Reginald Alec Martin

[jennifer c]

Have you tried Canada?

[rosie99]

Another of the dew records which mention him is that he wass living in Brixton, London according to the 1937 electoral rolls with a Mary Elsie Martin - I have no idea of the relationship between the two - could be husband and wife (though no such marriage found), mother and son, etc.

Electoral Registers for Brixton c1937 are online but I can't see him or Mary, do you have an address 

[m23to53]

According to the certificate he was a bachelor - but does it simply mean he was then single? The witnesses are badly printed but it looks like two people caled Shaw, one with the initial D.

A couple of things I have been mulling over.

He married Eva in November 1939 but on the earlier Register they were living as Reginald and Eva Martin. I wonder why the change. Had a previous marriage ended,  needed to marry for his job, the threat of the war? And its known that the marriage ended within  a few years and he then lived with Patricia as his 'wife'.

He must be the Reginald Alec Martin on the 1937 electoral roll, living 19 Lilford Rd, Brixton with a Mary Elsie Martin. Its the only year they appear and the address seems to be flats or rented rooms/ As I have said, I have no idea of their relationship. Just wonder if its a temporary address after arriving in this country. Though no sign of a possible Reginald in the passenger lists. Have been unable to find any connection of a Mary Elsie with either a William Albert or Reginald Martin.

I am beginnning to think the answers lie overseas. Trouble is the lack of records for the various countries a gold company would work in.
Was he  a Catholic and could not divorce a previous wife?

I have  a horrible feeling this is another unsolvable, but I will be gratful for any thoughts.

Thanks
John

[rosie99]

Thank you for the 1937 address - I was not getting results on his name before   

[rosie99]

Apparently he was also using the name Robert Martin
http://rexdixon.ponymadbooklovers.co.uk/

and lots of other names
https://lccn.loc.gov/nb2012015831

[avm228]

I still can't see the 1937 ER entry! Can someone give me a neighbour's (unusual) name or something?

Update: found it by just searching for Reginald Alec 

[rosie99]

I searched Ancestry for the road name 

http://www.rootschat.com/links/01imj/

[avm228]

I searched Ancestry for the road name 

http://www.rootschat.com/links/01imj/

Makes perfect sense - didn't (and still doesn't) work for me, but then I do find the search function for this particular dataset rather, er, quirky 

Anyway it appears from the 1937 electoral roll that Reginald and Mary Elsie may have been presenting as husband and wife - they both have a residence qualification (R and Rw respectively) but they also have O and Dw respectively, which are "occupation qualification" and "qualification through husband's occupation".