Mystery Family and Marriage

[PaulJC]

Hi All,
My distant second cousin was a Patience Edith Foster, born in Cheshire in 1891. She moved to Liverpool and married a Joseph S Rock-Johnson in 1918. She later remarried as Foster-Rock-Johnson in 1943.
Despite this being a really unusual surname, I cannot find any trace whatsoever of the Rock-Johnson family. Any ideas?
Regards,
Paul

[Rosinish]

Hi Paul,

More than likely it was not hyphenated i.e. under Johnson but you may need the variants option for the surname?

Annie

[KGarrad]

The marriage certificate would prove very useful, I think?
Because it will have his age, and his father's name.

But a possibility (to bear in mind!):
Births, June qtr 1900
Dudley Registration District     vol 6c, page 26

Rock, Joseph Seymour

The hyphenated surname might be explained by an illegitimate birth?
There are a plethora of Joseph Johnson births - you really need his father's name to trace any further.

[jennifer c]

Joseph Seymour Rock is with his family Joseph & Annie in the census, his mother looks to have died as Annie Rock, so no remarriage either.

Jennifer

[elzabels]

Have you looked at the 1939 Register?

[garstonite]

You have to consider this first marriage is WW1 - Joseph could have been a soldier / sailor from a number of countries - Liverpool was very busy with Military passing through - especially Sailors / Merchant Seamen
I have to say on this occasion the marriage cert in 1918 is a must

[Mabel Bagshawe]

Joseph Seymour Rock died in 1974 in North Wales

[PaulJC]

Thanks All,
Some more investigations required.
Paul

[1karen]

Have you looked at the 1939 Register?

The 1939 Register has the following interesting entries:

Johnson (Rock),  Gladys M, born 1920, Location - Bromley M.B., Kent, England
Johnson (Rock),  Mary M, born 1898, Location - Paddington, London, England