I'm sure this happened all of the time.  Here in the USA, people that worked the Railroads would have families at both ends of the line; not common but still happened.  I know this for fact because my Grandfather was one of them.  The routes were long and the layovers were long and nature took its course.  Railroaders were well paid and able to support two families. Paul Ohio, USA ----- Original Message ---- > From: Randi Meetzen <meentzen@yahoo.com> > To: gloucester@rootsweb.com > Sent: Mon, January 17, 2011 1:13:03 PM > Subject: Re: [GLS] Bigamous marriage > > Somewhere in my records I have a Bowles in that scenario., I came across a >researcher from Australia named - I think- Justin Bowles who was researching his >gggrandfather who was transported for what seemed to me a very insignificant >crime. His Ancestor, I THINK, not certain was named Thomas Bowles. He had a wife >in England, however as his 7 year sentence dragged along, he found a new love >and life in Australia, married and had a large family and never returned to >England, > Randi Bowles-Meentzen       > > > --- On Mon, 1/17/11, Elizabeth Jack <ejack@gloster.demon.co.uk> wrote: > > > From: Elizabeth Jack <ejack@gloster.demon.co.uk> > > Subject: [GLS] Bigamous marriage > > To: gloucester@rootsweb.com > > Date: Monday, January 17, 2011, 4:07 AM > > Does anyone have an example of a man > > who, married in Gloucestershire, was > > then transported to Australia where he married a second > > time, bigamously? > > > >  > > > > Liz > > > >  > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > >  > > > > Elizabeth Jack > > > > Hidden Heritage:  <http://www.hidden-heritage.co.uk/> > > www.hidden-heritage.co.uk > > > > Connect with nature:  www.wildobs.com > > > > Researching BLINKHORNE, SOSBE, GWINNETT > > > >  > > > >  > > > >  _____________________________________________ > > > > Gloucestershire Family History Society: > > www.gfhs.org.uk > > > > Gloucestershire Archives: > > www.gloucestershire.gov.uk/index.cfm?articleid=15434 > > > > Gloucestershire BMD Index 1837 to 2005:    > > http://ww3.gloucestershire.gov.uk/bmd/ > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >GLOUCESTER-request@rootsweb.com > > with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the > > subject and the body of the message > > > > >       > > _____________________________________________ > > Gloucestershire Family History Society: > www.gfhs.org.uk > > Gloucestershire Archives: > www.gloucestershire.gov.uk/index.cfm?articleid=15434 > > Gloucestershire BMD Index 1837 to 2005:  > http://ww3.gloucestershire.gov.uk/bmd/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >GLOUCESTER-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes >in the subject and the body of the message >