Genealogy Chat

David, My g Grandparents married the year before my Gran married - and she wasn't the eldest! they had 9 children, before they married, and on all the birth certificates my g gran used his surname as hers. All the children had his surname, and on their marriage certificate, they were 'batchelor' and 'spinster'. He had been married before, but had no children by this marriage. Gran said his first wife was in an asylum, and you couldn't divorce spouses who were incarcerated. but it must be remembered that divorce cost money in those days! I have found their marriage, but haven't established whether or not she was in a asylum. I presume the first wife died the year they married. They had one legitimate child - the 10th -when she was 47, and he was 63!! A g g grandmother had a double barrelled name - the first was that of her father (the lodger!), the second her mothers surname (a widow with 2 other children by her late husband). This couple stayed together for years, until her death, but never married, although they could - this could possibly be because of religious differences. Don't believe what they told you in history lessons about the victorians!!!! As for place of residence - my gran married in 1925 in the church where my grandfather had married his first (by now dead) wife. Grandad was at sea, and gran lived nowhere near the area. In a letter, she says she went to see the curate, and he said she could marry there, so I can only presume residency regulations could be broken! maggie