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remarrying in mid 19th cntury uk

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Norma

Norma Report 2 Jun 2011 19:39

Hi David
It happened to one of my sets of GGrandparents they both remarried but put themselves down as being widowed.
One remarried in Suffolk and the other one moved up to Liverpool and remarried there and also changed her name!!!
Good luck with your hunting
Best wishes
Norma

Researching:
Bedford, Pickavance, Pell ,Powell .Murphy, Olsen .Brown ,Davis

David

David Report 2 Jun 2011 14:32

thank you all,now I know why I am having so much difficulty in finding what happened to my ancestor,back to the drawing board.Dave

Lindsey*

Lindsey* Report 2 Jun 2011 12:03

Quite often they would not remarry, but any children that a woman had before would be given the new man's surname.

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For better results please give all the details ,name, date place as you can {pictures by me }

Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it

Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it Report 2 Jun 2011 11:58

No they didnt,This is why some got away with remarrying bigmously when the marriage failed. This applied to both male & female

Researching:
Surname Fahse. Germany. Essex .South East London My avatar is one of our wedding photos of 1957

David

David Report 2 Jun 2011 11:45

did women have to show proof of their husbands death before marrying again in the mid 19th century.