On 14/08/2013 19:51, polygonum wrote: > On 14/08/2013 10:19, eve@varneys.org.uk wrote: >> 84. >>>>>> >>>> Assuming the most common change of name upon marriage, this would occur >>>> if a man marries his deceased brother's widow. >>> >>> Marriage to deceased brother's widow wasn't actually legal in 1921 >>> (whereas >>> marriage to deceased wife's sister had been since 1908). However, there >>> was a lot of it about, and if the authorities didn't spot it, who cared? >> If the first husband was a cousin, no problem. >>>> >>> EVE >>>> >>> >> >> Author of The McLaughlin Guides for Family Historians >> Secretary, Bucks Genealogical Society >> > Was it legal when the future Henry VIII married Catherine of Aragon? The problem with Henry VIII's marriage to Katharine of Aragaon was that she had previously been married to Henry's brother.