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From: Caroline Lancaster <>
Subject: Two Weddings and a Puzzle
Date: Mon, 13 Jun 2005 20:51:19 +0100
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Can anyone help please with ideas as to why a couple would have
undergone two marriage ceremonies 1 year and 9 months apart:

Sep 1903 at Scotforth, Lancs - groom a bachelor of 29, a merchant of
Lancaster; bride a spinster of 22 of Ripley, Yorks.

June 1905 at Southport, Lancs - groom a bachelor of 30, a merchant of
Southport; bride a spinster of 24 of Halifax, Yorks.

The groom used a different surname for the second marriage although he
did not formerly announce that he wanted to be known by the new
surname until Feb 1906, when he put an entry in the Times 6 days after
the birth of their first child (whose birth was registered in March
1906 in the old surname!)

They are definitely the same couple (and family bible shows both
marriages) and their ages are correct, confirmed by birth certs. It's
thought that the groom may have been on leave from the army when he
married, but not known if this was for the first or the second time.

Thoughts welcomed.

Best regards
Caroline Lancaster

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