Can anyone help me with a possible case of divorce or bigamy? I have a Walter Francis in 1901 married to Florence Alice with three children, living in Cowfold. I have the same Walter Francis in 1911 with two of the above children but with a DIFFERENT wife (their 1908 marriage record found and her previous history established - definitely a different person, she had had a previous child who was with her and Walter in 1911). Did Walter's first wife die? Extensive search says NO (all women of vaguely the same name and age dying anywhere in England and Wales between 1901 and 1908 have been identified as being someone else). Was the first wife Florence Alice still alive after Walter re-married? I think yes, but was this possible / likely? I have found a Florence Annie (not Alice) Francis aged 30 (not 29) but with correct birthplace (Steyning) and right marital status (married). She was an inmate of West Sussex County Asylum Graylingwell in Chichester. In the infirmity column, all the inmates have 'lunatic at [age]' listed. Florence's 'lunatic' age is incomplete but it looks like the beginning of a 2, so perhaps 20-something? Would it be possible that Walter's first wife Florence was institutionalised in Graylingwell, then he married his second wife? Walter was living in Suffolk in 1911, not Sussex (even though his second wife was Sussex-born and raised). So, was he hiding something? Can anyone shed any light on the possibility of divorce or bigamy? Or suggest where I might look for further records (they have to be on-line - I'm in Australia). Oh yes, the first husband of Walter's second wife was a police officer, but he had died. Cordelia 14526