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Member Since: February 2003 Posts: 27 Send Message	TrueBlueAngel	Report	5 Jan 2013 19:52
	I'm trying to find Doris May Lock, born in 1902. She married Albert Lewis Boneham in 1945. Prior to that, she married and lost her first husband in WW2. Possible surname of Witcomb, but cannot find any info on this. Something in the back of my mind thought first husband was an Edwards. Can someone please help? Thanks.
	Researching: Frodsham, Colville, McCreadie, McNeish, Kenilworth, Cheshire, Ayrshire
Member Since: June 2003 Posts: 9,301 Send Message	Ozibird	Report	5 Jan 2013 19:57
Member Since: June 2003 Posts: 9,301 Send Message	According to this she wasn't married before or she would have her married surname. Marriages Dec 1945 Lock Doris M Boneham Warwick 6d 2325
Member Since: June 2003 Posts: 9,301 Send Message	Ozibird	Report	5 Jan 2013 19:59
Member Since: June 2003 Posts: 9,301 Send Message	Did she have any children by this first relationship?
Member Since: February 2006 Posts: 36,149 Send Message	Rambling	Report	5 Jan 2013 20:00
	Might be worth checking this one? Marriages Jun 1936 (>99%) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Edwards Joseph W Lock Birmingham 6d 1375 Lock Doris M Edwards Birmingham 6d 1375
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Member Since: February 2003 Posts: 27 Send Message	TrueBlueAngel	Report	5 Jan 2013 20:01
	Yes, three children, my father-in-law's step siblings. My father in law's birth certificate says that his mother's name was Witcomb.
	Researching: Frodsham, Colville, McCreadie, McNeish, Kenilworth, Cheshire, Ayrshire
Member Since: July 2008 Posts: 18,042 Send Message	MarieCeleste	Report	5 Jan 2013 20:03
Member Since: July 2008 Posts: 18,042 Send Message	So surely her birth would be as Witcomb? England & Wales, FreeBMD Birth Index, 1837-1915 Name: Doris May Witcomb Date of Registration: Apr-May-Jun 1907 Registration district: Warwick Inferred County: Warwickshire Volume: 6d Page: 705 (Have deleted a birth that was irrelevant(
Member Since: August 2007 Posts: 10,049 Send Message	safc	Report	5 Jan 2013 20:05
	???? Marriages Sep 1931 (>99%) Jenkins Rose Ormsby Warwick 6d 2331 LOCK Stephen R Witcomb Warwick 6d 2331 xxxxxxx Ornsby Thomas A Jenkins Warwick 6d 2331 Witcomb Doris M Lock Warwick 6d 2331 xxxxxx
	Researching: Abby says please do not send messages to safc, always reply on your thread, as Abby is just a paying member of genes reunited. helping other members. thank you.
Member Since: February 2003 Posts: 27 Send Message	TrueBlueAngel	Report	5 Jan 2013 20:06
	She married Albert Boneham after the death of her first husband, so on her marriage certificate to Albert, surely it would be Witcomb?
	Researching: Frodsham, Colville, McCreadie, McNeish, Kenilworth, Cheshire, Ayrshire
Member Since: July 2008 Posts: 18,042 Send Message	MarieCeleste	Report	5 Jan 2013 20:07
Member Since: July 2008 Posts: 18,042 Send Message	First husband? UK, Army Roll of Honour, 1939-1945 about Stephen Lock Name: Stephen Lock Given Initials: S R Rank: Serjeant Death Date: 29 May 1942 Number: 778712 Birth Place: Warwickshire Residence: Warwickshire Regiment at Enlistment: 10th Royal Hussars (Prince of Own) RAC Branch at Enlistment: Royal Armoured Corps Theatre of War: Middle East Regiment at Death: 10th Royal Hussars (Prince of Own) RAC Branch at Death: Royal Armoured Corps
Member Since: February 2003 Posts: 27 Send Message	TrueBlueAngel	Report	5 Jan 2013 20:08
	Albert definitely married a Doris May Lock.
	Researching: Frodsham, Colville, McCreadie, McNeish, Kenilworth, Cheshire, Ayrshire
Member Since: July 2008 Posts: 18,042 Send Message	MarieCeleste	Report	5 Jan 2013 20:08
Member Since: July 2008 Posts: 18,042 Send Message	TBA - No, the name should be her last married name. YES! Albert married her as Lock but that's because it's what she was then, not what she was born as. Unless someone reverts to their maiden name, say after a divorce, you always remarry in your current married name.
Member Since: February 2006 Posts: 36,149 Send Message	Rambling	Report	5 Jan 2013 20:08
	There are 3 Edwards/Lock children following that marriage dating up to 1945 so probably unlikely. ( though I suppose it is possible the last one was the new husband's child but before marriage? ) see Freebmd .
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Member Since: February 2003 Posts: 27 Send Message	TrueBlueAngel	Report	5 Jan 2013 20:09
	Thankyou, I think I was looking at it all wrong....a novice, am I!
	Researching: Frodsham, Colville, McCreadie, McNeish, Kenilworth, Cheshire, Ayrshire
Member Since: July 2008 Posts: 18,042 Send Message	MarieCeleste	Report	5 Jan 2013 20:12
Member Since: July 2008 Posts: 18,042 Send Message	You don't know until someone has told you!
Member Since: July 2008 Posts: 18,042 Send Message	MarieCeleste	Report	5 Jan 2013 20:13
Member Since: July 2008 Posts: 18,042 Send Message	This must be her death so it ties in nicely with the first Witcomb birth I posted above: England & Wales, Death Index, 1916-2006 Name: Doris May Boneham Birth Date: 1 May 1907 Date of Registration: Jul 1990 Age at Death: 83 Registration district: Mid Warwickshire Inferred County: Warwickshire Volume: 31 Page: 453
Member Since: February 2003 Posts: 27 Send Message	TrueBlueAngel	Report	5 Jan 2013 20:16
	Yes, that is her death. She died a month before I met my husband, and sadly didn't get to meet her, as I believe she was a lovely lady.
	Researching: Frodsham, Colville, McCreadie, McNeish, Kenilworth, Cheshire, Ayrshire
Member Since: January 2011 Posts: 4,821 Send Message	Flip	Report	5 Jan 2013 20:26
	From CWG site, the death posted by MC Serjeant Service No:778712 Date of Death:29/05/1942 Regiment/Service:Royal Armoured Corps 10th Royal Hussars Grave Reference4. C. 19.Cemetery KNIGHTSBRIDGE WAR CEMETERY, ACROMA This is in Libya.
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Member Since: February 2003 Posts: 27 Send Message	TrueBlueAngel	Report	5 Jan 2013 20:32
	Thankyou so much. It makes more sense now :-)
	Researching: Frodsham, Colville, McCreadie, McNeish, Kenilworth, Cheshire, Ayrshire
Member Since: January 2011 Posts: 4,821 Send Message	Flip	Report	5 Jan 2013 22:03
	Related thread http://www.genesreunited.co.uk/boards/board/ancestors/thread/1317030
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Member Since: June 2003 Posts: 9,301 Send Message	Ozibird	Report	5 Jan 2013 22:21
Member Since: June 2003 Posts: 9,301 Send Message	Good to see this sorted. Well done ladies. Ozi

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