Missing Gallagher Marriage

[macpark]

I used Ancestry to check for marriages in Berwick upon Tweed - ENGLAND.  They would not be on SP.

[Forfarian]

Ah, that wasn't clear from what you had said before.

I use FreeBMD for BMDs in England and Wales.

[mclachlan]

Hi macpark,

Do you know the date of death for James? Death certificate might hopefully show name of first wife. 

Regards,
Andrea

[wivenhoe]

The marriage certificate that you have for GALLAGHER - PAXTON  31 May 1918 - can you please list all the information on this document. Everything please, for bride and groom.....ages, addresses, occupations....names of witnesses....everything.

What names do you have for children of this marriage?

[Forfarian]

Do you know the date of death for James? Death certificate might hopefully show name of first wife. 

It wouldn't if he died in England.

[jonwarrn]

Is this the alleged death of James?
1967
GALLAGHER, JAMES
Age at death 80
Ref 644/4 713
RD Name Glasgow

Back in 1918, on the Glasgow ER, James Gallagher seems to be listed at the family home, 279 Bernard Street.
Iron dresser (parliamentary voter only)

[jonwarrn]

Death of 2nd Mrs. Gallagher, as indexed
1978
Gallagher / Paxton, Elizabeth Marti
Age at death 85
Mother's Maiden Name Lindores
Ref 613/ 310
RD Name Glasgow, Martha St

[jonwarrn]

If course this does not work if the wife died in England, where as far as I know the certificate doesn't even name the spouse of the deceased

General Register Office Guide to Death certificates
Occupation (column)
This will be the last known occupation of the deceased. Females were usually recorded by their relationship to husband or father – eg ‘widow of’.

[Forfarian]

If course this does not work if the wife died in England, where as far as I know the certificate doesn't even name the spouse of the deceased

General Register Office Guide to Death certificates
Occupation (column)
This will be the last known occupation of the deceased. Females were usually recorded by their relationship to husband or father – eg ‘widow of’.

Yes, but a man's death certificate doesn't usually name his wife, and certainly not her maiden name. Admittedly I have not seen many English men's death certificates (they are not usually informative enough to justify the cost of buying one) but none of those that I have seen has named a wife, let alone a previous, long-deceased, wife.

Happily it seems that in this case it's academic because it looks as if he died in Scotland, though so long after the death of the first wife that the informant may not have known that he was married twice.