In which country should I look for divorce / remarriage records if a Scottish couple (married 1914 in Scotland ) were living apart in 1930s.?
The wife lived in Aberdeen and her husband was based in Port Elizabeth or Durban, South Africa.
The 2 surviving daughters feel sure that their mother would not have divorced their father....but who knows? They hadn't seen him since 1930s.
The 1st wife died in Aberdeen in 1969, but we found him with a new wife and child on incoming passenger lists arriving Southampton in 1950s.
Communication with the Passport Office showed that the couple held a joint passport, as was fairly normal at that time, and for one to have been issued there would have been a document check of their status.
We have since found that the couple were in Sussex for the birth of another son in 1947,...Have birth cert, but no record of parents travel to England.... but left within a few months and headed for South Africa. This son died there. The child who travelled to UK was born in Port Elizabeth in 1949.
The wife lived in Aberdeen and her husband was based in Port Elizabeth or Durban, South Africa.
The 2 surviving daughters feel sure that their mother would not have divorced their father....but who knows? They hadn't seen him since 1930s.
The 1st wife died in Aberdeen in 1969, but we found him with a new wife and child on incoming passenger lists arriving Southampton in 1950s.
Communication with the Passport Office showed that the couple held a joint passport, as was fairly normal at that time, and for one to have been issued there would have been a document check of their status.
We have since found that the couple were in Sussex for the birth of another son in 1947,...Have birth cert, but no record of parents travel to England.... but left within a few months and headed for South Africa. This son died there. The child who travelled to UK was born in Port Elizabeth in 1949.
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