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Author: bjkjell
Surnames: Flora, Regnold, Reynold, Brooker
Classification: queries
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I'm trying to find information about my great-grandfather's second and third
wives. What I have below is somewhat speculative so I would appreciate any corrections or
additional information.
My grandmother led me to the conclusion that her father was a bit of a scoundrel. His
first wife, Marian Elizabeth Hindmarch, divorced him in 1884 when my grandmother, Maude,
was just a baby. As best I can determine, John William was having an affair with Emma
Regnold while Marian was pregnant with my grandmother. My grandmother was born in Aug
1883; her half-brother, William B. Flora, was born in March or May 1883.
John William married second wife, Emma Regnold or Reynold, on Sept. 24 1884 (it looks like
he married her as soon as his divorce from Marian was final), when William was already a
year old. I know nothing about this second wife.
On 9 Jul 1892, John William married his 3rd wife, Bessie May Brooker. Bessie was born May
1879. I've pieced together information about children born to this marriage:
Lillian, b. Jul 1895, Bessie b. Apr 1899, an unknown male infant that may have been
stillborn in 1901, Virgil, b 1902, and John Reynolds, b. Mar 1904. All were born in
Kentucky.
John William d. Oct 1908 in New Albany. Bessie likely died around the same time since two
of her children are in an orphanage at the time of the 1910 census.
I am seeking any information about these two wives and their children.
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