:-))) Yes, you've got that! It seemed to be the habit of the rich in those days more than the poor...they could afford it! I have a few solicitors who were regularly producing children and not marrying the mothers until after all the children died. There was another Bristol solicitor who kept two families at the same time. He was killed in a train crash on the Bristol to WSM line and left his money to his mistress so his legitimate children really suffered while the illegitimate children became reasonably wealthy! Liz www.btinternet.com/~e.newbery OPC for Street, Somerset ----- Original Message ----- From: "Marion" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, December 19, 2010 8:08 PM Subject: Re: [B&D] Divorce, bigamy or annulment? early 20th Century > It gets deeper. > > William Heatly VERRIERE married Jane Henrietta GREEN in 1857. However > there > is a marriage in Lambeth in 1888 for a Letitia Ada VERRIERE who was born > about 1855. I found Letitia in the 1901 census and it shows her birthplace > as Bristol, about 1854-5 > > Looking at birth registrations there is a Letitia Ada GREEN registered Dec > qtr 1853 in Clifton, the area where WH Verriere lived. Presumably an > illegitimate daughter who was later legitimated by the marriage. > > I suspect he liked the ladies. But probably didn't like being married!! > > Marion > > On 19 December 2010 19:41, Liz <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Yes, it was his marriage to Jane Henrietta GREEN. >> >> Yes, I was interested to see that Louis was a servant in 1881 and I agree >> with you, he must have had an inheritance. There are 3 Probates on >> Ancestry >> for the VERRIERE family. I can't access them because they've changed the >> settings and you can only access them if you have their full >> subscription. >> Liz >> www.btinternet.com/~e.newbery <http://www.btinternet.com/%7Ee.newbery> >> OPC for Street, Somerset >> >> > > ------------------------------- > 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 >

There's nothing new really, is there, every generation likes to think they invented scandal! Marion On 19 December 2010 20:29, Liz <[email protected]> wrote: > :-))) Yes, you've got that! It seemed to be the habit of the rich in > those > days more than the poor...they could afford it! I have a few solicitors > who > were regularly producing children and not marrying the mothers until after > all the children died. There was another Bristol solicitor who kept two > families at the same time. He was killed in a train crash on the Bristol > to > WSM line and left his money to his mistress so his legitimate children > really suffered while the illegitimate children became reasonably wealthy! > > Liz > www.btinternet.com/~e.newbery <http://www.btinternet.com/%7Ee.newbery> > OPC for Street, Somerset > >