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Kit
10-02-10, 08:58
I have this from freeBMD:
Surname First name(s) District Vol Page
Marriages Dec 1901

FLETCHER Francis Drake Richmond.S. 2a 893
GRAHAM Henry Montgomery Richmond, S. 2a 893
HAMILTON Blanche Irene Richmond, S. 2a 893
MARSHALL Florence Richmond S. 2a 893

Francis Drake Fletcher was born 5/3/1865 in London, Middlesex to Charles Fletcher and Lucy nee Drake.

I can not find either Francis or Henry M Graham on the 1911 to eliminate either woman. I can't find a notice in the Times nor anything else for Francis after this date.

Can anyone else solve this for me?
kiterunner
10-02-10, 09:37
I've found nothing yet, but Henry Montgomery Graham seems to have been a bad egg, if it's the same one - Google his name and have a look!
kiterunner
10-02-10, 09:39
Ooh, having said that, now I look properly at one of the matches on Google, it says "Probate of the Will of Henry Montgomery Graham late of Daisymount Dundonald County Down Dairyman (Retired) who died 24 September 1911 granted at Belfast to Charles Hamilton Farmer and Thomas McClenaghan Foreman." Which suggests Henry probably married Blanche Irene Hamilton and that would leave Francis Drake Fletcher marrying Florence Marshall.
Kit
10-02-10, 09:47
Off to have a google. Thanks Kate.
kiterunner
10-02-10, 09:48
Okay, I was absolutely wrong there! Looking at the Irish 1911 census, Henry Montgomery Graham's wife is Florence age 32, so Francis must have married Blanche.
Kit
10-02-10, 09:52
Well so far Henry M Graham divorced Fanny in 1894.
kiterunner
10-02-10, 09:54
Did you see my post #5 above yours, Kit?
Kit
10-02-10, 10:01
Oops I missed your post. I feel for Florence, he doesn't sound like a nice man.

thanks kate. Off to find Blanche on the 1911. Hopefully she will be easier to spot than Francis has been.
Kit
10-02-10, 10:01
Did you see my post #5 above yours, Kit?

Stop posting when I am. ;)

Yes I did, eventually.
Kit
10-02-10, 10:11
No luck on the 1911.

I'm off to bed. I'll try searching again tomorrow.

Thanks for your help Kate.
kiterunner
10-02-10, 10:12
My guess is that Francis and Blanche emigrated to somewhere that isn't well covered by ancestry.
Kit
11-02-10, 02:12
Could be Kate. I'll see if anything shows on the FMP outbound passenger lists.
KiwiChris
11-02-10, 03:55
No deaths for a Francis Drake or Blanche Hamilton in NZ
Kit
11-02-10, 06:10
Thanks Christine.

Knowing the people Francis is decended from he lived in 6 different countries that have very little IGI, ancestry or FMP coverage.