Grandfather jailed for bigamy - missing link

[Milliepede]

There appear to have been 3 children born after the 1945 marriage so he couldn't have been in prison very long or he couldn't have fathered 3 children. 

Newspaper reports?  There might be something about his bigamy/imprisonment in a local paper.

[dawnsh]

I did a search of the Yorkshire Post, there are reports of bigamy trials in a lot of issues from 1930-1950 but nothing with his surname.

Also looking at the censuses and the surname is rarely seen down south in and around London, just do a freebmd search for the surname and see where the surname occurs.

[M3D1C_Dan]

I did a search of the Yorkshire Post, there are reports of bigamy trials in a lot of issues from 1930-1950 but nothing with his surname.

Also looking at the censuses and the surname is rarely seen down south in and around London, just do a freebmd search for the surname and see where the surname occurs.

Well that's saved me some leg work, thank you 

I wonder if his origination from London could mean he served his sentence down that end of the country?

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Gordon's Father is listed on Gordon/Nora marriage cert as George Markinson deceased, so no occupation to go from. However, there is a John George Markinson listed.

[Milliepede]

I'm still very puzzled by this one.

Surely the "second marriage" in 1945 must be the bigamous one and he hadn't been a bigamist until this point.  So he can't have been imprisoned before 1945.  How was it found out 

I strongly suspected name changes all round but fathers name, if correct, seems to belie that.
Nothing adds up.

Where is the John George Markinson listed - as a witness on the marriage?  Who was the other witness?

Am determined to get somewhere with this one!

[ljuk]

See Dan's thread on Genes Reunited for certificate information. I didn't see it anywhere on this thread so I'll post it now.

http://www.GenesReunited.co.uk/boards/board/ancestors/thread/1307975

Marriage Cert:
Gordon and Nora married 10 Sept 1945 Saint Anne's Cathedral, Leeds.
Gordon was aged 45, Tram Car Cleaner, 9 Duxbury Street, Leeds 7.
Nora Reddington was aged 40, Dressmaker, same address as above.

Witnessed by Margaret MacPherson (nee Reddington) and Daniel Hopkins ErrorSPAM REPORT THIS POST AS SPAM (Use 'Report to Moderator'). DO NOT CLICK ON ANY LINKS IN THIS POST. DO NOT REPLY TO THIS PERSON.](but in another post on that thread you say the witnesses were Margaret and Sandie McPherson).[/color]

Death Certs:
Gordon Richard Markinson, Retired Railway Platelayer, 7 Barrowby Crescent, Leeds.
Reg date: 26th March 1971 Leeds

Nora Markinson, widow of above 10 Jan 1975 Leeds
Nora DOB 22nd April 1907

Father on marriage certificate is named as George Markinson, deceased.[/b][/i][/color]

Can you confirm these details are correct Dan?

Cheers,
Paul

[M3D1C_Dan]

Sandie McPherson was the husband of Norah's sister, Margaret REDDINGTON. Daniel Hopkins was the other witness on the cert who was apparently a friend, along with Margaret.

[Milliepede]

One more question please Dan - did he claim to be a bachelor or a widower in 1945?

As mentioned previous if he was busy having a family soon after marriage there doesn't leave much of a gap for a prison sentence.  But then I don't know how long a sentence he would have got 

[M3D1C_Dan]

His marriage certificate states he is a bachelor.

[ljuk]

Dan,
Please read my last post on your thread at Yorkshire Indexers

http://www.yorkshireindexers.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?5019-Looking-for-Grandfather-MARKINSON-and-parents-Bigamist

Thanks,
Paul