So, if Joan did marry Archibald, who was he and where did he go? In 1943 Joan Richardson married Winston Adair - had there been a divorce? Was Joan a bigamist? Had Archibald died?.
Hi,
Just a few thoughts for you
Do you have this marriage certificate to see what it says on it?
If not, perhaps acquiring this cert is the way to go to see what Joan has said ( widow, divorcee etc.).
I have a relative ( and was divorced) on her certs ( she married a few times divorced a couple times, and one marriage annulled , for example wording on one of them is "previously married to xxx to whom she acquired a divorce" .
Excluding names where middle initials don't match there are seven deaths recorded on freebmd for Archibald Richardson between 1929 and 1943, but none are particularly convincing as they would all be 50 or over in 1929.
Why?? I would not assume a husband is around the same age as the wife. In my family ( especially my mother's side) The husbands are decades older than their wives, for example my grandmother's father was 63 years old when my grandmother was born , he died when he was 67 when my gran was just 4 year old ( of a heart attack- dropped dead in front of his family). My g grandfather married a girl 23 years his junior - his father was the same. Right through my mother's side, the men married young girls. My mother's side men folk were old enough to be their wives fathers (grandfathers in some cases) .
Have you looked in Scotland for a marriage to rule that country out ? You've said you've looked in the UK , but have only mentioned England and Wales.
It would be interesting to know what Joan put on her second marriage cert.The marriage certs of my relative who married and divorced a few times are very informative.
Kind Regards
