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how common was
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Samian590 | Report | 3 Apr 2006 22:13 |
just wanted to know how common was bigamy in the late 1866 to 1900's?. |
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Merry | Report | 3 Apr 2006 22:21 |
More common than now.....though I think a lot of couples just pretended to be married, rather than actually going through with a marriage ceremony. I wonder whether those who actually went through with a marriage were the ones where one party to the marriage was not aware of their spouses marital status? Merry |
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Samian590 | Report | 3 Apr 2006 22:25 |
i dont know..i have just had contact from a rellie and she had found out both my grt grandparents (maternal side) did bigamy to each other..i just couldnt believe it..my hubby says he hopes it doesnt run in the family lol |
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KathleenBell | Report | 3 Apr 2006 22:30 |
I'd agree with Merry. I think my husband's mother and father might have been one couple in question that just pretended to be married. We vaguely knew that his father had been married previously - although it wasn't talked about openly - but we have been unable to find a marriage for them. His first wife didn't re-marry until after my husband's father had died, even though she had lived as man and wife with her partner for more than 30 years, and is described on her second marriage certificate as 'widow' and not 'previously married'. The registrar informed us that she must have still been married to my father-in-law when he died to be described like this. We haven't been able to find a marriage certificate for my husband's mother and father and I've been through the indexes at least a dozen times. Kath. x |