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Hi folks,

I'm wondering if anyone could give me a steer on tracking down what happened to my father's cousin Dora May CLARKE (11/1/1909 - ).

Born in North Norwich, she married a gentleman named Ernest James SNEATH in 1927 and had four daughters in the Norwich area under the name of 'Doreen May SNEATH'. However, sometime after 1933 I'm guessing bad luck of some kind came to the family, as Ernest James SNEATH appears to have remarried in Norwich in 1949.

I cannot find a remarriage or a death for Dora under the SNEATH name - can anyone out there suggest any leads before I resort to ordering Ernests's second marriage certificate and confirming he was a widower by then?

Any suggestions would be much appreciated.

Thanks,
Shane

maybe they divorced

you may have to get Ernest's second marriage cert for its info

dont forget people moved around in the war years

so maybe
Name: Doreen Sneath
Spouse Surname: Ross
Date of Registration: Jan-Feb-Mar 1946
Registration district: Basford
Inferred County: Nottinghamshire
Volume Number: 7b
Page Number: 422
Find Spouse: Neville W S Ross


have you looked for marriages for Sneath girls?

the eldest daughter Pamela married in Norwich in 1954

Co-incidence?

Name: Doreen May Mason
Birth Date: 11 Jan 1909
Date of Registration: Aug 2000
Age at Death: 91
Registration district: Brighton
Inferred County: Sussex
Register Number: A4B
District and Subdistrict: 4521A
Entry Number: 252

Thanks for the info, folks - much appreciated.

Looks like the second marriage certificate could be the way forward, though I'm intrigued by the potential Mason link.

I've checked for other potential Doreens registered in Jan-Mar 1909 and it doesn't look like any of them married a Mason, so perhaps this is my one. I'll have a further snoop around and see what I can come up with...

Cheers!

p.s. I've ruled out the Doreen Sneath who married Neville Ross in 1946 - she was born in 1923 in Basford, Nottinghamshire.

p.p.s I have records for four daughters of Ernest and Dora, but have had no success in tracking them down to ask about their mother's fate.

Hi Shane
I’m Dora’s granddaughter. Her eldest daughter, my Mother, is still alive aged 93.
Please get in touch and I’ll tell you what I know.
I’m trying to get information too!!!!
Pam

Shane isn’t likely to be expecting replies after nearly eight years. To try to make contact, click on his name and hope that he still uses the e-mail he registered with this site. If he does, GR will notify him and he will have the option of responding

Ernest & Doreen were still together in 1939:

Ernest J Sneath
in the 1939 England and Wales Register
Name: Ernest J Sneath
Gender: Male
Marital Status: Married
Birth Date: 26 Jul 1906
Residence Date: 1939
Address: 4
Residence Place: Norwich, Norfolk, England
Occupation: Labourer (Heavy Worker)
Line Number: 34
Schedule Number: 151
Sub Schedule Number: 1
Enumeration District: TPBC
Borough: Norwich
Registration district: 225-1
Inferred Spouse:
Doreen M Sneath
Household Members Age
Ernest J Sneath 33
Doreen M Sneath 30 - 11 Jan 1909
[And 4 closed records ]


1946 - there's a Doreen M Sneath at the Bridge Hotel, St Mary's Street, Bedford.
1949 and 1950 there's a Doreen M Sneath at 12 St Anne's Gate, London.
In 1951 there's a Doreen Sneath (no middle initial) at 856 Pall Mall - maybe not the same person.