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Was there a baby??
« on: Tuesday 04 December 07 09:25 GMT (UK) »
I have been trying to find my husbands family tree, and while researching a great uncle, I found his ww1 records. Apparently while he was in the Australian Imperial Force and posted to the UK, he went awol, and got married to a lady of 19 years of age in Aberdeen. After the war, he returned to Australia, and, as far as we have been able to find out, he never told his Australian family that he had married in the UK. :o His Aberdonian wife got a solicitor to write to the NSW police missing persons department to try to find him, but so far, I dont know if she (or they) ever did.(maybe as he was living in Victoria and South Australia). I was wondering if someone could do a birth look up for around the end of ww1 to see if there was any issue of the marriage. All I have is the name of the groom...Stanley Layman SHERIFF, and the brides first names were Mary Ann. I dont know her maiden name.
A long shot I know, but all help appreciated
Thanks
Cavvytri
Amos,Burnside,Cowan,Hamilton,Lawrie,Reid,Skeldon,(East Lothian, Berwickshire)
Matthew,Tough,Sheriff,Guild,Gourlay,Cundall,Brown(Angus,Midlothian&Australia)
Dunn,Coombs,Dalrymple,Newman,Elliott, Embleton,Day
(Northumberland,Hampshire,Kent,Middlesex)
McPherson , Perth, Scotland
Cameron, Perthshire

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Re: Was there a baby??
« Reply #1 on: Tuesday 04 December 07 09:57 GMT (UK) »
Hi Cavvytri,

Details from the marriage:

11th December 1918 at Bou-Accord United Free Church, Rosemount Viaduct, Aberdeen

Stanley Layman Sheriff, farmer (gunman, Australian Field Artillery No. 3107), bachelor
Aged 24, usual residence: Nurcoung, Victoria, Australia. Presently at No. 4 ? Depot, Hurdcot, Wilts
Parents: James Sheriff, farmer, and Helen Mewilt (?)

Mary Ann Roberts, chemist's assistance, spinster.
Aged 18, usual residence: 19 Glenbervie Road, Torry, Aberdeen
Parents: John Roberts, plasterer (master), and Mary Archibald

Witnesses: Charles Johnston and Isabella M. Roberts

Unfortunately, ScotlandsPeople only has birth records up to 1906.

hume24

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Re: Was there a baby??
« Reply #2 on: Tuesday 04 December 07 10:06 GMT (UK) »
 :)Thankyou for the information....its a good start anyway!
This bloke seems to have been a bit of a "bad lad"---was court martialled and spent a lot of time disobeying orders etc lol.
By the way I have GILLON in my tree also from East Lothian and Midlothian.
Hugh age 36 born Dunbar on 1881 married to Elizabeth born Dirleton
children Alison, Robina,Agnes,John,James and Jane
Cavvytri
Amos,Burnside,Cowan,Hamilton,Lawrie,Reid,Skeldon,(East Lothian, Berwickshire)
Matthew,Tough,Sheriff,Guild,Gourlay,Cundall,Brown(Angus,Midlothian&Australia)
Dunn,Coombs,Dalrymple,Newman,Elliott, Embleton,Day
(Northumberland,Hampshire,Kent,Middlesex)
McPherson , Perth, Scotland
Cameron, Perthshire

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Re: Was there a baby??
« Reply #3 on: Tuesday 04 December 07 10:12 GMT (UK) »
Will send you a PM. We're related. :D

Glad the marriage information helped. I tried to find a death for Mary Ann, but given her age, it's possible she lived beyond 1956. I also tried searching for a re-marriage, but I suspect it would be under her maiden name and Roberts is a popular name. ;D

hume24
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