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The Common Room / Re: Presumption of Death
« on: Tuesday 01 February 11 10:01 GMT (UK) »
I found my Fathers records for the Merchant Navy, and ordered copies, but no luck with my grandfathers. Perhaps they haven't been transcribed yet
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The Common Room / Presumption of Death
« on: Tuesday 01 February 11 08:56 GMT (UK) »
When my father was four years old, in 1929, my grandfather left him and his mother, and the story I was always told is that he was never heard from again. I recently obtained my Fathers marriage certificate (1946), and my Grandfather was described on it as "Stoker, Merchant Navy. (Deceased)". Up until then, I thought I had identified my Grandfather as a man who had died in 1977, and so far have not discovered a record of the death of anybody else of the same name, between 1929 and 1946 (it isn't a common name).
Is it possible that my Grandfather would have been presumed dead, for the purposes of the Marriage certificate.
Is it possible that my Grandfather would have been presumed dead, for the purposes of the Marriage certificate.