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I have just received a birth certificate for July 1958 where the place of birth simply states "Maternity Home, Stirling".


Would this have been Airthrey castle or somewhere else?

There is in FindMyPast an item headed "Preston Decrees" in the Lancashire Evening Post issue of 21st October 1954 which reports that:

"At Preston Divorce Court, today Mr Commissioner Maddocks granted a decree nisi, in [an] undefended case, to Brian Robert Martin, Lowthorpe Road Preston, desertion by Mary Martin"

Also in FindMyPast is a detailed report, from the Nelson Leader of 10th October 1941 of their marriage on 4th October at St Mary's Church in Nelson.

Willyam

Thank you so much for this - the divorce is something I didn't have. My subs on FindMyPast doesn't give me access to newspapers. Can you tell me is there is any more details on the divorce? If there are I will go and access at the library or Lancs record Office. My friend believed her grandfather left her grandmother but this reads that Mary left Brian - am I reading that correct???

Trying to trace Brian Robert Martin after 1946. Born 12 Feb 1917 in Blackburn.

In 1939 he was a policeman in Nelson. He married and then had a son but disappeared in c1946.

Waiting to hear back from LRO about his police records, website shows he served 1937-1946.

I can find a possible death in Preston in 2011 but the registration doesn’t give exact DOB.

Anyone any other ideas where to look?

Cheers Carole, I am almost positive that Mr McArthur died before Margaret and the person registering her death will have been her son - she came back into the family for a couple of years before she died and my father attendee her funeral. After her funeral all contact was lost again with her son.