Hello Ruth and Moira
Just to let you know that there is a happy ending! I have received the documents!! Also, because of the delay, I wasn't charged, which was very nice
I don't know how much the information given by next of kin was checked, but Elizabeth's son, Arthur (my great uncle) was certainly "economical with the truth" (something he obviously inherited from his mother). He says she had been a widow for 34 years - completely forgetting that she had remarried in 1910 and had actually emigrated to South Africa with her new husband.... and, most importantly, that she was then Elizabeth Doland and not Elizabeth Clifford - unless they divorced, but I can't find any record of that. A letter I have from Elizabeth to my grandfather, mentions Will and they seem to have been on friendly terms....... but Elizabeth's children apparently did not approve and hated William - hence the story in the family that she emigrated with her boyfriend and no mention of the fact that she had remarried.
Anyway, many thanks again for your help.
Tilly
