A few thoughts: Could there have been something technically wrong with the first marriage which they put right by having the second (perhaps Thomas' age being wrong)? Is it possible that in fact she was not a widow at the time of the first marriage (husband missing presumed dead & turns up later?). Do you have details of her first husband's death? Or was it even possible that she never married her first husband and was therefore not technically a widow for the 1845 wedding? Regards, Lynda ----- Original Message ----- > My Great Great Grandfather- Thomas William Foxall seems to have been married twice to the same woman. The first time was on July 6th 1845 @ the Parish Church of alverstoke (Sept Quarter Volume 7 Page 31) on the certificate for this marriage his wife Ann Jones nee Cleverley uses her widows name of Jones. Now nine years later on September 4,1854 @ Alverstoke Register Office (Sept Quarter volume 26 page 629) they seem to tie the knot again, although this time Ann sign in as Ann Cleverley. The major difference in the details of the certificates is Thomas's age is out by six years as he would have been 62 in 1854 and not 56 as shown on the second certificate. > Alan Foxall