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Three husbands in six years

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Tawny

Tawny Report 27 Dec 2011 21:13

Should I be worried here. I decided to find my ggg grandparents So I started with trying to find my gg grandmother Mary Ann on the 1881 census the first one on which she appears which I managed however I noticed on that census a boy five years older than Mary Ann given as step son so her mother Caroline had been married before.

I looked for Carolines first marriage using the boys surname and date of birth and her age on the census meant she had been born around 1852 as a guide. I found the marriage in 1869 however when I found a marriage to Mary Anns father in 1875 she was using another surname. With another search I found a third marriage in 1872. Isn't that a little quick to be going through husbands.

Tawny

Researching:
No free man shall be seized or imprisoned, or stripped of his rights or possessions, or outlawed or exiled. Nor will we proceed with force against him except by the lawful judgement of his equals or by the law of the land. To no one will we sell, to no one deny or delay right or justice.

Rambling

Rambling Report 27 Dec 2011 21:35

I would check the deaths of the husbands also just in case you have found someone with the same name on the census (but different person if you follow me).

If you want to put more details on here for someone to double check?

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JustDinosaurJill

JustDinosaurJill Report 27 Dec 2011 21:40

Well asssuming that you are correct and they are all your lady, it might be that practical needs surpassed and in those days women relied on a man to survive. Of course she could just have got bored easily.... It would be great to see the entries on her marriage certs. Divorce wasn't the done thing then so I don't suppose you have managed to find possible deaths for these guys have you? I would love to get hold of their death certs to see causes of death. Maybe you have a previously unknown Black Widow. Please, if you find out the answer, can you let us know. It sounds fascinating. J

Researching:
Birmingham: Wood,Benson,Eadie,Wassall. Barnsley: Eadie. Whalsay,Sheltland: Polson,Poleson. Chipping Norton: Busby. Winchcombe: Goodall/Goodhall. Kate MM (Eadie) Meteyard. Sidney Herbert Meteyard - English Pre-Raphaelite Painter and member of the Birmingham Group. Meteyard/Meatyard family.

Tawny

Tawny Report 27 Dec 2011 21:48

I have deaths for both first and second husbands. The first died in 1870 aged 30 and the second in 1874 aged 39. Cannot find her birth though will start a new thread on finding ancestors board asking for help with that.

Tawny

Researching:
No free man shall be seized or imprisoned, or stripped of his rights or possessions, or outlawed or exiled. Nor will we proceed with force against him except by the lawful judgement of his equals or by the law of the land. To no one will we sell, to no one deny or delay right or justice.

Nannylicious

Nannylicious Report 30 Dec 2011 22:38

What were the causes of death of the two very young husbands?