Hi everyone.
I was taking advantage of the free access to NZ records to follow up on the wonderful assistance I got on this thread:
http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=669468.63 and some info I had gleaned off Papers Past as a result.
I am looking or more information about a marriage in 1950 which is outside the scope of the public search on the NZ BDM site. I am hoping someone has access to additional resources that can provide more information.
May Violet Baldwin was born in India in 1910. She traveled with her parents Alfred William and Violet May Baldwin to NZ in 1913. Two brothers were born in India and two more in NZ (only one referred to in the thread above, I identified a second through newspaper memorials).
In 1929 May only daughter of Mr and Mrs A W Baldwin is engaged to William Peters. (
Not entirely relevant to the question, but I thought I'd throw it in.)
In 1931 May Violet Baldwin marries John Ellis.
In 1938 John and May Violet Ellis appear on the electoral roll.
In 1944, May Violet Baldwin marries Sergeant George Thomas Tucker USMC whose parents are from Harrisburg, Illinois. She is using Baldwin,
suggesting a divorce from John having divorced John in 1942. They married at St David's, Khyber Pass, which I now know to be an Auckland location, but given May's family history I did a double-take at that.
In 1946 and 1949, May Violet Tucker appears on the electoral roll with the status Married but without George. The fate of the War Bride. I haven't seen a later entry except:
In 1950
a May Violet Tucker is married (New Zealand, Marriage Index, 1840-1950, Folio No 1009). Only one party at a time is shown on this Index, I tried searching with no name, Married in New Zealand 1950 and 1009 in the Key Word box but that was not successful.
Of course, there are two possibilities. One is that May joins George in the US. The other is that something has happened to George, and May remarries.
If anyone is able to provide any additional information about the 1950 wedding of May Violet Tucker it would be appreciated, even if it rules my May out.
EDIT: Just after posting this I found the newspaper report of the 1942 divorce. May applied for a divorce after John brought home a young woman who he said he was very much in love with. That'll do it.