In researching my paternal grandfather, and following the life of someone with the same name and a good match for (at least some of) his history, I have come across the images of the marriage records for
In the 1940 census, she appears to be this person:
The marriage above is intriguing because I have also seen this record:
Can anyone suggest how I could find out quite how/why the first recorded marriage doesn't seem to have "taken"? ... the groom married again within five months, and the first bride was apparently single and living with her parents in 1940. I have found her with her family in 1920 and 1930.
The second of the two marriages ended in separation in 1949 and divorce in 1952. That wife was still alive in 2011. LKB's age in 1937 was not 34: even using his "official" age, he was 44. (Note that his Naturalization docs in 1939, which led me to the later marriage, give DoB 6 Mar 1893, and the 1942 "Old Man's Draft" image gives age 49, and also quotes his wife's name as contact. In combination, these confirm my assessment.)
Christine
m 3 Jul 1937, Cocke County, TN; Leonard Keith BENNETT, age "34", Royal Oak, MI; to Hazel CROSS, 23; Johnson City, TN.
ED 90-24 img 10/32: Hazel CROSS, 26, single, b TN, beautician in beauty parlour $75 earned y/e Dec 1939; 217 East Holston Ave, Johnson City, Washington Cty, TN. (with parents)
m 25 Nov 1937 {different bride's name} age "19" [M-Lic; M-Book; M-Bond] d/o {bride's father's name} [M-Bond & M-Book], Sullivan County, Tenn, Leonard Keith BENNETT, "34" [LKB-nat125425; M-Lic, M-Bond & M-Book]
The second of the two marriages ended in separation in 1949 and divorce in 1952. That wife was still alive in 2011. LKB's age in 1937 was not 34: even using his "official" age, he was 44. (Note that his Naturalization docs in 1939, which led me to the later marriage, give DoB 6 Mar 1893, and the 1942 "Old Man's Draft" image gives age 49, and also quotes his wife's name as contact. In combination, these confirm my assessment.)
Christine
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