Double marriage?

[ijl]

Could anyone please help with this problem?

My mothers maiden name is Bradbury-Harrison.
Her father is Bradbury-Harrison at marriage but just Bradbury at birth.
His father (George) is Bradbury on the 1901,1891 census,then becomes Harrison on the 1881 census then
Bradbury on the 1871 census.
In 1861 he is a Harrison lodging with a Samuel Bradbury and a Sarah Harrison who is the housekeeper.
I can see a likely connection, Sarah marrying Sam and George being her son.
However i have just discovered the maiden name of Georges wife. She is a Mary Ann Urwin

Records show that Mary Ann Urwin married George Albert Bradbury in DEC 1871  6B  422   LEEK

             also           Mary Ann Urwin married George Albert Harrison in  DEC  1871  6B  389   STOKE

Would she have married the same man twice using different names?

Any thoughts would be appreciated

               regards   IJL

[grendlsmother]

Banns had to be put up in both parishes, so at the time of their marriage, one of them lived in Leek and the other in Stoke.

[casalguidi]

Hi

Yes, Grendlsmother is quite right in that banns had to be put up in the parish of both bride & groom if they were of different parishes but that shouldn't account for two registered marriages/certificates 

Perhaps they did marry twice .............. it's not unheard of.  Different religions?  One civil ceremony and one church ceremony

How common are these surnames in the areas that you are looking at?

Best wishes

Casalguidi

[ijl]

Morning all. Thanks for your replies. I understand about the reading of the banns and that they may have
married twice but i cant figure out why George would change his surname,which he does later on in
life too.
I will have to get hold of the marriage certificates. Hopefully they will shed some light.
Thanks again,
                       regards  IJL

[Paul E]

Hi IJL

Have you got Mary Ann's father's name, and if so, have you found her on the 1871 census?

cheers
Paul

[ijl]

Hi there Paul. Yes, her fathers name is Ralph and mothers name is Caroline(from the 1881 census),but
no i dont have Mary as yet on the 1871 census. How will this help with the change in Georges surname?

        IJL

[Paul E]

Hi

I suppose it would be just to rule out that there weren't two Mary Ann Urwins (or Unwins depending on the quality of the indexing) lurking int he area at the same time.

cheers

Paul

[ijl]

Thanks Paul, i will try that. but i think its a big coinsidence that 2 Mary Anne Urwins just happened to
marry a George Albert Bradbury/Harrison in the same year and month.But yes its possible.

   regards  IJL

[Paul E]

Hi IJL

When I did a cursory search for Ralph Urwins in 1871, I found they were all located in Northumberland / Durham.

There were a few Unwins in Staffordshire.  I suspect something may have gone awry with the indexing -worth bearing in mind.

cheers

Paul