who was Gladys Clarkson and what became of her?

[HughC]

Vivian Hugh Clarkson was married in Winnipeg on 24 July 1910 to Gladis Pitcher
[Manitoba vital statistics web site].  No ages or other details given.

In the 1911 census they were still in Winnipeg; Gladys, born in England, gave her age as 20 but one column has March 1890 -- or 1891: the last digit is smudged.  As the census was taken on 1 June, 1891 is more reasonable if she was telling the truth about her age.

Aged 25 in the 1916 census.  I have tended to assume she was the daughter of Job Pitcher of Grays Thurrock, Essex, aged 2 weeks in the 1891 census.  However, a couple of others named Gladys Pitcher were born in that year (or at least aged less than 1 year when the census was taken).

In the 1931 census the Clarkson sons are in Port Arthur, Ontario, stepsons of Frank Harriet.
Can there really be a surname Harriet??
His wife Gladys is now aged 39 and apparently born in Scotland.
Vivian had also remarried by then.

Can anyone help me sort out who she really was and who was her second husband?
Then we might even be able to find out when and where she died.

[eileenwilson]

Yes, Harriet is a proper surname.

Vivian Hugh remarries in 1925 in Winnipeg, suggesting a divorce:

Name   Vivian Hugh Clarkson
Gender   Male
Marriage Date   18 Nov 1925
Marriage Place   Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Spouse   
Pearl Isabell Hall
URL   http://vitalstats.gov.mb.ca/Query.php

Not seeing second marriage for Gladys, but she died in British Columbia using Harriet (Herritt) surname) and giving birth date as March 26, 1891. Her son is the informant.

https://search-collections.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/Image/Genealogy/3a4254fd-b40f-4c01-91bd-f5c29c7f8ebe

[HughC]

That's brilliant, Eileen: it even says who her father was
(though I can't find Jacob and wonder whether it was a misunderstanding of Job).

Many thanks for your swift help.

She must have married Francis (Frank) Herritt in Ontario,
so we probably wouldn't find it without going to the record office,
but I don't need to know as I'm related to the Clarksons.

By the way, some fool has submitted to Ancestry.com that she was Gladys Ponica Picture.
But we know about Fanciestree.con, don't we?

[dbree]

Hi,

Gladys remarried in Winnipeg as well.

5 Dec. 1925 in Winnipeg
Frank Harritt to Gladys Francis Pitcher
https://vitalstats.gov.mb.ca/Query.php

Frank Herritt b. 7 July 1882 Pictou, Nova Scotia d. 9 June 1963 Prince Rupert BC
https://search-collections.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/Image/Genealogy/552d0eb6-7641-449a-a73e-af4300ca2146

This is Frank's late birth registration in Pictou, scroll down to the bottom to see the 2 separate
sheets.
https://archives.novascotia.ca/vital-statistics/birth/?ID=180985

DB

[dbree]

Hi,

To firm up the time line, son of Francis and Gladys, Welsford John George Herritt was b. 11 Dec. 1926 in Redditt, Ontario d. 10 May 1984 Surrey, BC.
https://search-collections.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/Image/Genealogy/82b04c2d-21c8-4461-a107-d5aadd44c858

DB

[HughC]

Thank you, dbree.

I assume that Frank was really Francis, but it's strange that that has been assigned to Gladys as a middle name, and his surname misspelled (as again in the 1931 census).  Somebody must have had terrible handwriting.

[dbree]

Welcome

Terrible handwriting and a need to visit Specsavers.

DB