The certificates have started to arrive, although I still havent found the children’s 1st marriages to get their certificates in the hope of finding snippets of info, bi I have got James / thomas wofes death certificate which confirms James was her husbands name
I did beleive from the marriage certificate that James was a soldier, but it doesn’t look like soldier to me on this one, can anyone read it?
Labourer?
Labourer might have been his last known occupation. He might has become too old or unfit for military service or reached the end of the period of years he'd signed up for. First husband of an ancestor of mine was a soldier in Ireland when they married. He'd left army and was a labourer by the time his daughter was born 3 years later. Then he went back into uniform as a postman which was occupation on his death certificate.
The son may have chosen to say soldier rather than labourer at time of his marriage. On the other hand, perhaps James was alive and soldiering at time of the son's wedding.
When was the death cert? Was it later than the son's marriage?
I guess that Thomas may have been a clerical error somewhere along the line by registry office.
Where did you obtain the certificate which had Thomas on?
At least you know what to call him now.
