Was this man a bigamist? Robert Ladds JINNETTE

[~MERLIN~]

Sorry Ted, I had to go out...

If he was divorced in Victoria the records you require are held at the Supreme Court for those years:
http://prov.vic.gov.au/research/divorce

I can't see it listed in NSW:
http://investigator.records.nsw.gov.au/

[tedscout]

Thats ok Merlin - I had to go to work. Just got home 20 hamburgers later - not sure why everyone wanted hamburgers tonight.

I did check the divorce records that were on line in Victoria and I have trolled through the newspapers on Trove for the appropriate time, but I haven't found anything yet.

[jorose]

He signed up April 1915 but went AWOL in October and was declared a deserter, March 1916.
There is a letter in his military file from Lottie's lawyer, Joseph Lynch, in 1941 - which states that she had not seen him since about 1914, that she was seeking a divorce, and they were looking for information about his current whereabouts.

So where was he between the wars, if he didn't go home to Lottie?

In 1941 he seems to give a sister as next of kin. Perhaps he at least got back in touch with his birth family - if "Robinson" was a sister/niece/nephew etc, that would explain why they knew about Lottie and the four kids.

[tedscout]

The plot thickens - thank you jorose!

In 1924 Robert was in Bendigo according to the Electrol Roll. But that electrol Roll has Lottie with him at the same address. 

[sparrett]

which states that she had not seen him since about 1914, JOROSE

The last child I am able to spot was born to the couple 1912 at Geelong. I can only see 2 others before this and then nothing further to 1918, followed by 1920. These last 2 I can see were at Eaglehawk which fits with the E Roll findings.

Perhaps the fourth which he claims as his own, was somewhere after or around 1914.

Perhaps, Tedscout, if you were able to name the children whom he claims it may help to map his movements. 

Sue

[cando]

The death certificate is attached to a tree on ancestry.

The informant is the funeral director.

The children named are Gwendoline 50, Cecilia 48, John 46 and Robert 44. 

According to the birth indexes Gwendoline Ethel May was born in 1910; no registration for a Cecilia born c 1911; John William was born 1912 and Gerald Robert 1911.

In 1949 a Robert JINNETTE [a cook] was in the Horsham area with address Rocklands Dam.  Robert Ladds JINNETTE was cook according to his service records.
http://www.rootschat.com/links/0tl0/
http://www.rootschat.com/links/0tl1/

Robert Ladds JINNETTE does not appear with his 2nd wife on the electoral roll at Wodonga in either 1943 or 1949.

Cando

[tedscout]

Thanks Cando,

I've just got home from work. I am so glad you answered the questions Sue asked.

I have a Sylvia born in 1914 instead of a Cecilia. I have a photograph of this woman although I have not found her birth yet she died in 2004. Hubby's aunties remember her. She was married to Ossie Ward.

[Dundee]

In NSW a notation is made in the marriage register when a couple are divorced and this notation will appear on any subsequent copies of the cerificate which are issued.  This practise only ceased in NSW in 1983.

I don't know if it was the same in Victoria    Perhaps contact the registry to ask.

Debra 

[cando]

Information on death certificates is not always reliable.

There are two further births to Robert and Lottie at Eaglehawk in 1918 [female] and 1920 [male]and the death of another son born c1925.  Both parents were enrolled to vote at Eaglehawk in 1924.

JINNETTE Murray Edward
Father Robert Ladds  Mother Lottie Eliza  FREEMAN
At Swan Hill  54 years  1979  Reg#14764

Marriage
JINNETTE Sylvia Lottie
WARD Oswald Meirion
1935 Reg#14429

How many children are named on Lottie's death certificate?

Cheers
Cando