Dog Breeding Gales?

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I wonder if his wife was Irene shortened to Rene

 Irene P Andrews- Arthur H Gale   Marriages Sep 1935    Lewisham    1d   2842

That would lead to:

Births   Sep   1941   Gale   Maureen R   Andrews   Lewisham   0   1d   727
Births   Dec   1946   Gale   Michael J   Andrews   Lewisham   0   5d   49
Births   Jun   1955   GALE   Susan   ANDREWS   Lewisham   0   5d   10

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OK, some nasty transcription errors to fix up, but in 1901 we have Mr Arthur H Gale (b1863) and wife Emily (b1870) with little Elsie 5, and Dudley W 1, in Norwood.

Arthur Harold Gale is born to them in 1902, in Norwood.

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And keeping it in BOTH families;

Marriages   Jun   1930   Andrews   Gwendoline C   Gale   Lewisham   0   1d   2290
Marriages   Jun   1930   Gale   Dudley W   Andrews   Lewisham   0   1d   2290

5 years earlier than "our" Arthur H Gale's marriage to Irene P Andrews.

I'm presuming Gwendoline and Irene are sisters; off to confirm

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Arthur Harold gale died Bridge House Hunton, nr Maidstone, 6 sep 1976. Probate, Brighton 29 Nov, £28460

(from https://probatesearch.service.gov.uk/Calendar)

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OK, I've (really we've, thank to all for the help) traced Arthur Harold back to his parents, and found (in turn) their wedding;

Arthur Henry Gale, b1863, Surveyor married Emily Maud Grossmith, b1870, 5 Apr 1894 in North Brixton Christ Church.

Arthur's father is William Richard Gale, an Iron Merchant (deceased).

This is nowhere near any ancestral lines I know of for "my" Gales.

I am (therefore) merely at a loss as to why the 1950 Dachshund was called Womack, the starting point of this search?!

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9 years later...

I contacted the Dachsund society.

Some people still remember Bob and Rene.

It turns out Bob and Rene spent their Honeymoon boating on Womack Water (on the Norfolk broads).

And they commemorated this in the name of their dogs.