Hi everyone,
I am trying to determine if WINNIE CALLAGHAN (born 1922 in Darwen, Lancashire, named as Winifred in the 1939 Register) was married to a (Polish?) man name KOSTYNSKI. The original 1939 surname entry was CALLAGHAN. A second entry KOSTYNSKI was added later in green. There is a final entry CALLAGHAN, also in green, and KOSTYNSKI was crossed out. Two dates are given: 24.11.60 and 12.12.61, prefaced by a single “CR283”. (CR283 is a form that was used when there was a Change of Surname, Forename, or Date of Birth.) The entries suggest a name change due to marriage (Callaghan --> Kostynski --> Callaghan) and that the marriage held for just over a year. See the attachment.
However, I have not been able to find any marriage record that confirms that a marriage took place. I am wondering if the marriage was annulled (a divorce in that short space of time seems unlikely). In that case, is the original marriage record then deleted, i.e. as a result of the marriage being deemed never to have taken place?
Winnie was Roman Catholic. She later moved to Bolton, where she died in 1994. She was living in 6 Back Foundry Street, Bolton, at the time of the 1939 Register.
Thanks in advance for any feedback!
