PEARCE & SKINNER

[Kim Pearce]

My Grandfather, Jack Thomas Pearce, was born in or around 1901 in Dover, Kent, England.  He came to Canada around the time of WW2.  I am trying to find any record of a marriage between granddad and a woman named Florence Skinner.  My mother believes the marriage took place in Montreal, perhaps in the Unitarian church, but it could also have taken place in England or in Ontario.

Would appreciate any help.

[rosie99]

There is this marriage, could she have been previously married 

Marriages Dec 1926 
Harris    Florence E    (spouse Pearce   )   
Pearce    Jack T    (spouse Harris)
Dover    2a   2608    

Jack is still in England in 1939

[Kim Pearce]

Right man, but this was his first marriage (to my Grandmother).  Both wives were named Florence. 
Grandma & Grandpa were divorced and she went on to remarry.  I found that marriage record, so that confirmed that they were, in fact, legally divorced.
I remember hearing that churches here, in Canada, would not marry a divorced person.  So if he did actually marry Florence #2, it would have had to be civil or in a Unitarian church. 

[rosie99]

Where and when did they divorce

[Kim Pearce]

I don't have exact dates but I believe it was sometime in the early to mid 1940's, in England.  I have no idea how to get the details on the divorce.

[rosie99]

Where and when did his first wife remarry 

I doubt you will get much information on the divorce if records are available, I was just after a date and Country 

[Kim Pearce]

They were married 27 December 1926 in London.

[rosie99]

That was Florence Harris first marriage, when did she marry again

[rosie17]

Could this be her second marriage Oct-Dec 1944 Lewisham London ?
Florence E Pearce
Walter D Winters