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Member Since: April 2004 Posts: 326 Send Message	Elaine	Report	30 Apr 2004 15:27
Member Since: April 2004 Posts: 326 Send Message	Thanks Gwynne, Her father was also a soldier so maybe they did it sneakily w hile he was away if he didnt approve. Elaine
Member Since: August 2003 Posts: 15,575 Send Message	Guinevere	Report	30 Apr 2004 15:15
	Hi, It maybe that the bride was not of legal age to marry without her father's consent and so they lied at the first wedding. I think this could make it invalid - which may explain the second marriage. Gwynne
	Researching: Lowestoft and North Suffolk, Monmouthshire, Breconshire, Somerset
Member Since: April 2004 Posts: 326 Send Message	Elaine	Report	30 Apr 2004 15:02
Member Since: April 2004 Posts: 326 Send Message	I have a soldier ancestor married in 1875 in the Brides home town of Farnham.They were both recorded as of full age. Their first child was born 18 months later. In 1879 they married again at Portsea.The surnames were very unusual so i think theyre the same people. Details on both certificates are the same except for age date and location.Any ideas why?