Martha Mallinson death

[jrosecat]

I have a question, I have a record of a Martha Mallinson who died in 1867 (B 1812 Bradford, West Yorkshire )) A Martha married  a Sharp Mallinson, (B 1814 Bradford,West Yorkshire ) I also have a record of his marriage to Harriet Burrows in July 1867,by then he was a widow. Do you think he would have married so quick after the death of his first wife??

[clearly]

Anything is possible but in Victorian times I think it was "respectful to wait a year, six months at the least.  However if there were a lot of youngish children about, I have noticed quite a few men remarrying within about four months.
Of course, if the couple were not living together, he may have been waiting for his wife's death before he remarried!

[jrosecat]

thank you for that, think there were quite a few children as when I look at the later census they are down as second wife's children!!