thanks! I understand you have his DOB from his death records as 9 Dec 1900, is that correct?

[M3D1C_Dan]

I’ve just been chatting to my dad and he’s found this.

It would seem that from what he was aware of previously, that DOB is wrong but would tie in well with someone doing a rubbish job of creating a new identity 🤣

[PatLac]

   Name:                          Mother's Maiden Surname:
   MARKERSON, HARRIS       RACHELL 
GRO Reference: 1905  M Quarter in ST. GEORGE-IN-THE-EAST  Volume 01C  Page 362


I can't find Harris Markerson's marriage or death on FreeBMD .



This is probably him

SALE OF AYLESBURY DAIRY SHOW The second annual dairy show and sale was held in Aylesbury Cattle Market ..

... fixture, and defeated them by 6 goals to 1. Team: VV. Archer; R. Dunkin, F. Peisley; F. Ewers, b. H. Dunkin, P. Woodford; G. Markerson, L. A. Toihes, R. L. Munday. F. B. Woodford. R. E. Frost. Referee; A. V. Small (Hartwell/. Harvest Thanksgiving.—The har ...

Published: Friday 02 October 1936
Newspaper: Bucks Herald
County: Buckinghamshire, England

AYLESBURY DISTRICT LEAGUE

... This proved to be the only goal of the match. Cuddington: E. E. Cox; F. Peisley, J. Ewers; R. Dunkin, S. H. Dunkin, G. R. Markerson; T. Godfrey, L. A. Tomes, R. L. Munday, F. B. Woodford, R. Tu. Frost. QUAINTON 4, RIVET WORKS 2. Quainton were again at ...

Published: Friday 20 September 1935
Newspaper: Bucks Herald
County: Buckinghamshire, England

[Jon_ni]

Edit: Reply moved to AnthonyMark's own post & Question about Bigamy, had typed here in error after following his link to it).
https://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=890491.msg7645508#msg7645508

[PatLac]

I've noticed that on his first marriage certificate his father George Markerson was deceased. That doesn't add up with the oral history of your family that his father died during the Blitz.

I don't have access to these newspapers, but maybe you could check them out, maybe they have more information.

On Wednesday morning the ambulance fetched Mr. Markerson, of Oxford House, Cuddington, from the Oxford Road, near Longwick, where he had been knocked off his pedal cycle by a motor ...

Published: Friday 06 March 1936
Newspaper: Bucks Herald
County: Buckinghamshire, England


... BIGAMY ALLEGED Mr Markerson, Engineer, Enfield Avenue, Leeds, who pleaded not guilty and reserved his defence, was committed for trial at the Assizes in Leeds today om a charge of bigamy. Mr.
N. C. Haslegrave, prosecuting, said Markerson was married at Aylesbury ...

Published: Friday 09 August 1946
Newspaper: Yorkshire Evening Post
County: Yorkshire, England


George Markerson?

Friday—George Bennett, 12, of Brandon, was summoned for destroying the glass in two lamps, valued at 9a. 6d., the parish. George Markerson, a lad about the same age stated is then come towards him. Witness said to defendant,“ You will get in the \ ...
Published: Saturday 26 February 1876
Newspaper: Lowestoft Journal
County: Suffolk, England


... of Brandon, was summoned for destroying the glass in two lamps, valued at 9s. Sd., the property of Brandon parish.— George Markerson, a lad about the same age as defendant, stated that on the 30th ult. he was in the street at Brandon, when he happened ...
Published: Tuesday 22 February 1876
Newspaper: Bury and Norwich Post
County: Suffolk, England


His military records:

Name: G R Markerson . Service number: D/34689 . Date of birth: 7 December 1901
Reference:   WO 421/58862

https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C17731838

[antonymark]

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

You are welcome Dan, and welcome back to Rootschat!

It looks like your old thread has regrown its legs and is running again. PatLac has pulled up some interesting new leads to follow.

Did anything come of the idea that your Father and Ernest do DNA tests? Even if contact has been lost with the other family it might certainly be worth considering your Father testing. Tests are cheaper in real terms and the data bases bigger than 12 years ago.

Best wishes, Tony.

[M3D1C_Dan]

I’m trying to reach back out to that side of the family to see where they are at or whether Ernest is still alive. Even if he isn’t, I would imagine his children may still be a viable line for testing? I’ll be honest, I don’t know a great deal about DNA testing for genealogy purposes or even well I would contact to get these done - reputable providers etc.

It was late yesterday when I picked this back up and being a weekend, I didn’t really want to probe too far into it as I didn’t think the response euros be that appreciated given people’s family time etc.

What was interesting though was given the info from Gordon’s first marriage in Aylesbury, I did a random Facebook search for MARKERSONS and found a couple from that area, coincidentally friends with each other so potentially directly related. One of the individuals, I’m sure is the mother of the lady I contacted (or who contacted me) after seeing this post and who has been looking for her grandfather’s lineage - her grandfather turned out to be ERNEST.

I don’t recall ERNEST’S daughters Christian name but her married name at the time was KISS.

[M3D1C_Dan]

So further to this - and this is where social media and todays technology makes this so fast and easy - I’ve just gone through a few of the MARKERSON individuals on Facebook and their publicly available friends, and found quite a few who are all connected by name (their in each other’s friends lists).

The last I had direct contact with is definitely related to the MARKERSONS you can find from AYLESBURY.

*Apologies if anyone finds this slightly intrusive, but if you don’t lock down your friends list and make certain areas of your social media accounts private, this is how easy people can find each other.