Bigamy

[Asa]

I thought this was an interesting example for those of us who find our ancestors didn't always live as we expect them to have done - from Islington Settlement papers, Frances Annis top of right hand page

http://search.ancestry.co.uk/Browse/view.aspx?dbid=1557&path=Islington.Islington.Settlement+Papers.Settlem ent+and+Relief%2c+1868-1890.77&sid=&gskw=&cr=1

[kiterunner]

First marriage is listed on FreeBMD as Phillip Clack / Frances Elizabeth Haynes (Oct-Dec 1850) and the second one as James Anniss / Elizabeth Haynes (Oct-Dec 1867) , if anybody else is having trouble finding them, like I was!

[Asa]

Ironically, the first husband was a copper :-)

[Kit]

That is a great find Asa.

[Nell]

An interesting glimpse for those who have an idea that the Victorians were incredibly morally upright and believed marriage was for keeps.