Marriage to deceased wife's sister

[Mabel Bagshawe]

To note the 1939 register notes surnames both in 1939 and later on, so if you search Edith Worrow and find another surname that indicates that was her later, married surname

[J Bux]

Yes, the two or three names did surprise me at first, especially as the the marriages took place after 1939.  It must have been a working document for many years.

[Maiden Stone]

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Yes, the two or three names did surprise me at first, especially as the the marriages took place after 1939.  It must have been a working document for many years.

Decades.
There are explanations and guidance notes about why it was compiled and what it was used for during and after the war.

[K8T]

On the 1939 Register Walter is living at 46 Gaunt St, Lincoln with Edith H Worrow, Leonard Marshall and Eric Marshall.  Edith's name has been changed to Marshall indicating that they married after 1939.

Hope this helps

K8T

[Gillg]

My gt-gt-aunt Rebecca Fairey married Thomas Benson in 1867 in London.  They emigrated to Kansas and had several children before she died in childbirth in 1877.  Thomas must have sent an SOS back to her family, as her younger sister Rachel quickly came out to Kansas, followed by her mother and brother. Rachel married her widowed brother-in-law Thomas in 1878, the year following her sister Rebecca's death, and went on to have a large family with him.  Thomas and Rachel were a highly respected couple in the community and nobody seems to have been too shocked at the man who married his dead wife's sister.  Needs must, I expect, in what was then a fairly primitive society, or maybe there were different rules in the US.

[Gadget]

From memory of history lessons many years ago, wasn't Catherine of Aragon married to Henry Vlll's elder brother, Arthur.

Add- implying that there was one rule for men and another for women!

[Fisherman]

Spot on Gadget
Henry was allowed to marry Catherine because she said her marriage to Arthur had not been consumated.
When no son was produced he divorced her saying that it was a sign that he had displeased God.

[Maiden Stone]

Spot on Gadget
Henry was allowed to marry Catherine because she said her marriage to Arthur had not been consumated.
When no son was produced he divorced her saying that it was a sign that he had displeased God.

… and the rest is history....
Catherine had 3 sons, 2 were stillborn or died soon after birth and one lived almost 2 months.
King Henry VII didn't want to send her back to Spain after Arthur died because he needed her dowry.