Marriage of John James Williamson

[Pels.]

brevitas - again many thanks, it's all a learning curve ! 

I can only find one 'Rosa M' who married a John J Williamson anywhere in the country after 1900, and that's the marriage I posted. Problem is the above couple appear on the electoral register supposedly as man and wife, before 1963 - unless of course they lived together first - possibly deciding to marry when John became unwell. All supposition, unfortunately ! 

Pels.

[Gadget]

 

I only popped on to answer your question on electoral registers, so I've not read the whole thread (will do now  ). However, is it possible for you to find how many years that they were registered as under the same surname?

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[Pels.]

I think I'd better wait to find out from Betty when John's first wife Florrie died ?

Pels.

[Betty.W]

Thank you Pels and Brevitas for the information and also for the interest that you have taken.Unfortunately I haven't got a definite 1st marriage for John, he was a bit of a mystery apparently, the only person to know anything about him was my late father in law (John's brother) and he would never tell !! We think that John's 1st marriage could have been to Florence E Jobson in 1923 but not sure. As for her death I haven't been able to find that either. My husbands cousin (son of another brother) says that both of John's wives were at his funeral - but - whether that is true or not ??
However, the details that you have found sound about right,
Thanks again
Betty

[Pels.]

What a tangled web ! 

Is this the marriage you meant, Betty :

Marriage, Mar qtr 1923   
John J Williamson
Jobson   
Whitechapel, Vol 1c, page 970

I have a horrible feeling they made a mistake with the district, it could have been intended to be this one :

http://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/districts.pl?r=148819863&d=bmd_1358896109

Marriage, Mar qtr 1923
John J Williamson
Margaret Jobson
Whitehaven, Vol 10b, page 970

In which case would John have married in Cumberland ? 

Pels.

[Pels.]

It's a long shot, but have you considered trying to track this one :

Marriage, Sep qtr 1922
John J Williamson
Florence E Mills
Eton, Vol 3a, page 2470

I know it's not exactly local, but she could well be a Florrie.

Pels.

[Betty.W]

The marriage that I thought might be the one is:

John J Williamson and Florence E Jopson Mar Q. 1923. on bmd it only shows John married to Jopson, for some reason it doesn't give her first name. Looked on Ancestry and found Florence married in mar Q 1923.(on bmd the marriage was in Whitechapel)
At the time of John's death they were living at 141 Camberwell Road S.E.5 also, the informer was his widow R.Williamson. So I am pretty sure that the rest of what you have found is the right John.
As I said before he was a bit of a mystery, all anyone even his mother knew was that he had left Florrie, the rumour apparently had it that he was living with someone else, but again, the only person who knew anything wasn't saying.John worked with my husbands father (George) at Pathe so that was how he knew, I guess they were close.
Thanks once again
Betty

[Betty.W]

I have just noticed that the house number in Caspian Street is the same as in Camberwell Road (141) where John was living at the time of his death. Is this just a coincidence or is Caspian street part of Camberwell Road, or did they make a mistake on his death certificate. John died in hospital in Hampstead, so that is where the death was registered.
Betty

[Gadget]

Hi Betty

Pels is not here until later but I've found this:

Caspian Street was just off Camberwell Road - see map here:

http://tinyurl.com/adkzplw

I'm wondering if the address on the death cert might be wrong. As he was in hospital, it might have got confused. Could it be 141 Caspian Street, Camberwell?   Who was the informant of the death?

I notice that you said in your first post that he died in Camberwell and in the most recent one that he died in Hampstead - they are not all that close together and would be different Reg Districts 


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