Doing some research on Trove the other day and I found a woman who was already married, then married under another name and she was charged with bigamy and taken to court. It is believed that in UK during second WW a third of the prisoners were a result of bigamy. I guess you didn't need all the proof then that you do now. People just married under another name just as they went to War under another name. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Phil Doherty" <[email protected]> Newsgroups: soc.genealogy.australia+nz To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, March 15, 2012 5:35 PM Subject: Re: Would Bigamy be a ground for divorce in 1898 > Thank you for your thoughts. > Philomena > > > "D. Stussy" <[email protected]> wrote in message > news:[email protected] >> "Phil Doherty" <[email protected]> wrote in message >> news:aUA6r.4422$%[email protected] >>> Could someone please help with a question re Divorce ? >>> >>> Would a lady need to apply for a divorce if her husband had committed >>> bigamy?. >>> Family history says it was a bigamous marriage.If it was were they >> married >>> in the eyes of the law >> >> I agree with the other answer that says/implies that it is a void >> marriage >> if this is with a second or subsequent spouse, but I also must point out >> that for the first spouse who was lawfully married, a divorce would be >> necessary. >> >> > > > > ------------------------------- > 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