Hello All

[Wendi]

Nice work mack, as usual 

[Wendi]

John Cyril Lee born 25th April 1901.

1911 Census shows him living with his Grandmother ( Edmondson being the surname of the witnesses to Annie's wedding to Ben)
Household Members:    
Hannah Edmondson    66
John Cyril Lee    10
Birth Place:    Stalybridge Ashton, Lancashire, England
Civil Parish:    Ashton Under Lyne
County/Island:    Lancashire
Country:    England
Street address:    7 Back Mount St Ashton U Lyne
Occupation:    School

Ref: RG14/24342

In 1930 he is listed on the Absent Voters List at 79 Highgate Road, Birmingham Occupation: 2651658 Gdsmn. C. Guards

During the 3rd Quarter of 1931 there is the registration of a Marriage between John C Lee and Florence M Smith.  The 1935 Electoral Register shows him with a Florence May Lee, living at 105 Selina, Birmingham

1939 they are at 105 Broom Hall Crescent, Moseley.  He Died on 25th February 1963 and Probate shows their address as 100, Warren Farm Road, Kingstanding, Birmingham.

Wendi 

[Wendi]

Hi Jonathan

I have emailed you a copy of Annie & John's wedding certificate (the one to which mack refers)

I am now happy that Annie's maiden name was Edmundson/Edmondson  and the Cheshire Marriage 1896-1899 is for 2 other people, not your Annie.

Wendi

[Jon]

Thank you Mack and Wendi....both of you are amazing.

Best wishes
Jonathan.

[Jon]

Wendi, I have just looked again at the certificate you sent.....John was a widower on there to, there is another wife somewhere.

This is becoming very interesting.

Jonathan

[Wendi]

I applied for his wedding cert. to my Gt Grandma Beatrice Whitehead(13th Sept 1905) and to my surprise I found out he was a widower.

You knew that, or you said you did 

[Jon]

I knew he was a widower on the marriage certificate of his marriage to Beatrice Whitehead which I presume means Annie Lee but on the certificate you have sent me, his marriage to Annie Lee he is also a widower. Which I take means he was married to someone before Annie.

Thanks
Jonathan

[Wendi]

I've lost my concentration  of course it does!

[Wendi]

The 1891 Census shows him as single, 1901 as Widower, so somewhere in that period he married and his wife died. 

Do we know which Battalion he was in?

[Jon]

He signs up 5th April 1891 and looking at his records 1st Manchester Regiment. It says Home 4/4/91 to 17/11/97 then 18/11/97 to 22/8/99 Gibraltar then 23/8/99 to 26/3/00 South Africa.


Jonathan

[Wendi]

So the probability is he got married in the UK but his wife could have died abroad.  You need to check the overseas death records for the death of a ? Neild and if you can - excuse the pun - marry them up to a wedding here for John with the same first name.

The overseas death indexes are on findmypast.co.uk some of the members on here have subscriptions to that site.

Wendi