JillyNutton
07-02-2010, 11:44 AM
Hi
I think I have discovered that my Gt Grandmother Annie was married to two men at the same time. Her first husband, John Michael Robinson Lewis was my great Grandfather, they had 7 children - they were living together in Gloucester until at least their last son was born in 1897.
John must have moved up to Leicester before the 1901 census was out because Annie, in the 1901 census, was then living with Harold Nind in Tewkesbury and had the first of another seven children with him. John was listed as living as a boarder in Leicester.
I came across Annie and Harold's marriage details in the BMD register in 1915 and have just obtained John's death certificate - he died in 1928.
However, there are a couple of letters from Annie to the authorities in Harold Nind's WW1 Service Records explaining that her first married proved void? In other documents she describes herself as a widow.
The children from her first marriage seemed to move up and down between Tewkesbury and Leicester so I don't think that John Lewis being alive was a secret.
They weren't very well off so I shouldn't imagine that they had had a divorce - but is there an option for voiding the marriage?
Grateful for any help.
thanks
Jilly
I think I have discovered that my Gt Grandmother Annie was married to two men at the same time. Her first husband, John Michael Robinson Lewis was my great Grandfather, they had 7 children - they were living together in Gloucester until at least their last son was born in 1897.
John must have moved up to Leicester before the 1901 census was out because Annie, in the 1901 census, was then living with Harold Nind in Tewkesbury and had the first of another seven children with him. John was listed as living as a boarder in Leicester.
I came across Annie and Harold's marriage details in the BMD register in 1915 and have just obtained John's death certificate - he died in 1928.
However, there are a couple of letters from Annie to the authorities in Harold Nind's WW1 Service Records explaining that her first married proved void? In other documents she describes herself as a widow.
The children from her first marriage seemed to move up and down between Tewkesbury and Leicester so I don't think that John Lewis being alive was a secret.
They weren't very well off so I shouldn't imagine that they had had a divorce - but is there an option for voiding the marriage?
Grateful for any help.
thanks
Jilly