Thank you krisesjoint, Both for your welcome and the information. Yes my Mum was very young at the time and I expect extremely hurt by what had happened. I was left with my G,Mother while Mum went to work away from her home town, and didn't return until I was 10 years old. By this time she refused to talk about it and it wasn't until after she passed away I decided to try and find out about my Dad.
My first stop was to the archives to search the divorce where I found a copy of the marriage certificate and to learn that the little she DID tell me was not true.
Ronald Larry Lane signed his name on the marriage document as R. Lane, so he may not have used his full name to sign on for work on ships. I found one R Lane on Dundrum Castle, as a donkeyman, entering New York in 1936, it MAY be him. The date certainly fits.
All but one person who knew him have now passed away and the one that is still living (my Mum's brother) is in his late 80's and although his memory is quite good, I think he has told me all that he knows.
Another item on the divorce papers is that he had a sister Mrs. Armstrong residing in Halley Street Five Dock, Sydney. During the year of 1944 she went to every house in that street and was unable to find any trace of Mrs. Armstrong, living there or having lived there in 1935.
I had almost given up my search when a neighbour told me about this site. I find it utterly amazing that there are so many people ot there, unknown to me, who are willing to help. Thank you, I really do appreciate it.
Cheers Joy.
PS another very strange thing, in the divorce she listed me, the child of the marriage, as Evelyn !
Her middle name, which is not part of my name at all.