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the law on marriage (c.1840's)
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Steph | Report | 26 Jan 2005 09:54 |
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My 3 x great grandfather, Thomas Eyre, married (c.1845) a woman who had previously been married (then widowed), to a man with the same surname, Eyre. I have been looking into the possiblilty that these two men were brothers, but someone has said to me that marrying your dead brother's widow was illegal at that time. Does anyone know if that was the case? |
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☼ Orangeblossom ☼ - Tracy | Report | 26 Jan 2005 09:59 |
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I've got a woman marrying her dead Sister's husband in 1827. Don't know about the legal side of things, but it did happen. |
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Susanne | Report | 26 Jan 2005 10:05 |
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Hi Steph, It was not legal at that time (doesn't mean it didn't happen though!) I will nudge up a thread I put on giving info on the laws for various years. Sue:-) |
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Steph | Report | 26 Jan 2005 10:10 |
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Thankyou Susanne, what an interesting list!! I imagine that people just lied to the vicar, then! |
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☼ Orangeblossom ☼ - Tracy | Report | 26 Jan 2005 10:11 |
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So mine were illegal too? I didn't know that lol |
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Steph | Report | 26 Jan 2005 10:12 |
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Nothing like a few skeletons in the closet to spice up a tree, Tracy, eh?!!! |
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Susanne | Report | 26 Jan 2005 10:29 |
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Steph, I can remember reading, not that long ago, that some widowed men went on to re-marry women with the same name as their deceased wives, If I remember correctly, there was one man who married 3 or 4 women all with the same name. I guess that the same is possible for women as well. If this woman had any children by her previous marriage, they would still retain the same surname on the next marriage. This may have had a better social standing. I have an ancestor in my tree with the same name as his father, who went on to marry a woman with exactly the same name as his mother. I don't know if it is just me, but that seems a bit ummm odd!! Sue:-) |
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