Firstly, if they had a child then I can't see that there could be an annulment. As Victor sounds as though he's reasonably wealthy - "living on own means" in 1901 he could well have afforded a divorce. Also, as there's a son, had Victor committed bigamy then surely the son would be aware of what was going on. There is a marriage in London on 2nd November 1857 - reported in the Bristol Mercury on 2nd January 1858 at St Clement Danes, Strand, London of W H Verriere only son of G L Verriere Esq of this city to Jane Henrietta only daughter of Mr Green late of Clifton. I imagine this is a relation but not a brother as he's referred to as "only son of". Vigger G L VERRIERE was one of the gentlemen who attended the luncheon of the Anchor Society in Bristol in November 1836 in honour of Colston's Anniversary. The family appear to have been very wealthy and so I see no reason why they couldn't have afforded a divorce. Father or grandfather appears to have come from France, the family were involved in Importing produce from France. I would say it's most likely to be a divorce. Liz www.btinternet.com/~e.newbery OPC for Street, Somerset ----- Original Message ----- From: "Marion" <[email protected]> To: "bristol district" <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, December 19, 2010 4:57 PM Subject: [B&D] Divorce, bigamy or annulment? early 20th Century > Any input on this question would be welcomed. > > Louis Victor Choisy VERRIERE (who also used the first name Julius), born > 1865 in Bristol, married (2ndly) Mary LAMPREY, in 1892 in Stockport. > > in 1908 Mary remarried, to Harold ELVIN, and I am sure it is the same > woman > as a) the marriage registers index gives both her maiden and married > surnames and b) in the 1911 census her son, Harry, is living with this > couple. > > Louis, however, also remarried in 1909, to Harriet WILSON, and this couple > can also be found together in 1911, this time he is indexed as Victor. > > I'm pretty sure that divorce was expensive and rare in those days, but is > there way to find evidence if one took place? > > These people are not closely related to me but married "into the family" - > the sheer difficulty of finding them through the various census has kept > me > intrigued. > > Marion > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >