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Not everything is online.  As you have his death certificate - where did he die and who was the informant?  That may give a clue.  The nearest Crematorium in 1946 would have been in Bristol so you might try their records. Email them stating your problem, contact details is given in the link to their records.

As you know - he isn't in the Clevedon Cemetery but did you try the Clevedon Civic Society as I suggested before?  The Cemetery and St Andrew's Churchyard are very close. 

There might be an announcement of his funeral in the local newspaper - if you contact the North Somerset Studies Library with the name and date of death they may be able to help you.

Even if you find where he was buried - not all graves have memorials.

There is a useful summary of the history of divorce here:

http://www.historyofwomen.org/divorce.html

Dave Erasmus

Now that is interesting, because there is a marriage in Wedmore in 1691 - see Wedmore Genealogy Pages  of an Embin  HANDCOKE[sic] - That is before the death of Walter HANCOCK junior. I'm also in dodgy territory here - I believe that divorce at that time would have required a legal imput - bigamy would have been easier!!

Where does the family story come from?