The Mystery of Mrs Richards 1912....??

[mlrsuperstar]

Evan Richards became the Minister at Lydney Baptist Church in 1912. The Gloucester Journal 11th January 1913 states that he returned from Christmas having married during the holidays.
I cannot find a name for his wife and more important I cannot find a marriage during that period
Can anyone and in particular anyone from Lydney Gloucestershire please help ??
Regards and thanks in advance

[heywood]

Hello,
Where did he return from? Do you have year of birth and place?

Regards
Heywood

[Priscilla]

Perhaps someone at the present day church would be able to help ... ?

http://www.lydneybaptistchurch.org.uk/contacts.html

[heywood]

I just found a tree with some information but not the marriage and then realised it's yours 

Did he marry as a single man in the marriage you have?

[mlrsuperstar]

Hello Heywood,
He was a single man at that time. He was born 1887. This man is an enigma. My grandparents worked for him in 1921 as housekeepers. He was a minister in Lydney between 1912 and 1919.
The wife in question dies in 1918 on the 13th of December . I have only a snippet on that as I do not subscribe to the site with the full newspaper report.
Thanks for your help so far everyone it is very much appreciated
Regards
Mike

[mlrsuperstar]

Hi Priscilla,

The church does not have any records neither does the baptist union...Ive tried.
The index of the Angus Library in Oxford where most Baptist records are  has also drawn a blank ..

Thanks for your help

Regards
Mike

[SmallTownGirl]

Think Lydney comes under Chepstow RegDist, and in Q4 of 1918 there's a death of a Jeannie McN Richards, age 31.  Could the marriage have been in Scotland, perhaps?

STG

[heywood]

Same thoughts here re Jeanie or Ireland?

You have him in Glasgow, maybe that is a clue 

[mlrsuperstar]

Hi Smalltown girl (cutename  )
I think Scotland is a good possibility as he had travelled to Canada from Scotland in 1909 as a missionary to Canada with a Scots missionary !!!
So maybe 
Thanks
So Scotland for a marriage.....

Regards
Mike