Theatre actor and theatre company manager STANLEY CARLTON

[abun]

Yes, I have them both

[JenB]

Yes, I have them both

Are you willing to share the details?

[abun]

Yes

[softly softly]

Interesting marriage!


Surname    First name(s)    Spouse    District    Vol    Page
Marriages Sep 1928
Lawson    Ernest G E    Mussett    Brentford    3a   618   
Longhurst    Marjorie A    Pearce    Brentford    3a   618   
MUSSETT    Nora    Lawson    Brentford    3a   618    
Pearce    Louis A J    Longhurst    Brentford    3a   618    


Ernest died 1961.

2 newspaper articles about him 1934/5

john

[JenB]

So there is only a 5yr  timespan between her marriage to Ernest & her own death in 1929 during which time she appears to have left Ernest for Stanley Carlton

Ruby died in 1927. There is an ‘In Memoriam’ in ‘The Stage’ in 1929 which refers to her death in 1927.

[JenB]

Here you are:

The News, 15th February 1935, a long article which begins:

Formerly an actor under the name of Sidney Carlton, Ernest George Earl Lawson, aged 53, since the introduction of ‘talkies’ and a nervous breakdown, set up in business as a confectioner and tobacconist.

He was on trial for obtaining money by  fraudulent misrepresentation and was imprisoned for nine months. The shop had been in Fulham.

His wife was bound over for two years.

[Milliepede]

Interesting developments especially the 1928 marriage.

[softly softly]

Ernesst & Nora are on 1939 war register as "confectioners"

John

[JenB]

Ernesst & Nora are on 1939 war register as "confectioners"

And by 1960 they appear to be living in Barnet, which is where Ernest's death was registered.