I have one of those - Man marries wife (no 2 as it happens) in Aberdeen, they have a few children, she dies. Man found (via census records) a couple of years later in Southampton with woman - who can only be his sister-in-law from Aberdeen - listed as 'sister'. Next census reveals that the couple are married and a child born in the same year as both the marriage and prior census - at which juncture I went looking for the law in relation to this marriage circumstance! (Birth & marriage happened around 1891 - family then found on 1901 census). Moral for the time in question - move as far away as possible from her family! Pat "Here's tae us! Wha's like us? Damn few! - an' they're a' deid!" Old Scots Toast Check out my website www.genesontheweb.co.uk PC>-----Original Message----- PC>From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On PC>Behalf Of Nivard Ovington PC>Sent: 01 August 2011 18:46 PC>To: [email protected] PC>Subject: Re: [ANGUS] Deceased wife's sister..... PC> PC> PC>Hi Gordon & Marilyn PC> PC>I think it was the 1907 Act not that it makes any difference PC> PC>But frankly I have found many examples of it happening many years before PC>that PC> PC>The usual ploy was to marry in another Parish or town where they were not PC>known PC>