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Europe / Re: Searching for a secret marriage in France - early 1900s
« on: Monday 13 May 24 15:17 BST (UK) »There are several public trees that have WRA's first marriage to Lydia Rose Duncombe in Rochford, Essex in 1917; some have a child Francis born 1918 in Stoke on Trent (died 1920). Lydia Rose Allen appears to have died in Stoke in 1918 aged 23
How much of all that is guesswork and/or surmise, I don't know
Yes, freebmd has a Francis W Allen born 1918 mother's maiden name Duncombe. Worth checking the certificate to see if the father's first names are William Ruskin ?