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Marrying your Sister in Law
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BrianW | Report | 24 Dec 2005 08:02 |
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On 31/7/1837 John Gorrod, batchelor, cork cutter, married Mary Ann Laidler, spinster, daughter of Thomas Laidler, carpenter, in Lambeth. Mary Ann Gorrod died 8/8/1849. On 19/10/1851 John Gorrod, widower, cork cutter, married Emma Laidler, spinster, daughter of Thomas Laidler, carpenter, in St Pancras. Looks almost certain as if the girls were sisters. Surely this was illegal? |
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Vanessa | Report | 24 Dec 2005 09:31 |
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I have a rellie who married three brothers between 1882 and 1912! Have the marriage certs for all. Possibly something of a record? |
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Helen Henderson | Report | 24 Dec 2005 11:23 |
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I have nudged an earlier thread I posted which gives important dates in BMD registration. This may be of help to everyone. Merry Christmas Helen |
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Kelly | Report | 24 Dec 2005 12:33 |
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Hi Susan, I have this in one of my lines my gg grandmother married in 1896 he then died in 1896 (the same Year) , she then married his brother my gg grandad in 1897, i found this quite strange. So i asked my nan if this was normal and she said that it was, so i just assumed it was legal, but im sure ive seen it in the movies too lol. I couldnt imagine me marring my husbands brother how gross would that be lol Kelly |
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Rosemary | Report | 24 Dec 2005 21:18 |
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My Grandmother married her late husband's late sister's husband in 1916, they married in church and went on to have 4 children. Does this make the children illegitimate? Rosemary |
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Jan | Report | 24 Dec 2005 23:09 |
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Both my g.grandfather and my g.g.grandfather - a long time before it became legal. g.g.was lucky because the spouses were Smith sisters so I suppose that wasn't too difficult to get away with. But when g.grandfather married his deceased Bro's wife she subtely changed the spelling of her surname at the time of the marriage - they knew what they were doing LOL Jan x |
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Ted | Report | 25 Dec 2005 14:03 |
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Sus, hi, hope you're having a good Xmas day. 1871 my g/uncle Henry married Mary Ann, then 5 years later died he married her sister Selina. All quite legal I think as they got married in the same church, by the same vicar, and surely he would know whether or not the marriage was legal. And the same vicar buried Mary Ann. TED XX |
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Christine in Herts | Report | 26 Dec 2005 20:04 |
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I think I may just have stumbled on one of these in my father's part of the tree... In the Baptism Register, the later children are recorded as of mother, Hannah (GARD(E)NER, per marriage register), but she almost certainly died in 1849. On the other hand, the birth cert of one of them gives Elizabeth nee GARDNER and there's a death/burial record of (Mary) Elizabeth STRATFORD 'properly called GARDNER' at the right sort of date/age. Hmmm Christine |
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