Genealogy Chat

Can you please give me any ideas on where to look for bigamy records ?
I know my grandfather married someone else whilst married to my nan! He married my nan in London and I believe the other marriage maty have taken place in the West Midlands.........

Any advice would be gratefully received!
Thanks,
Vanessa

Cor ..do they have them coz I need to look to ....
Thanks Vanessa for the pointer

No such thing as bigamy records, unless they were found out and one or both of them was prosecuted.

Many people committed bigamy, and few were found out.

I guess the only way is to
"know" through talk or find it by "accident" on the census records.......

Mine came to light coz my mum after 63 years read her birth certificate for teh first time PROPERLY and found 3 maiden names on it ....

Good Luck Vanessa

I know that police were aware as they came to visit my nan but that is all I know.....!

Thanks

have you got your Nans marriage cert ......

There may have been a prosecution in that case.

Roughly when did it happen?

Are your grandparents still alive?

I have my nan's marriage certificate 24/02/1933
George Albert Huggett married Ada Payne.
I have a copy of his death certificate 19/07/1968 and it shows his name as George Arthur Huggett.

Unfortunately there is no-one alive to talk to who would know.
Many thanks for any assistance.......

Just thinking, it says his son-in -law's name on the deth certificate of R.C.Dunn. That is dated 1968.
So as I don't know exactly when he left my nan, anytime between 1934 and 1950?

Do you have year of birth .....or parents names

Yes.
George Albert Huggett born 19/08/1903. Son of Reuben James and Clara Catherine Huggett.

I,ve had a look but I really dont think there is a lot of hope matching your George with the same george who married som oen else .......because of the amount of George Hugget there are ......

children to sort! I will have another look later

Thank you for looking.

I have found out he married again in 1950! I have a copy of that wedding certificate 14-10-1950 at Chatham Registry Office to Elizabeth Emily Amy Smith aged 70 years! However it looks like she was actually born 1874 making her 76!

I don't believe the death certificate I have belongs to my grandfather. I went down the wrong alleyway with that one so am still trying to find his death certificate and/ or even Elizabeths to see if that gives me any clues!

I would really appreciate any help. Many thanks, Vanessa

KempinaThermalhat
just a note; 3 maiden names on a birth cert?
no one has got 3 (maiden) names, you have one maiden name and any other names on the birth certs are from previous marriages, and they don't prove bigamy, just that they where married befor,
most people who commit bigamy would not admit having any other married names.

Roy

Does it say "formerly" or "nee" against one of the (maiden) names? I have a certificate where the bride was married before and it reads "Mary Gibbons, formerly Craft". Craft was the name of her 1st husband.

Another way of recording the same information might have been "Mary Craft nee Gibbons" indicating that Craft was her current name but that she was actually born a Gibbons.

Hi Vanessa,

I wonder about this death?? same area as the marriage;

England & Wales, Death Index: 1916-2005
about Elizabeth E A Smith
Name: Elizabeth E A Smith
Birth Date: abt 1874
Date of Registration: Oct-Nov-Dec 1959
Age at Death: 85
Registration district: Chatham
Inferred County: Kent
Volume: 5b
Page: 318


If the bigamy was dicovered then maybe she reverted back to Smith, afterall her marriage wouldn't have been legal.


Dee x

Is this the death you have??

England & Wales, Death Index: 1916-2005
about George A Huggett
Name: George A Huggett
Birth Date: abt 1903
Date of Registration: Jul-Aug-Sep 1968
Age at Death: 65
Registration district: Brighton
Inferred County: Sussex
Volume: 5h
Page: 54


Dee x

This death of use?

George A Huggett
1958 Oct/Dec
Islington.
age 52
born abt 1906.
Vol 5c page 986.

Another death to consider??

England & Wales, Death Index: 1916-2005
about George Huggett
Name: George Huggett
Birth Date: abt 1903
Date of Registration: Oct-Nov-Dec 1957
Age at Death: 54
Registration district: Greenwich
Inferred County: London
Volume: 5c
Page: 665