Margaret Ann Stephenson & Her Elusive/Mysterious First Husband!

[c-side]

The baptism was at St. Cuthbert's Blyth -

George Edwin Davis parents John Edwin (Mariner) and Margaret Ann of Blyth.  Date as you gave - 22 Dec. 1872

Christine

[Radcliff]

So it doesn't say deceased for the father

[JenB]

News of the loss of the Clansman had reached Blyth beginning of December 1872
Shields Gazette 2nd December 1872

[c-side]

Now you've got me thinking - normally I would write down everything I see but in this case I was concentrating of whether the father's middle name was definitely Edwin - It looked a bit like Edlom or Edlow at first so I had magnification right up to be sure.  Did I miss 'deceased'?  Now you've got me doubting myself but even without that, it fits with occupation and location.

Shall I double check next week 

Christine

[JenB]

Now you've got me thinking - normally I would write down everything I see but in this case I was concentrating of whether the father's middle name was definitely Edwin - It looked a bit like Edlom or Edlow at first so I had magnification right up to be sure.  Did I miss 'deceased'?  Now you've got me doubting myself but even without that, it fits with occupation and location.

Shall I double check next week 

Christine

It would be interesting to know, but I don't think a huge amount of significance should be placed on it if it doesn't say 'deceased'. The column heading simply asks for the names of the parents.

[DavidJP]

Hi,

Christine, Many thanks for the baptism info, very much appreciated.

JenB, Many thanks for the newspaper article, very much appreciated.

The fact that the word deceased doesn't appear on the baptism record, I don't believe is a huge problem or a problem at all for that matter. As JenB rightly points out, the column in parish baptisms does just simply ask for the parents names & nothing more. Also going by the newspaper article that JenB has posted, it states that 'It is supposed that all hands have been lost.' It may not have been clear at the time of the baptism whether he had perished at sea or not.

My thanks to you all for your kind help and assistance, it is very much appreciated indeed.

Kind regards

David

[GreyStarling]

Not really what you are after, but George Patience is my 2 x great grandfather (by Maria Norman).   Margaret Ann Davis née Stephenson had three sons to him, but only the first survived - John born 1884.  His eldest child, George Chard Patience, married a lady called Gloria Marybelle Tetrizini Knowles Lewless (!) from Exuma in the Bahamas (also known as The Shark Lady).  George C Patience was a crew member on T.S.S. Ocean Monarch.

Sorry if I'm derailing - I was originally trying to figure out who Margaret Davis was - easy to go down a rabbit hole.

[River Tyne Lass]

Welcome to RootsChat!
I don't know if you might have the full marriage entry already but I will post just in case you might not have it:

Christ Church, North Shields
Entry 258
4 March 1883
George Patience & Margaret Ann Davis
His Age 41. Her age 35
Widower & Widow
Shipwright
Both 'This Parish'
Fathers:
George Patience - Mariner
William Stephenson - Shipwright
After Banns
Groom signed Bride signed her mark
Witnesses:
William Stephenson (signed mark)
Mary Rutledge (signed mark)

I have added this to Freebmd as a postem; should be viewable in next 24 hours

[GreyStarling]

Thank you for that!  That same year saw the death of George's youngest son (by his first wife).  One of Maria's sisters was married to a Stevenson, and I had a moment of confusion thinking he'd married his dead wife's sister in law or something, but it is a different spelling and different parents once I checked).