{"id":16211,"date":"2021-01-27T23:21:01","date_gmt":"2021-01-27T23:21:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ghostofthedoll.co.uk\/tracingghosts\/?p=16211"},"modified":"2025-12-21T13:51:06","modified_gmt":"2025-12-21T13:51:06","slug":"george-edward-frank-speers-vs-george-edward-widley","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ghostofthedoll.co.uk\/tracingghosts\/george-edward-frank-speers-vs-george-edward-widley\/","title":{"rendered":"George Edward Frank SPEERS vs. George Edward WIDLEY"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ontario Genealogy<\/a> Facebook group member “JM” asked for help deciphering the maiden name of the groom’s mother on a wedding certificate, the groom being one George Edward Frank SPEERS<\/strong>. On further inspection, it turns out the certificate had been incorrectly filled out with the bride’s mother’s name in the place of the groom’s mother’s name and then crossed out. The groom’s mother’s name was then written above as “Mary Ann ?<\/strong>“, indicating the groom did not know his mother’s maiden name, or perhaps that his mother was unmarried and his father’s name was made up. Further reading of the replies to the post indicated the groom’s surname of SPEERS<\/strong> may have originally been WIDLEY<\/strong>, but no further information was known. Both SPEERS and WIDLEY are fairly uncommon spellings. Speers is Irish in origin.<\/span><\/p>\n

George Edward Frank SPEERS<\/strong> married Ellen Isabel ROWLINSON<\/strong> on 24 March 1924<\/strong> in Thessalon, Algoma, Ontario, Canada (where they were both living).<\/p>\n