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Offline jen56johns

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Mavis Lediard Brown in Canada?
« on: Thursday 26 April 18 12:02 BST (UK) »
Hi,
I’m researching Mavis Lediard, daughter of Maurice Lediard, who married Harold Brown in 1944 in Jamaica at the age of 19.  The couple later divorced and family stories state that she was Canadian and returned to Canada at some point.  I don’t know if she remarried.
The thing is, I can’t find any record anywhere of Mavis other than her marriage record. I’ve tried searching for her father and also can’t find anything.
Can anyone help?
Many thanks,
Jenni
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Re: Mavis Lediard Brown in Canada?
« Reply #1 on: Thursday 26 April 18 13:17 BST (UK) »
You could maybe check these records out on www.familysearch.org
Think this could be her father Maurice Ezekiel Lediard birth year 1885
Death 5 June 1952 Saint Elizabeth Malvern Jamaica
Spouse Lillian 

1st marriage Maurice Ezikiel Lediard 29 June 1916 Jamaica
Spouse Jane Isabella Farquharson

Death for Jane Lediard 5 February 1945 Jamaica

2..Maurice Ezekiel Lediard ..divorced ...3 December 1944 Saint Elizabeth Jamaica
Spouse Lillian Francis Ridgard

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Re: Mavis Lediard Brown in Canada?
« Reply #2 on: Thursday 26 April 18 14:01 BST (UK) »
She could still be living if born c1921  ;)
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Re: Mavis Lediard Brown in Canada?
« Reply #3 on: Friday 27 April 18 13:48 BST (UK) »
Name:   Maurice Ezekiel Lediard
Gender:   Male
Event Type:   Marriage
Marriage Date:   3 Dec 1944
Marriage Place:   Saint Elizabeth, Saint Elizabeth, Jamaica
Father:   Charles Lediard
Spouse:   Lilian Frances Ridgard
FHL Film Number:   001855856

Name:   Maurice Ezekiel Lediard
Gender:   Male
Event Type:   Marriage
Marriage Date:   29 Jun 1916
Marriage Place:   Jamaica
Father:   Charles Lediard
Spouse:   Jane Isabella Farquharson
FHL Film Number:   001523284
Page:   1

I doubt Mavis was Canadian, altho' she may have emigrated there after her divorce.



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Re: Mavis Lediard Brown in Canada?
« Reply #4 on: Friday 27 April 18 15:56 BST (UK) »
Do you know what happened to her husband Harold and was there any children born to this couple and as Rosie said she could still be living  :)

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Re: Mavis Lediard Brown in Canada?
« Reply #5 on: Friday 27 April 18 16:05 BST (UK) »
On the Jamaica civil records database at Ancestry, I saw that there was a daughter Doris born to Maurice and his first wife.  I believe this is her obit (available on Newspaper Archive):

https://newspaperarchive.com/kingston-gleaner-jun-11-2008-p-27/

LOGAN - Doris Maud Nee Lediard: died on Friday June 6, 2008 at age 98. Funeral service will be held on Tuesday 17 June. 2008 at Bethel Baptist Church, 6 Hope Road, Kingston 10, at 1:00 p.m. Funeral Directors Roman's Funeral Home Ltd. 969-3821-2.

It names her remaining children and the person you are seeking as being still alive in 2008, as well as other siblings.