Marriage one....marriage two

So, it's not unusual for someone to be married more than once.  Even back in the days when divorce was taboo.  Heck, my grandparents were divorced and I didn't realize it until I was in high school.  They divorced before I was born (dinosaur days).  Both remarried which meant Grandma had a different last name than Grandpa.  Still didn't put it together.  So I wasn't the brightest grandchild.  It is what it is.

Ernest married my 5th cousin.  This twig on the family tree interests me as (1) they are my family and (2) the geographic locations fascinate me.  

Helena was born in New York.  This is an unusual location for this branch of the family.  She died in California. One coast to the other.  This is from a mid-westerner who traveled to California several times as a child, but never east until her oldest was in the Navy.  My motto became have your child join the Navy to see the US.  I went to New York, Virginia, and Florida thanks to this child.  Sorry, off topic.

Yesterday, Ernest and Helena were the lucky recipients of my research to locate more details about them and their lives.  Ernest was born in Alabama and died in Hawaii.  Helena, well, I already told you about her.  I still haven't figured out how and when she met Ernest and why she went to Hawaii and married him.  I'll probably never know.  Maybe I am being too nosy.  

I know Helena and Ernest have a daughter. 

A newspaper article mentioned a girl child for Ernest.  But, the mother's name was different.  So a little more research and  Ernest was married twice.  He had two children with the first wife and one with the second.  It doesn't appear the three children were either aware or had contact with each other.  There is no proof so far either way.  The first two children are not mentioned in Ernest's obituary.

I am fascinated the first wife at the young age of 18 traveled by ship with a four month old by herself.  What courage. 

The two children from the first marriage are important in my research because they are related to the daughter of the second marriage who is related to me.