1st wife and child

[willsy]

Glad that has helped you find her under such sad circumstances.

[PERKO14]

Thank you it was so sad that Norman never had anymore children.  I just feel they shouldn’t be forgotten to the past.

[Mabel Bagshawe]

Sorry to have to mention this, but I wonder if a bit of family history was being fudged to hide a divorce and no access to the child? In those days it was still quite a social black mark to have divorced (my grandparents did so about this time - my mother told me a few hair curling stories about the questions, social impact on her and her brother etc.)


Irene M Perkins or Whittaker
Arthur G Errington

Marriage Q4  1948
Dartford Vol 5b, p 858

[PERKO14]

Well I will have look see if I can find the child in question and look for death registration first and go from there.  But everything is a possibility.

[rosie99]

Sorry to have to mention this, but I wonder if a bit of family history was being fudged to hide a divorce and no access to the child? In those days it was still quite a social black mark to have divorced (my grandparents did so about this time - my mother told me a few hair curling stories about the questions, social impact on her and her brother etc.)


Irene M Perkins or Whittaker
Arthur G Errington

Marriage Q4  1948
Dartford Vol 5b, p 858

The 1939 register confirms that is who we are after showing all 3 of her surnames.  Well done Mabel.

It would appear that she married again in 1985 Gravesend reg district.  She appears to have died in 2017 York registration district - probate 26 January 2017.

[Mabel Bagshawe]

Where is she in 1939? I tried hard to find her last night under all three surnames with no luck. That's why I wasn't 100% sure about my suggestion

Also I haven't found an obvious contender for the child - there's one Perkins with mmn similar to Whittaker (different spelling) but nowhere near Kent. Potential for a child born before the marriage, however

[PERKO14]

Glad that has helped you find her under such sad circumstances.

Well the plot thickens !   It seems that she may not have died and that they divorced?   Or not who knows but Irene M Perkins seems to have remarried to S Arthur Errington.   See the previous comment.    Found them in 1939 on FindMyPast but can’t see the details.   Trying to find on sites I can view

[PERKO14]

Where is she in 1939? I tried hard to find her last night under all three surnames with no luck. That's why I wasn't 100% sure about my suggestion

Also I haven't found an obvious contender for the child - there's one Perkins with mmn similar to Whittaker (different spelling) but nowhere near Kent. Potential for a child born before the marriage, however

I found it on FindMyPast but can’t see the details now struggling to find it on the other sites.  Wondering if we can see them in 1921 ?   I will have to go to the library tomorrow to check

[PERKO14]

Where is she in 1939? I tried hard to find her last night under all three surnames with no luck. That's why I wasn't 100% sure about my suggestion

Also I haven't found an obvious contender for the child - there's one Perkins with mmn similar to Whittaker (different spelling) but nowhere near Kent. Potential for a child born before the marriage, however

Where was it that you found the birth registered?  We could check a connection to Irene’s parents.   Where they were from etc maybe