Hi Pam et al Another reason could be that one of the parties is already married to someone else and unable/or unwilling to obtain a divorce. I have one on my tree that married after all the children in his second relationship were born. His first wife died which enabled him to eventually marry. Regards Kevin Wilson

Yes of course, and divorce was very expensive. Bigamy (if caught) resulted in being sent to Oz as a convict in some cases. So they would wait until one party died possibly. I forgot that, and have one in my tree. Cheers Pam from Adelaide Australia > > Hi Pam et al > > > Another reason could be that one of the parties is already married to > someone else and unable/or unwilling to obtain a divorce. I have one on > my > tree that married after all the children in his second relationship were > born. His first wife died which enabled him to eventually marry. > > Regards > > Kevin Wilson > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > KENT-ENG-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message