James A Meddings

[DebNZ]

Good morning from New Zealand

I'm looking for any details about James A Meddings who married Stuart (sometimes spelt Stewart, Stewert) Easton Morgan in Gateshead in 1916.  Other than this marriage entry, i can find no other information about James.

Stuart married again in 1917 so it is possible that James died shortly after the marriage except that the man she married the second time became a serial bigamist and she herself married a third time at the end of 1917 in New Zealand so she wasn't averse to a little bigamy herself.

Any info on James would be much appreciated.

Cheers
DebNZ

[lizdb]

Who does James name as his father when he marries? What age is he, what occupation? Address? In fact all the clues from the marriage cert would help.

If you havent got a copy, then if this marriage is as you say your only lead, then first step I guess must be to get a copy of the cert.

[davidft]

I think you need to buy the marriage certificate as although there are a few trees around that claim to have him on they actually don't and have made a wrong connection, therefore the information from the marriage certificate would seem to be vital (could be Meddings is a corruption of the real name)

[DebNZ]

Well I have discovered that James Alexander Meddings was born in Australia in 1883, that he and Stuart Easton Morgan were still married for the next two of her marriages.  Ooops!

[DebNZ]

Good evening all

I'm looking for any details about James Alexander Meddings who married Stuart (sometimes spelt Stewart, Stewert) Easton Morgan in Gateshead, Durham in 1916.  James was born in Victoria in 1883 and went to war in 1915 and was sent home again in 1918 according to his war record.

Stuart married again in 1917 so I thought it possible that James died shortly after the marriage until I discovered he was definitely still alive in 1918.  The man she married the second time became a serial bigamist and she herself married a third time at the end of 1917 in New Zealand so she wasn't averse to a little bigamy herself.

Any info on James would be much appreciated.

[~MERLIN~]

There is a death in NSW that looks like him:

MEDDINGS James age 48yrs d. 1929 WILCANNIA #5661   

https://familyhistory.bdm.nsw.gov.au/   

[sparrett]

What was your evidence for him still living in 1918?

Sue

[~MERLIN~]

Sue, it's on his service records 

https://www.aif.adfa.edu.au/showPerson?pid=205807

http://dhistory.org/archives/naa/items/8006751/

[~MERLIN~]

Newspaper report on his death states he was a returned soldier born Echuca:

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article46066921