It must not have been that unusual in those days when one half of the marriage was thousands of miles away from the 'other half'. Chris and I have found quite a number to date of our American subjects who left family and wife and remarried in Australia, or just left them behind and didn't contact them again choosing not to marry either. I have one subject who married in US became a father, came here, married again and had a child, then went back to wife #1, where he stayed put. A descendant of the family in the US, denies this could have happened. But I'm 90% sure he is one and same, unless of course there were two men with exactly the same unusual Christian name, age, occupation (coach driver), mother's name, and in the same area in Victoria, happened to be here. And I can only find one arrival date, not two. The only small difference was the place of birth in the US and those given were not that far apart. He, or one of them, was brother of a well known person in Victoria, and even he has a tale to tell. The things you can unravel when you dig deep enough! It's interesting and a real buzz to unearth these things which were probably buried hopefully never to be seen again. HA! We also have found a few things which we feel require delicate handling for the sake of those who followed. Denise ----- Original Message ----- From: "Wendy" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, September 28, 2005 4:53 PM Subject: Re: [HC] Final Grace Arthur/Lenderyou Chat > Hi Ronda, > > Join the club! I've got a bigamous ggg-grandmother - one of Adelaide's > very > early pioneers. At least I am pretty certain of it. Like your's, it is > very difficult to finally prove it but I am 99 percent certain. Your's > has > been a very interesting saga. > Thanks, > Wendy > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Ronda Shambrook" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Wednesday, September 28, 2005 9:00 AM > Subject: Re: [HC] Final Grace Arthur/Lenderyou Chat > > >> Hi Pamela, >> >> The William Lenderyou who visited Melbourne in 1863 was the father of > George >> Lenderyou and husband of Elizabeth Barnicoat/Barnacle, according to a >> very >> thorough Lenderyou researcher. >> The William Lenderyou who married Grace Arthur died in Cornwall either > 1863 >> or 1864. >> >> Thanks for your help, this has been the first bigamous marriage I've >> uncovered. I'm sure that Grace had no idea when she married Gabriel > Blewett >> for the second time in 1865 that she would be found out 140 years later. >> >> Thanks again, >> Ronda >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Pamela S" <[email protected]> >> To: <[email protected]> >> Sent: Sunday, September 18, 2005 6:34 PM >> Subject: Re: [HC] Final Grace Arthur/Lenderyou Chat >> >> >> > Hello Ronda >> > >> > Know the subject is finished but in 1885 a George Lenderyon came to >> > Australia >> > LENDERYON GEO 26 OCT 1885 CUZCO >> > >> > >> > >> > He died in 1890 >> > >> > Digger - Federation Index. Victoria 1889-1901 >> > >> > Surname: LENDERYOU >> > Given Names: Geo Hy >> > Event: D >> > Sex: >> > Spouse Surname/Father: Wm >> > Spouse Gvn Names/Mother: Elizth BARNACLE >> > Age: 32 >> > Age Code: >> > Birth Place: >> > Death Place: Brswk >> > Year: 1890 >> > Reg. Number: 734 >> > >> > Making his birth date around 1858. >> > >> > Maybe this is why Grace came to Aust with her brother- a scandal! >> > >> > Cheers >> > >> > Pamela >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > ----- Original Message ----- >> > From: "Ronda Shambrook" <[email protected]> >> > To: <[email protected]> >> > Sent: Sunday, September 18, 2005 5:08 PM >> > Subject: [HC] Final Grace Arthur/Lenderyou Chat >> > >> > >> >> I've found Grace Arthur marrying William Lenderyou in 1853 in Helston, >> >> Cornwall. >> >> >> >> Grace Lenderyou travelled out here on the 'Chile' with her brother >> >> William Arthur in 1859. >> >> >> >> In 1862 she married Gabriel Blewett (under the name Grace Arthur) - > maybe >> >> she thought (or hoped) William Lenderyou was dead. >> >> >> >> In 1865 William Lenderyou arrived in Melbourne. >> >> >> >> In 1865 she married Gabriel Blewett (under the name Grace Lenderyou). >> >> >> >> She died in 1868, and Gabriel died in 1869. I don't know what >> >> happened >> >> to William Lenderyou. >> >> >> >> Thanks for the lookups, suggestions etc. >> >> >> >> Ronda >> >> >> >> >> > >> > >>

This is going to be a great read! I bet they lived in dread of being found out, and then it didn't really matter, did it? I wonder what they would think of today's different attitudes. Glenda ----- Original Message ----- From: "Denise" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, September 28, 2005 8:36 PM Subject: Re: [HC] Final Grace Arthur/Lenderyou Chat > It must not have been that unusual in those days when one half of the > marriage was thousands of miles away from the 'other half'. Chris and I > have found quite a number to date of our American subjects who left family > and wife and remarried in Australia, or just left them behind and didn't > contact them again choosing not to marry either. > > I have one subject who married in US became a father, came here, married > again and had a child, then went back to wife #1, where he stayed put. A > descendant of the family in the US, denies this could have happened. But > I'm 90% sure he is one and same, unless of course there were two men with > exactly the same unusual Christian name, age, occupation (coach driver), > mother's name, and in the same area in Victoria, happened to be here. And > I can only find one arrival date, not two. The only small difference was > the place of birth in the US and those given were not that far apart. He, > or one of them, was brother of a well known person in Victoria, and even > he has a tale to tell. > > The things you can unravel when you dig deep enough! It's interesting and > a real buzz to unearth these things which were probably buried hopefully > never to be seen again. HA! We also have found a few things which we feel > require delicate handling for the sake of those who followed. > > Denise > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Wendy" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Wednesday, September 28, 2005 4:53 PM > Subject: Re: [HC] Final Grace Arthur/Lenderyou Chat > > >> Hi Ronda, >> >> Join the club! I've got a bigamous ggg-grandmother - one of Adelaide's >> very >> early pioneers. At least I am pretty certain of it. Like your's, it is >> very difficult to finally prove it but I am 99 percent certain. Your's >> has >> been a very interesting saga. >> Thanks, >> Wendy >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Ronda Shambrook" <[email protected]> >> To: <[email protected]> >> Sent: Wednesday, September 28, 2005 9:00 AM >> Subject: Re: [HC] Final Grace Arthur/Lenderyou Chat >> >> >>> Hi Pamela, >>> >>> The William Lenderyou who visited Melbourne in 1863 was the father of >> George >>> Lenderyou and husband of Elizabeth Barnicoat/Barnacle, according to a >>> very >>> thorough Lenderyou researcher. >>> The William Lenderyou who married Grace Arthur died in Cornwall either >> 1863 >>> or 1864. >>> >>> Thanks for your help, this has been the first bigamous marriage I've >>> uncovered. I'm sure that Grace had no idea when she married Gabriel >> Blewett >>> for the second time in 1865 that she would be found out 140 years later. >>> >>> Thanks again, >>> Ronda >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>> From: "Pamela S" <[email protected]> >>> To: <[email protected]> >>> Sent: Sunday, September 18, 2005 6:34 PM >>> Subject: Re: [HC] Final Grace Arthur/Lenderyou Chat >>> >>> >>> > Hello Ronda >>> > >>> > Know the subject is finished but in 1885 a George Lenderyon came to >>> > Australia >>> > LENDERYON GEO 26 OCT 1885 CUZCO >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > He died in 1890 >>> > >>> > Digger - Federation Index. Victoria 1889-1901 >>> > >>> > Surname: LENDERYOU >>> > Given Names: Geo Hy >>> > Event: D >>> > Sex: >>> > Spouse Surname/Father: Wm >>> > Spouse Gvn Names/Mother: Elizth BARNACLE >>> > Age: 32 >>> > Age Code: >>> > Birth Place: >>> > Death Place: Brswk >>> > Year: 1890 >>> > Reg. Number: 734 >>> > >>> > Making his birth date around 1858. >>> > >>> > Maybe this is why Grace came to Aust with her brother- a scandal! >>> > >>> > Cheers >>> > >>> > Pamela >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > ----- Original Message ----- >>> > From: "Ronda Shambrook" <[email protected]> >>> > To: <[email protected]> >>> > Sent: Sunday, September 18, 2005 5:08 PM >>> > Subject: [HC] Final Grace Arthur/Lenderyou Chat >>> > >>> > >>> >> I've found Grace Arthur marrying William Lenderyou in 1853 in >>> >> Helston, >>> >> Cornwall. >>> >> >>> >> Grace Lenderyou travelled out here on the 'Chile' with her brother >>> >> William Arthur in 1859. >>> >> >>> >> In 1862 she married Gabriel Blewett (under the name Grace Arthur) - >> maybe >>> >> she thought (or hoped) William Lenderyou was dead. >>> >> >>> >> In 1865 William Lenderyou arrived in Melbourne. >>> >> >>> >> In 1865 she married Gabriel Blewett (under the name Grace Lenderyou). >>> >> >>> >> She died in 1868, and Gabriel died in 1869. I don't know what >>> >> happened >>> >> to William Lenderyou. >>> >> >>> >> Thanks for the lookups, suggestions etc. >>> >> >>> >> Ronda >>> >> >>> >> >>> > >>> > >>> >