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Nope..bloody phone! It was meant to be three emoticons! ;-)

(oops!, as in meaning me, I should have concentrated more)

Chris :)

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(apologies folks, should have concentrated more, lol)

Chris :)

08 November 1907 - Western Gazette - Yeovil, Somerset, England

Death
Voss - Nov. 2. at the Dorset County Hospital, Florence Isabel, wife of Mr. Thomas Voss, of Dorchester, aged 24.


https://probatesearch.service.gov.uk/#calendar

(John Francis on above, died 24th March 1931)

Chris, A great find about the diamond wedding, do not subscribe to FMP but thinking of doing so. Thought we had decided Florence Isabel Herridge who married Thomas Voss in 1905 died in 1907.

See John died a month after his parent's anniversary

helina

No Chris?

The 1911 shows 8 children born of which 1 has died...

The eight children are:

John Francis 1873-1931
Frederick William 1874-1940
Edith Emily b 1876
Elizabeth Alice 1878-1959
Harry Arthur Christopher 1879-1960
Gertrude Ellen Louisa 1881-1975
Florence Isabel b 1883, married William Charles Vine Clark in 1903
Walter George Charles 1884-1966

And it seems to be Florence is the one who died.

Jude

According to an article on their Diamond Wedding...(possibly more items, if you have time to search!)

Chris :)

07 February 1931 - Western Daily Press - Bristol, Bristol, England

DIAMOND WEDDING OF FORMER BRISTOLIANS.
Congratulations From the King and Queen. Mr and Mrs Arthur Herridge, or 21, Booth Street. Handsworth, who were married at Bristol on February 5, 1871

("Five of Mr. And Mrs. Herridge's eight children are living, the eldest son being a Member of Dorset Town Council")

https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/

(Find My Past or Genes)

(newspapers on above, subscription needed)


Deaths Mar 1931 (>99%)
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Herridge John F 58 Dorchester 5a 464


(so still one missing, as given on 1911, perhaps her Maiden Name was spelt different on below, try with different spelling options they give you)

https://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/certificates/login.asp

Well done AG...I did check for the marriage Erika but, like AG, couldn’t find it but unlike AG did not twig that maybe it was called off ??

Thank you fellow researches, been out all day and worn out so will go though information given to morrow, the information I found was from the census, GRO Records and FreeBMD

helina

Oh, well done Argyll Gran!!!

The whole mystery solved in one fell swoop

We all took it for granted that the info helina posted about a marriage was accurate, and didn't think to check.

So, nobody lied to the vicar - what a relief. LOL!

When he does marry in 1910, he's a bachelor:

William Charles Vine Clarke
in the Dorset, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1813-1921
Name: William Charles Vine Clarke
Gender: Male
Marriage Age: 28
Birth Year: abt 1882
Marriage Date: 4 Apr 1910
Marriage Place: Wyke Regis, Dorset, England
Father: William Charles Clarke
Spouse: Ida Kate Rixton

I've searched high and low and can't find the marriage to William Charles Vine Clark(e) in 1903-4.

Can someone post it, please? I must be missing something.

I can see the Banns notice, but no sign of registration of a marriage.

William Charles Vine Clarke
in the Dorset, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1813-1921
Name: William Charles Vine Clarke
Gender: Male
Marriage Date: 15 Nov 1903 (no, this is 1st calling of banns)
Marriage Place: Melcombe Regis St John, Dorset, England
Spouse: Florence Isabell Herridge


William Charles Vine Clarke
in the Dorset, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1813-1921
Name: William Charles Vine Clarke
Gender: Male
Marriage Date: 15 Nov 1903
Marriage Place: West Fordington, Dorset, England
Spouse: Florence Isobel Herridge


William Charles Vine Clarke
in the England, Select Dorset Church of England Parish Registers, 1538-1999
Name: William Charles Vine Clarke
Gender: Male
Marital Status: Single
Event Type: Marriage
Marriage Date: 29 Nov 1903 ( no, this is 3rd calling of bans)
Marriage Place: Melcombe-Regis, Dorset, England
Father:
Mother:
Spouse: Florence Isabel Herridge




15th November was the date of the first calling of the banns. Second and third callings were on 22 and 29 November.

The marriage would have been AFTER 29th November - but I see no sign of it. Perhaps they called the wedding off ??

Or am I just not seeing it?

I would say definitely not divorced - simply not enough time between marriages

One possibility is annulment.............

It would be interesting to see how William Clarke described himself when he re-married

Strange she married twice in her maiden name....two people, not divorced?.

Marriages Sep 1914 (>99%)
Voss Thomas H Williams Bedford 3b 709
WILLIAMS Annie Voss Bedford 3b 709

1939

Voss Household (4 People)
19 Cutcliffe Grove , Bedford M.B., Bedfordshire, England


FIRST NAME(S) LAST NAME(S) DOB SEX OCCUPATION MARITAL STATUS SCHEDULE SCHEDULE SUB NUMBER
Thomas H Voss 20 Sep 1881 Male Commercial Traveller Rep Soap & Candle Manufacturer Married 221 1
Annie Voss 10 Sep 1890 Female Unpaid Domestic Duties Married 221 2
Mabel H Blower (Voss) 11 Sep 1915 Female Burroughs Calculator Operator Single 221 3

First name(s) Thomas Haviland
Last name Voss
Birth year 1881
Birth date 20 Sep 1881
Birth town Dorchester
Birth county Dorset
Occupation Commercial Traveller
Attestation year 1917
Attestation date 05 Nov 1917
Service number 241055
Spouse's first name(s) Annie
Archive reference AIR 79/2169
Next of kin first name(s) Annie
Next of kin last name Voss


First name(s) Thomas Haviland
Last name Voss
Service number F41055
Birth year 1881
Birth date 20 Sep 1881
Birth place Dorchester
Birth county Dorset
Birth country England
Archive The National Archives
Archive reference ADM 188/633/41055
Record set British Royal Navy Seamen 1899-1924

Name: William C V Clarke
Death Age: 70
Birth Date: abt 1882
Registration Date: Mar 1952
Registration district: Weymouth
Inferred County: Dorset
Volume: 6a
Page: 685

The marriage referred to by HeyJude
Marriages Jun 1905 (>99%)
HERRIDGE Florence Isobel Dorchester 5a 816
VOSS Thomas Haviland Dorchester 5a 816

For info only - in case you didn't know he had served

Name: Harry Arthur Christopher Herridge
Birth Date: 5 Jul 1877
Enlistment Date: 19 Mar 1897
Division: Royal Marine Artillery
Register Number: 6419

She appears to have remarried in 1905 to Thomas Voss. Death recorded as Florence Isobel voss