The signatures look similar, the name & occupation are the same, as it is for the father. The occupations require technical skill, so it's not like "labourer". He's a widower. I'd say it was the same man, but he shed a few years to avoid being so much older than his new wife.
Of course, it's not unknown for people to claim to have been widowed...
Christine
Researching: BENNETT (Leics/Birmingham-ish) - incl. Leonard BENNETT in Detroit & Florida ; WARR/WOR, STRATFORD & GARDNER/GARNAR (Oxon); CHRISTMAS, RUSSELL, PAFOOT/PAFFORD (Hants); BIGWOOD, HAYLER/HAILOR (Sussex); LANCASTER (Beds, Berks, Wilts) - plus - COCKS (Spitalfields, Liverpool, Plymouth); RUSE/ROWSE, TREMEER, WADLIN(G)/WADLETON (Devonport, E Cornwall); GOULD (S Devon); CHAPMAN, HALL/HOLE, HORN (N Devon); BARRON, SCANTLEBURY (Mevagissey)...
thanks Christine but I would have thought if he remarried in 1897 he would be with Eliza in 1901 but he isnt he is still with Mary ???
so maybe living a double life ??? I am having trouble finding out anything about both wives ?
Sometimes my user name really does say it all
You cant read the witnesses on the first marriage can you ????
It's a bit small but the first looks like Walter CATMULL and the second like Mary CONERY.
Neither surname looks quite as you'd expect. The first looks as if it ought to be Cartmell, and the second Connery, so it may be that neither is a correct interpretation.
Looking at the 1901 census although the wife's name is Mary the age difference is that of his new wife Eliza so could he just have had a 'senior moment' and put the wrong name on his form??
Margaret
ooh clever you Margaret I did notice the age difference but did not think of that , I'm off to see if I can find Marys death thanks again, sometimes new eyes are useful.
thanks Jackie I was wondering that , will have to look into that one, George did have a few Ellen and Eleanor Knights in his family and he had a Niece Eleanor, so thats quite likely to be one of them.
found Walter Catsmull one of the witnesses to the First Marriage ,same age as George and a Cabinet Maker too living in Bethnal Green and he is married to a Charlotte who could be another Niece ?
Looking at the 1901 census although the wife's name is Mary the age difference is that of his new wife Eliza so could he just have had a 'senior moment' and put the wrong name on his form??
I've seen something similar in a friend's tree - though her cousin is convinced I'm wrong. I think it's the only plausible explanation for the information available.
Christine
PS - I don't have Ancestry. If I'm to look up census info, I need the ref info (i.e. piece number, folio and page)
Researching: BENNETT (Leics/Birmingham-ish) - incl. Leonard BENNETT in Detroit & Florida ; WARR/WOR, STRATFORD & GARDNER/GARNAR (Oxon); CHRISTMAS, RUSSELL, PAFOOT/PAFFORD (Hants); BIGWOOD, HAYLER/HAILOR (Sussex); LANCASTER (Beds, Berks, Wilts) - plus - COCKS (Spitalfields, Liverpool, Plymouth); RUSE/ROWSE, TREMEER, WADLIN(G)/WADLETON (Devonport, E Cornwall); GOULD (S Devon); CHAPMAN, HALL/HOLE, HORN (N Devon); BARRON, SCANTLEBURY (Mevagissey)...
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