I have been tracing my great uncle James Lawrence Alderson a Royal Marine in the 2nd WW. As far as I am aware he lived at home and was single. However when I came across the Common Wealth war graves and found that he had died on 1st June 1940. It stated his father and mothers names but then lists a wife, a Dorothy May Evelyn Alderson. As far as I or any other member of the family know he never married.
His wife was born Chambers and married a Frederick Robert Randoll in 1930 I think they may have had children. At some time it appears she married my JL Alderson which could only have been between 1938-39 or 1940. Later on in the 1950s she married a William G Cornhill and is stated as surname Alderson. I am in the process of ordering their marriage documents. But I cannot find her marriage to JL Alderson anywhere at all. I was thinking that the Common Wealth War Graves had got it wrong but then found her marriage in the 50s stating her surname as Alderson.
Where would I find divorce papers for her first marriage? And why can I not find a marriage certificate?
His wife was born Chambers and married a Frederick Robert Randoll in 1930 I think they may have had children. At some time it appears she married my JL Alderson which could only have been between 1938-39 or 1940. Later on in the 1950s she married a William G Cornhill and is stated as surname Alderson. I am in the process of ordering their marriage documents. But I cannot find her marriage to JL Alderson anywhere at all. I was thinking that the Common Wealth War Graves had got it wrong but then found her marriage in the 50s stating her surname as Alderson.
Where would I find divorce papers for her first marriage? And why can I not find a marriage certificate?
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