As I don't have access to USA/CANADA records I will value help to trace WILLIAM Shiach MITCHELL 1895.
He left UK for USA IN 1927 on the pretext of looking for a residence for his British family, wife and 2 young children.
NEW YORK PASSENGER LIST:
Wm Shiach Mitchell
ARRIVAL DATE: 29 Mar 1927
BIRTH DATE: 1896
BIRTH LOCATION: Scotland
BIRTH LOCATION OTHER: elgin
AGE: 31
GENDER: Male
ETHNICITY/ NATIONALITY: Scottish
PORT OF DEPARTURE: Liverpool, England
PORT OF ARRIVAL: New York, New York
SHIP NAME: Carmania
His wife Ruby re-married IN 1953 and told the story that William had been killed in a car crash. This might have been a fiction as there are several other distortions/fibs that were told about the paternity of one child.
At Ruby's re-marriage, she might not have declared that she had been previously married to William Shiach MITCHELL or proved that she was widowed.
QUESTION ONE: Was William Shiach Mitchell really dead?
WILLIAM Shiach Mitchell
1895–
BIRTH: 25 NOVEMBER 1895 • 3, Academy Street, Elgin, Moray, Scotland
DEATH: DEATH NOT YET FOUND
Wife:
Ruby Kathleen Osborn
1901–1975
BIRTH 15 JUN 1901 • St Germans, SALTASH, Cornwall, United Kingdom
DEATH SEP 1975 • BIRKENHEAD Cheshire, England
Her re-marriage is also confused as Ruby Mitchell nee OSBORN and her live-in partner Edward SALACINSKI appears to have BOTH taken the surname CLAYTON whilst living as the CLAYTON family and long before the 1954 marriage below.
Marriages Jun 1953
CLAYTON Edward CLAYTON Devon Central 7a 775
CLAYTON Edward OSBORN Devon Central 7a 775
CLAYTON Ruby K CLAYTON Devon Central 7a 775
CLAYTON Ruby K SALACINSKI Devon Central 7a 775
OSBORN Ruby K CLAYTON Devon Central 7a 775
OSBORN Ruby K SALACINSKI Devon Central 7a 775
SALACINSKI Edward CLAYTON Devon Central 7a 775
SALACINSKI Edward OSBORN Devon Central 7a 775
Source: FreeBMD.org.uk
QUESTION TWO: When and where did Edward SALACINSKI 1884-1956 come from?
It is believed that he died in an asylum. Death registered EXETER Devon.
