I've been working on a great uncle today and found him named in the will of someone who named him as his oldest son. That's not what official records say?
Roydon James Moffatt Marshall
ABT 1895 • Netherby, Victoria
DEATH 1968 • Sydney, New South Wales,
Mother - Martha Hannah Barnes
28 APR 1866 • Aldinga, South Australia
28 APR 1926 • Brighton, Victoria
Father - John Marshall
25 APRIL 1861 • Burnbank, South Australia
20 JUNE 1900 • Moonta, South Australia
Martha married John Marshall on 11 Mar 1890 in Tooan, Victoria.
Stepfather - John Bennett
20 APR 1857 • North Hill, Cornwall
1930 • Warracknabeal, Victoria
Martha married John Bennett in 1906 in Warracknabeal, Victoria.
Half Brother - William Hicks Bennett (my great grandfather)
1910 • Warracknabeal, Victoria
19 NOV 1994 • Sutherland, New South Wales
Named as sole legatee and oldest son of...
William Bowey, farmer
The Gables, Barker's Road, Prospect, South Australia
Formerly of The Cedars, Maitland, South Australia
Will dated 21 July 1910 when Roydon was 15.
Did Martha perhaps fall pregnant to William but not marry him or even use his surname for Roydon? Or have I somehow messed up somewhere? Please help! All my records match John Marshall as his Dad. His mother used Marshall as her name when marrying John Bennett.
I've attached the notice of William Boweys will. It wasn't executed for 16 years, the notice was placed in The Melbourne Argus on 27 August 1926 noting the appointment of Roydon and Walter Richards of Turiff as executors.
Um, that's the same year his Mum Martha died. Did she wait until her death to reveal who his real Dad was?
