Francis Davidson/denton/Kearsley

[mckha489]

Sept qtr 1899 marriage

Davidson    Margaret        Hartlepool    10a   261
Possible groom Joseph Lee

1901 census 90 Scarboro’ St, West Hartlepool
Joseph Lee 55 Engineers fitter (marine) born Bradford yorks (lost left arm)
Margaret Lee 45 wife, phrenologist  b Keswick Cumberland
Frances Davidson 6 boarder born Longthwaite, Cumberland

[maddys52]

Thanks mckha, had to go out, glad you found that. 

For interest, back in Western Australia, I notice there is an item about William KEARLSEY (of Hines Hill) in 1933, losing his house in a fire - mentions his children but no wife. So Frances is with him on the electoral roll in 1931, but missing 1933.
https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/252522220

[maddys52]

I note also on William Carter KEARSLEY's attestation form (1941) he says he is single (not married or widowed), though his son is next of kin (changed in 1944 to his wife Jean Mavis).
https://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/SearchNRetrieve/Gallery151/dist/JGalleryViewer.aspx?B=6491644&S=1&N=8&R=0#/SearchNRetrieve/NAAMedia/ShowImage.aspx?B=6491644&T=P&S=2

[AMBLY]

Viola

Margaret Davidson nee Denton,  widow of William Davidson who died May 1899-  wasted no time in remarrying:

Newspaper clip: Maryport Advertister:  Saturday 07 October 1899
James's Church, West Hartlepool, Mr. Joseph Lee, engineer and contractor, to Margaret Davidson, daughter of Mr. Henry Denton, of Cumberland.

So Edward Small is her 3rd husband - and we still on track 

Cheers
AMBLY

[AMBLY]

THE MOTHER - BIRTH 1856:
Margaret Denton, mms Gillbanks
Registered Cockermouth MQ

She has a sister, Frances, b 1862, mms Gillbanks

Margaret Gillbanks   was first married to Robert Eccles in 1846 Crosthwaite, Cumberland. Her father is George Gillbanks
She and Robert Eccles, and their children Thomas and Ruth Ann are all together on the 1851 Census
Robert Eccles died  soon after, registered SQ 1851 Cockermouth
Margaret Eccles, Robert's widow,  remarried 1853 to Henry Denton

1861 Census: At Lowthwaite, Watermillock
Head: Henry Denton 36, Farmer of 25 Acres, emp 1 Boy,  b  Threlkeld, Cumberland
Wife: Margaret 44, b Buttermere, Cumberland (abt 1827) (nee Gillbanks)
Dau: Margaret Denton 5, b Crosthwaite
Step-Dau: Ruth Ann Eccles 12, b Crosthwaite
+ 1 Servant

1871 Census: At High Lowthwaite,
Head: Henry Denton 46,Landowner, keeping 20 acres  b Greystock, Cumberland
Wife: Margaret 35 b Buttermere, Cumberland (abt 1826) (nee Gillbanks)
Dau: Ruth Ann Eccles 20, single, b Crosthwaite
Dau: Margaret Denton 15, b Keswick
Dau: Frances 8, b Greystock

And Census 1881, 1891 (as Maddy reported earlier, Margaret and daughter Frances b 1862, appear twice on the 1881 Census - 1) at home with Henry and 2) in the Davidson household of married dau Margaret.

Henry Denton,  Of Lowthwaite, Watermillock, Cumberland, Yeoman,  died 3 Aug 1900
Probate Carlisle 5 Nov, to Frances Thompson (wife of Michael Thompson)

It seems  wife Margaret preceded him to rest, death recorded Jun Qtr 1900
Frances Thompson is their daughter (the one born 1862). Married Michael Thompson 1896 Penrith


Newspaper - IN MEMORIAM
DENTON - ln ever loving memory of our dear mother, Margaret Denton who died at Lowthwaite, Watermillock, on Tuesday, April .24th, 1900. Also of our dear father, Henry Denton, who died at the some place, August 3rd, 1900......
Saturday 20 April 1901 Cumberland & Westmorland Herald

Cheers
AMBLY

[Jennaya]

Viola

Margaret Davidson nee Denton,  widow of William Davidson who died May 1899-  wasted no time in remarrying:

Newspaper clip: Maryport Advertister:  Saturday 07 October 1899
James's Church, West Hartlepool, Mr. Joseph Lee, engineer and contractor, to Margaret Davidson, daughter of Mr. Henry Denton, of Cumberland.


Cheers
AMBLY

Unfortunately, back in those days there were few options for widows with children. Remarrying was often the better choice.
Glad we live in better times now.
Regards Jennaya

[AMBLY]

Circling back to WA....has any looking into of this been done?

Frances Davidson
Married Reginald Oscar Oldfield at Doodlakine, Northam, 1921

Reginald died aged 75, in 1953. Buried  Kalgoorlie Cemetery
https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/256924236?searchTerm=Reginald%20Oscar%20Oldfield

He was born abt 1886
He first married a woman Florence Raymond in 1912. They had no children
Divorced in 1919 on grounds of his desertion - he was leasing farm land at Doodlakine
https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/207380145?searchTerm=Reginald%20Oscar%20Oldfield

Cheers
AMBLY

[Brijay51]

Thank you everyone for the great insight into how great the help is here,Some very useful info here but some things i can hopefully clear up is..
!.There is no registration of marriage of William Carter Kearsley to Frances ?? William is my father and my mother was Mavis Jean which is the only registered marriage of my father On all the birth certificates of my father and Francis's she is stated as his wife married 1920 in Perth Western Australia but there are no records of a marriage.She has used two different maiden names Davidson and Denton (this is only on the youngest daughters) The last time,that she was known to be seen by the family was in about 1932..So where she came from and how and where her and my father met is unknown..

[sparrett]

Hi ,
A couple of thoughts here.

An online tree notes a marriage between Frances and William Carter KEARSLEY as 2 Sep 1924 in Western Australia. It is undocumented and it may be a misleading and erroneous ploy to place the birth of their first child inside a marriage.

Like you, I do not see a marriage at all.
In my experience, the impediment to marriage is usually that one or the other of the parties is already married. Reluctant to commit bigamy.

 It seems that 1899 as seen on his ww2 papers and the immigration record was William's true birthdate so he was a few years younger than Frances, who, as I understand things, was born 1894 and who also uses her mother’s maiden surname as her own at times.

Sue