Searching sometimes brings up unexpected surprises

Wilbur Garrett Leigh 1901-1997 was listed in my missing individual ordinances list.  I did not have his endowment and sealing to parents dates.  I usually find the person’s PIN and look on Family Tree to get the ordinance information.  I have a number of individuals in my database that I am not familiar with.  Wilbur was one of them.  As I looked him up, I found that he was married to Wilma Alphadine Martindale.  I immediately recognized the family connection. She was Lysander’s great granddaughter.  I got most of this information from my third cousin Adrian O. Gee from Oakley, Idaho.  I wanted some further documentation, so I went to the BYU Idaho website that contains a Western States Marriage index.  This would give me the marriage date if it was in the database.  I did find a marriage date for Wilma Alphadine Martindale to her first husband George Oliver Tadlock.

Western States Marriage Index

Groom Last Name:        TADLOCK

Groom First Name: George Oliver

Groom Residence:        Oakley

Bride Last Name:        MARTINDALE

Bride First Name: Wilma

Bride Residence:        Oakley

Place:        Burley

Date: 04 Mar 1919

County of Record:        Cassia

State:        Idaho

Volume:        2

Page: 285

The link to this Internet record is:http://abish.byui.edu/specialCollections/westernStates/westernStatesRecordDetail.cfm?recordID=57066

I reasoned that if I could find Wilma and George’s marriage, I ought to be able to find Wilbur and Wilma’s marriage record as well.

I found a marriage record for Wilbur, but there was a surprise, as you will see.

Western States Marriage Index

Groom Last Name:    LEIGH

Groom First Name: W. Garrett

Groom Residence:        Burley, Cassia, Idaho

Bride Last Name: HOGG

Bride First Name: Wilma A.

Bride Residence:        Burley, Cassia, Idaho

Place:        Rupert

Date: 05 Nov 1938

County of Record:        Minidoka

State:        Idaho

Volume:        4

Page: 105

 Here is the link:

http://abish.byui.edu/specialCollections/westernStates/westernStatesRecordDetail.cfm?recordID=437882

The groom had the same name, but the bride had a different surname.  Could it be that Wilma had been married to a man named Hogg after the marriage to George Tadlock? I decided to do some further sleuthing.

I looked for a groom with the surname Hogg and see if there was any information.  Let us see what the record showed.

Western States Marriage Index

Groom Last Name: HOGG

Groom First Name: June R.

Groom Residence:   

Bride Last Name:        TADDLOCK

Bride First Name: Wilma A.

Bride Residence:   

Place:        Rupert

Date: 01 Dec 1933

County of Record:        Minidoka

State:        Idaho

Volume:        3

Page: 279

Link to June R Hogg and Wilma Tadlock marriage

The next thing to do was to look on Family Tree and see if Wilma had three husbands.  She did not, only two were listed; George Oliver Tadlock and Wilbur Garrett Leigh.  I added June R. Hogg as a spouse.  When you add a person to Family Tree the computer looks for a match for that person in the system that may not be linked.  I found no such a match, so June is now in there, linked to Wilma as a spouse.  We have documentary evidence to support such a conclusion.

In my searching I found a Draft Registration for George Tadlock and found him listed in the 1900 census in his parents home.  I always look in Find A Grave to see of I can find any information about an individual.  George was buried in Wells City Cemetery in Wells, Elko, Nevada.

In searching for June R. Hogg, he seems to be one of those elusive characters.  I do not know if he changed his name.  I wonder secretly if he changed it to Pigg instead.  Or maybe he was teased unmercifully about having a girl’s given name.  There is a chance perhaps, that I can find him eventually. 

There are more surprises in store.