« Reply #13 on: Wednesday 01 March 23 19:59 GMT (UK) »
Thank you all for your responses.
I wasn't sure how to reply individually, so I thought I would put a general message on here.
Thank you all for suggestions. It was also fascinating to hear personal family stories and research about co-habiting/ bigamy/ second families.
As jbml and maddys52 suggested, the late marriage must've been due to ensuring my x3 great grandmother got her widow's pension, through the proof of a legal marriage.
I've encountered co-habiting in a few other ancestors, but never this particular scenario.
I do wonder if my x3 great grandfather also had children with this wife back in Ireland, but I'm not sure if I'll ever find that out!
BSmith
Smith- Neath, Glamorgan/ Witney, Oxfordshire
Roberts- Llandow/ St Donats, Glamorgan
Hopkins- Tonmawr, Glamorgan/ Llanelli, Carmarthenshire
Emanuel- Briton Ferry, Glamorgan
Broom- Neath, Glamorgan/ Oare, Somerset, Ilfracombe, Devon
Madden- Aberavon, Glamorgan/ Cork, IRELAND
Price- Tonmawr, Glamorgan/ Brecknockshire
Davies- Morriston, Glamorgan/ Gower, Glamorgan
Price- Fochriw, Glamorgan
Parker- Neath, Glamorgan
Waters- Aberavon, Glam, Cork, IRELAND
Gleeson- Limerick, IRELAND
Watkins- Breconshire