Unable to find a record of death

[Megan Roberts]

There is no marriage in England and Wales between a William Alexander Reynolds and a Constance Maud.

There are many possible reasons for that:
They married elsewhere;
They never married;
He never existed.

You could try looking at electoral rolls to see if you can find him living with her at any time.

[Devsom]

Unfortunately there are times when the only way to find out information is to buy certificates. I think it’s the correct person and I’m pleased that her husband was named but it’s infuriating when you can’t find a record to go with it.

[Megan Roberts]

I have just found the electoral registers for 1929 through the 1930s on Ancestry and they offer up some interesting clues.

She's with William for some of the years - not necessarily continuously- but in other years she with other people named Reynolds; such as Frederick James J, Maude Catherine, Cecil Douglas, Edith Añnie and Marie.

Now if these are relatives of William it might be a way of pinning him down.

[wimsey]

don't want to dash anyone's hopes, but I wonder if that is a different Constance

on the 1939 register Cecil Douglas Reynolds (born 1916) is with Maude C Reynolds (born 1882) and Constance M Reynolds (born 1907), with her 'Reynolds' overwritten with 'Dobbing'.

[Megan Roberts]

don't want to dash anyone's hopes, but I wonder if that is a different Constance

on the 1939 register Cecil Douglas Reynolds (born 1916) is with Maude C Reynolds (born 1882) and Constance M Reynolds (born 1907), with her 'Reynolds' overwritten with 'Dobbing'.

Ooo err. Two steps forward one step back!

[Devsom]

I’ve finally located Constance’s husband thanks to the electoral records. From 1931 a Constance Maud Reynolds is living with William Alexander Reynolds in Hounslow in the Brentford and Chiswick Ward. In 1951 Constance was on her own. From that I found William had died in 1951. He was born 16th December 1898 in Ealing Middlesex as I found him on the 1939 Register (Constance is staying with her sister at the time of the Register).
I still can’t find a record of a marriage so either they just pretended to be married or the marriage records were lost during World War 2.