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People moved around a fair bit after the war, so they could have married anywhere. However the only way of finding the marriage is to trawl every qtr. of the marriage indexes backwards from the time he died. Kath. x

im pretty sure is ethel may, the initials on death certificate is E.M. MADDAMS. pretty sure they stay in birmingham area as well. marylebone is london isnt it?? thanks everyone for tips and help, amazing

Are you sure the second wife was called Ethel May? It's just that there is this marriage:- George Maddams to Bertha M. Harvey June qtr. 1920, Marylebone, 1a, 1620 Bertha and Ethel could possibly be mixed up. Kath. x

If you have trawled through the indexes but can't find, then chances are that he didn't marry for a second time. They must have just lived together. She would have been well within her rights to take his surname and register hs death as his 'wife'. Elaine ;-) He didn't remarry before end of 1920 anyway .... so searches should be made 1921 - 1937

george william maddams died in handsworth birmingham

Who registered his death if you know? Zoe

death certificate says his wife ethel may maddams registered the death but doesnt give me a maiden name obviously. and ive trawled through the marriages but cant see anything.

The only thing you can do, is search the BMD index from 1920 to when he died... http://www.ancestry.*com/search/rectype/vital/freebmd/bmd.aspx It's FREE at the moment.

What area did he live in when he died ? Does George have a middle name William ....?

he had son from 1st marriage which was my grandfather and then another son from second marriage i believe.

Is this son ... 1st or 2nd wife ?

yes they divorced as i know when my great grandmother remarried and who she married.

i believe they had a son but dont know his name or date of birth

Are you certain that they divorced. It's just that divorce wasn't usual for ordinary people in those days, and very expensive. Lots of people just left their spouse and moved away with someone else. Kath. x

Yes. Search the Marriage indexes, going back from the year he died. Have you any idea if he had children with his first wife ? if so, when was the last one born ... he could have married again any time after this ... but obviously before he died. Ancestry are currently letting everyone view the indexes for FREE. This is the addy: http://www.ancestry(.)co.uk/search/db.aspx?dbid=8965 will take you straight to Marriage indexes. remove () If he had children with his Second Wife - HER surname will be against their names in the Birth indexes. Elaine ;-)

yes????

Did he have any other children with second wife? Zoe

Have you got his death cert? Does it not tell you who registered him! You will have to look through the GRO records to try and find the marriage? Zoe

im trying to find out when my great grandfather married for the second time and have hit a brick wall. he was born in 1883 married my great grandmother caroline cooper in 1908. they divorced and he remarried someone called ethel may (dont know her maiden name). george died 26/12/37. any ideas??????