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corndolly
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bigamous marriages.
« on: Wednesday 07 October 09 23:37 UTC (UK) »
hi all

general enquiry, one of you is bound to have the answer.

Know that in years past divorce was too expensive for most 'ordinary' people, so they just disappeared and married elsewhere.  If the marriage was exposed as bigamous to the female half of the union, what was her legal status?

Would she still be Mrs 'whoever' or would/could she revert back to her maiden name?

What name would she have to give say on another marriage cert or what would have to be put on her death cert?

all help very gratefully received
corndolly
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Taidquest
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Re: bigamous marriages.
« Reply #1 on: Wednesday 07 October 09 23:42 UTC (UK) »
The marriage would be invalid so she would be single.
                                                                Anne
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Owens,William & Bridget nee connolly ( a.k.a. sarah ann.Mary)   children William b. 1875,John,b1886,Thomas b.1878,Elizabeth b.?family may have welsh connections.will junior married 1896.Four other children born but died before 1911.

Mooney,McGrath,Owens,Dublin.
Connolly,Dublin.mcdonald.
Kavanagh,Liverpool,Smyth, O'Brien.Dublin.

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corndolly
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Re: bigamous marriages.
« Reply #2 on: Thursday 08 October 09 11:20 UTC (UK) »
Many thanks Anne, guessed that would be the answer, just wanted to double check.

corndolly
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Dinkydidy
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Re: bigamous marriages.
« Reply #3 on: Thursday 08 October 09 12:00 UTC (UK) »
Legally, that is correct.

However, we have a case in the 1800's where a young woman's husband received a long prison sentence. She "married" two other husbands, each time using her first married name and giving her correct maiden name. Her marital status was not stated on the second "marriage", but she presented herself as a widow at the third "marriage".

After having 1 child to each of the first 2 "husbands", the third union produced 9 children, and the "mother's maiden name" varied between all 3 former names.

Her second "husband" remarried, presenting himself as single.

Her first, legal husband also remarried after his release, also presenting himself as single.

There were NO divorces between ANY of the parties (Two should have occurred, I think).

The amazing thing is that she continued to live within the same general (rural) area.

This is probably an extreme case, but I suspect that in practice, a lot of people either ignored the original legal marriage and pretended to be single, or, particularly if there were children, became "widows".

Didy.
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Re: bigamous marriages.
« Reply #4 on: Thursday 08 October 09 17:09 UTC (UK) »
I have a case where a relative was married in 1832, 3 days after he had committed a highway robbery for which he got life transportation. His wife moved, and after a few years had 2 children with another man, the children were named with her married name (Luffman) and never used their biological father's name (Hewitt) even though they were well aware of it. On the children's baptisms the vicar wrote "Her husband was transported sometime back"
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corndolly
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Re: bigamous marriages.
« Reply #5 on: Friday 23 October 09 20:49 UTC (UK) »
Thankyou redroger & dinkydidy

sorry took sooo  long to reply, got tied up with other queries.

sincere apols

Corndolly
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