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Re: Married as a Spinster twice - How? my theory
« Reply #36 on: Wednesday 29 January 14 02:59 GMT (UK) »
Hi JM
Can I ask why you think that there is 2 chaps?  I am happy to look into this but not sure where I would go from here.
I have already checked out other deaths for George Davis between 1907 and 1919 and there is none in NSW that fit.
Is it because there is no mention of George and Jessie in the papers being annulled?
cheers Meggles
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Re: Married as a Spinster twice - How? my theory
« Reply #37 on: Wednesday 29 January 14 03:34 GMT (UK) »
1. Until the Harvester Case the wages for a fettler with a family would not be likely to support TWO separate households, and even with taking into consideration the Harvester Case, it is still unlikely there would be sufficient funds.
2. DAVIS is often recorded as DAVIES in many records, and so you need to consider all George Henry DAVIES chaps as well as George Henry DAVIS.
3. It was NOT compulsory to enrol to vote until the mid 1920s, so just because you cannot find someone in NSW in pre WWI does NOT mean there was no one to find.
4. Until you have had experienced eyes to compare the signatures you simply do not know if the chap who married your lass in 1907 was actually a fair dinkum George Henry DAVIS going about in his parents locality, marrying a local very friendly lass, who may have met him on the street in Forest Lodge where  Mrs (Minnie) George Henry Davis lived.        It is just as possible that the Rev Jeannings was not familiar with the DAVIS family so took the chap's word that he was George Henry Davis.   
5. Without the marriage of Oct 1907 being found by a court to be flawed, the offender in the 1919 marriage (if the same person as Oct 1907) would be Jessie.      It would therefore be sensible for you to clearly, beyond all doubt (not just reasonable doubt) establish if the 1907 marriage is flawed in any way.  Afterall, you don't want to pass on information to your family that would be WRONG ..... or mis representing your shared ancestors for "what does that say about your research skills".
6,  Major difference between being a labourer and being a farmer.     I have picture somewhere of a Diary farm at Glebe Point in 1930s. 

There's just some of my thoughts.

Cheers,  JM
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Re: Married as a Spinster twice - How? my theory
« Reply #39 on: Wednesday 29 January 14 04:03 GMT (UK) »
May I please apologise for some of the grammar/syntax and spelling issues cropping up in some of my posts.   I am not on my usual puter, and I have only just now realised how to fully disable the predictative whatsy thingy rubbishy apparently "helpful" tool on this borrowed puter.   

I prefer to make my own spelling mistakes, and choose my own words to type up  ;D and rely on my own choice of words.
 

Phew  ;D 

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Re: Married as a Spinster twice - How? my theory
« Reply #40 on: Wednesday 29 January 14 07:00 GMT (UK) »
Forest Lodge is inner west suburb of Sydney near Glebe
Berry is not near to Forest Lodge as it is not a suburb of Sydney..  Do you need a link for GOogle Maps and 'Get Directions'

JM
Where is Forest Lodge in relation to Berry?

No thanks I have been to Berry and have previously lived in the suburbs of Sydney, so I roughly know the distances. I was mainly curious as to how he could marry twice and keep it quiet from the neighborhood.

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Re: Married as a Spinster twice - How? my theory
« Reply #41 on: Wednesday 29 January 14 07:16 GMT (UK) »
There are some   co-incidences of name here which may be interesting to  follow up ;D
Nothing here is at all conclusive, just maybe's ;)

A NSW marriage
Reg 8419 In 1942    LITTLEDIKE    Claude Stanley
To DAVIS    Constance Irene
At GRAFTON

A Qld death
In 1973 Reg B43789   Irene Constance    Andrews   Father Davis    Mother-
 
A Qld Marriage
Yr 1937 Reg C1346 Roy LITTLEDIKE to Hilda Margaret MERRITT
 
A Ryerson Index entry Death

LITTLEDIKE Hilda Margaret       
On 30NOV2005   
Aged   96 late of Springwood, formerly of Gold Coast
PublishedCourier Mail (Brisbane) Date 05DEC2005

Both women appear on the electoral roll in Qld after their marriages under the surname LITTLEDIKE Constance just once as   in 1943.

Sue



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Re: Married as a Spinster twice - How? my theory
« Reply #42 on: Wednesday 29 January 14 07:24 GMT (UK) »
Yes me too. I was born in Sydney and have lived on and off. Berry is very well known to me as well as my grandma and mum were both born there and I have spent a great deal of time there ( aunts uncles cousins all still live there).
I think it would be quite easy to have one life in Sydney and another in Berry in 1907.
But I suppose I am yet to prove it.
I have emailed my transcription agent as well as st Luke's in Berry to see if I can get any more info.
I have also ordered a birth transcription which might be a child of George and Jessie's. ( long shot)
Also found that you can request annulment records through the NsW courts so will follow up with this.
Cheers Meggles
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Re: Married as a Spinster twice - How? my theory
« Reply #43 on: Wednesday 29 January 14 07:28 GMT (UK) »
Both of Jessie's chidrens died as babies. I have their death records.   They must have been common names back then. Thank you for trying though.  :)
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Savage - South Australia
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Hodgson - Lancashire
Martin - St Stithians, Cornwall
Mathers - Liverpool
Riley/Royle - Lancashire

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Re: Married as a Spinster twice - How? my theory
« Reply #44 on: Wednesday 29 January 14 08:09 GMT (UK) »
That is a sad thing to hear.
My thoughts were unsubstantiated speculation   ;D

Sue
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