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Two marriages for same person -or an error?

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Familyfinder

Familyfinder Report 2 Feb 2014 18:21

I am researching Henry Moore West, Born Topsham,Devon 1850. I have him in various census all living in Topsham devon married to a Mary Jane ? (He is a bricklayer/mason)

I looked for a marriage and found what looks like two.

1874 JAS 5b 172
1873 JFM 5b 136

Both marriages have Mary Jane ? possibilities -in fact one mariage has two of them! I did wonder whether that might mean that she had been married before and one version was a maiden name - and one a previous name - don't get it!
advice welcome please as I don't know what to order.

I did check and there seems to be only two Henry Moore West births -one mine in 1850 -and one his son.

MargaretM

MargaretM Report 2 Feb 2014 18:26

I see both of those dates have a Mary Jane Lodge.

Researching:
Great grandmother Dorothy Bean nee Abbott (1858-1908)

MargaretM

MargaretM Report 2 Feb 2014 18:33

This seems to be her in 1871:

1871 England Census
about Mary Lodge Name: Mary Lodge
Age: 17
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1854
Relation: Daughter
Father's Name: William Lodge
Mother's Name: Emma Lodge
Gender: Female
Where born: Topsham, Devon, England
Civil Parish: Topsham
Town: Topsham
County/Island: Devon
Country: England
Registration District: St Thomas
Sub-registration District: Topsham
ED, institution, or vessel: 5
Household Schedule Number: 173
Piece: 2051
Folio: 75
Page Number: 32
Household Members: Name Age
William Lodge 40
Emma Lodge 40
Mary Lodge 17
Charles Lodge 13
Tom Lodge 6



Researching:
Great grandmother Dorothy Bean nee Abbott (1858-1908)

Familyfinder

Familyfinder Report 2 Feb 2014 18:42

yes - maybe- but i do not understand why there would be two marriages even if it is the correct one :-S

Familyfinder

Familyfinder Report 2 Feb 2014 18:45

for ref.


Name: Henry Moore West
Date of Registration: Jan-Feb-Mar 1873
Registration District: Exeter
Inferred County: Devon
Volume Number: 5b
Page Number: 136
Records on Page:
Name
William Baker
Mary Jane Crocker
Mary Jane Lodge
Henry Moore West

and

Name: Henry Moore West
Date of Registration: Jul-Aug-Sep 1874
Registration District: Exeter
Inferred County: Devon
Volume Number: 5b
Page Number: 172
Records on Page:
Name
Mary Brown
Mary Jane Lodge
Henry Minard Tuck
Henry Moore West

Familyfinder

Familyfinder Report 2 Feb 2014 20:39

nudge

JoonieCloonie

JoonieCloonie Report 3 Feb 2014 00:15

Births Dec 1853
LODGE Mary Jane St Thomas 5b 53

in early 1873 she would have been 19 yrs old

perhaps she did not have parental consent to marry and there was a 'do-over' ?

If she was born in September 1853 and married in September 1874, for example, she would have been 21 (and the marriage might have been right after her birthday, suggesting a reason for the second effort if that were so)

These are things that the certificates may hold the answers to

'cause nobody else really understands either :-)

Researching:
You remember me. :)

ErikaH

ErikaH Report 3 Feb 2014 09:13

Buy copy certs to have any hope of finding out...................

As none of us was there at the time, anything suggested would be guesswork

Chris in Sussex

Chris in Sussex Report 3 Feb 2014 18:45

Well I do know that people did marry twice, out of choice, but usually in a much shorter time frame. No one seems to know the real reason why.

One I do have in my own research....

1845 James Keen Cooper marries Susannah Hawkins
then
1847 James Keen marries Susannah Hawkins

Images on Ancestry if anyone wants to look.

The 1847 parish register entry has a note in the margin that this a remarriage as the Groom had been married in 1845 in the wrong name.

As the first marriage was legal I don't really know why they bothered with the second....Perhaps they didn't feel 'legal' and wanted a nice new certificate :-D

Chris

Researching:
Avatar...My darling Dad. 1931-2019 'Take nothing on its looks, take everything on evidence. There is no better rule' Charles Dickens, Great Expectations. 'A brickwall is a problem that you haven't solved yet' Dave Annal http://media.nationalarchives.gov.uk/index.php/brick-walls-and-lost-ancestors/

Familyfinder

Familyfinder Report 3 Feb 2014 22:55

Great thanks - just wanted to make sure I wasn't missing anything obvious before I splash out on both -thanks for your time and comments everyone.