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So she married Thomas twice- once bigamously, and again after her divorce:

Marriages 1935
name(s) THOMAS HESSION
Marriage quarter 3
Marriage year 1935
Spouse: Lilian Bradbury
District Fylde
County Lancashire
Volume 8E Page 1986

Marriages Jun 1937
Bradbury Lilian Hession Blackpool 8e 1257
Hession Thomas W Bradbury Blackpool 8e 1257
Hession Thomas W Woolhouse Blackpool 8e 1257

If the daughter from her first marriage married surname Chambers, then it looks as though they travelled to Australia in January 1953- intending to stay there permanently.

OMG!! I half suspected that her divorce must not have been finalised and that is why there were two marriages. She not only abandoned my Father, no doubt due to boredom but left a little girl beforehand as well !!!!

I got my grandparents Marriage certificate and my dads birth certificate from Blackpool Registry office as he never had any documents of this kind, was told they had been lost (right lol!)

I am shocked, really i am but most grateful for this information and dreading really who Lilian must have hooked up with next, makes you wonder how many children she did have and abandoned over the years, a sad situation indeed.

Sandra- did you not know about your father's half sister? It might be worth trying to trace her- there is a chance that she maintained some sort of contact with Lilian.

I wouldn't judge Lilian by today's standards. Now days many relationships breakdown and parents share custody of their children- but even 40 or 50 years ago it was not easy for women to leave a bad relationship with their children- especially if they had no means to support themselves.

Very true, I can just cannot fathom how she could have left my dad and never sent a card or gift at xmas/birthday and maybe she did the same with her daughter maybe not, we had no knowledge of the half sister from the first marriage. My Grandad met another lady in the mid forties and had two daughters with her and that is all we knew. As soon as i knew about the first marriage i half suspected their maybe a child/children.

I am guessing the lady would be well into her eighties now and i would not know how to trace her but it would be interesting to see what she knew or if she had a photograph.

Sandra, you don't think the Lilian Hession in the Blackpool Nursing Home on the 2002 ER is your Lilian? I can't find a death in Blackpool for that lady but if she died after 2005, I don't think it would show on FMP.

I have asked myself that question but initially i thought there could only be one Lilian Hession in Lancashire and i was wrong about that which is where i went wrong with the Grundy link so i couldnt possibly say to be sure and i am not sure how we would find out. I did a little research into Blackpool in the early 40s and that is where all the Gi's were stationed. I wonder if she took up with one of them and went to America which is why we are drawing a blank here, long shot but just a guess.

Hi Sandra
Lillian had a daughter with Arnold, she moved to Australia in 1953 , I am her granddaughter we know very little about Lillian after she parted from Arnold, but would love to know more. Please contact us. Thank you :)

Welcome to the boards Felicity.

Sandra may not be looking for replies now. You could click on her name to send her a personal message. I don't expect she will have changed the email address she registered with GR (but you never know), so they will be able to let her know there is a message in the system for her.

You then have to hope she acknowledges your message, either here on the boards or by return of your PM

Thank you

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