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Offline squires

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Thompson/Patterson marriage
« on: Sunday 28 March 10 11:28 BST (UK) »
I have a bit of a puzzle.

My paternal grandparents (Brice Thompson c.1900 & Emily Patterson b.1902) were supposedly married in St Annes Cathedral in the 1920's. They had 5 children (1 girl & 4 boys), two of which died young in the 1920's. They were left with 3 boys, my father and two uncles

My grandparents were supposedly separated some time after the war and eventually got a divorce. My granddad went to the Isle of Wight to live and got remarried.

First of all, I can't find any record of them being married  ???
or divorced  ??? and I can't find any record of the births/deaths of my young deceased aunt/uncle  ???.

The question is, were my grandparents even married?
Would be grateful if someone could help me.

Squires
Maternal - Williamson, Lynch,  Norris, Campbell, Woods
Paternal - Thompson, Patterson, Lemon, McCoubrey

Offline aghadowey

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Re: Thompson/Patterson marriage
« Reply #1 on: Sunday 28 March 10 11:45 BST (UK) »
Earlier thread of yours says Brice and Emily divorced after WWII- where they still living in Northern Ireland then? If the divorce did take place here it will not likely be available anywhere online.
www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,406122.msg2742865.html#msg2742865

Civil index shows birth registration for Brice Thompson July/Sept.1898 Belfast registration district (volume 1 page 225) and you could order the certificate to get exact date and place as well as names of parents (unless illegitimate in which case mothers name).
Civil index only goes up to 1921 for N.I. counties so the marriage might have taken place after that date.
http://pilot.familysearch.org/recordsearch/start.html#c=1408347;p=collectionDetails

This might be your Brice Thompson in 1911 census but details shown there point to a very complicated family situation so you might need to get his birth certificate-
http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1911/Antrim/Clifton/Hillview_Street/145638/
Away sorting out DNA matches... I may be gone for some time many years!

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Re: Thompson/Patterson marriage
« Reply #2 on: Monday 29 March 10 10:44 BST (UK) »
Thanks Aghadowey

Brice & Emily were still living in N. Ireland at the time of their marriage & divorce. It's just that when my grandmother died their were no marriage or divorce papers amongst her personal things so it just set me awondering. I would also like to find out the names and DOB & DOD of my late Aunt & Uncle who died very young in the 1920's

At least now I have the actual year that my grandad died, a middle name I didn't know (which might be a surname of previous generations) and the date that he remarried and My strp-grandmother's DOD.  Lots of information, again thanks

Squires
Maternal - Williamson, Lynch,  Norris, Campbell, Woods
Paternal - Thompson, Patterson, Lemon, McCoubrey