If her marriage had been annuled would she descibe herself as Mrs Winterfeldt? Or have I got the individuals mixed up? Chris Watts ----- Original Message ----- From: "Caroline Gurney" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, January 22, 2012 11:47 PM Subject: Re: [SOG-UK] German Records > George, > > The Times for Friday 6 November 1906, page 10 (Court News) carried the > announcement: > > A marriage has been arranged between Dr E Chittenden Bridges, of South > Kensington, and Mrs Winterfeldt, daughter of the late Dr William > Scott, of Waverley-house, Huddersfield. > > So the Winterfeldt marriage ended before that date. The "single and > unmarried" wording on the 1907 marriage certificate further suggests > that it ended in annulment rather than divorce. Annulment declares the > marriage invalid so that, in the eyes of the law, Helen had never been > married and was indeed single. > > If you Google Hans Winterfeldt and his father, Max, you will find > there is a lot of information about them available online, > particularly in Google Books. They were German bankers with interests > in the UK, USA and South Africa. Hans became a US citizen well before > the First World War. Judging by the passenger lists on Ancestry, he > was a frequent traveller to and from the United States. > > Caroline Gurney > www.carosfamily.com > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message

If one is no longer married, whether as a result of death, divorce or annulment, isn't one 'single'? Other terms such as widow(er), divorcee merely explain the single status. if the marriage certificate had said 'spinster' that would clearly have been wrong. John On 23/01/2012 8:46 PM, Chris Watts wrote: > If her marriage had been annuled would she descibe herself as Mrs > Winterfeldt? Or have I got the individuals mixed up? > > Chris Watts > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Caroline Gurney"<[email protected]> > To:<[email protected]> > Sent: Sunday, January 22, 2012 11:47 PM > Subject: Re: [SOG-UK] German Records > > >> George, >> >> The Times for Friday 6 November 1906, page 10 (Court News) carried the >> announcement: >> >> A marriage has been arranged between Dr E Chittenden Bridges, of South >> Kensington, and Mrs Winterfeldt, daughter of the late Dr William >> Scott, of Waverley-house, Huddersfield. >> >> So the Winterfeldt marriage ended before that date. The "single and >> unmarried" wording on the 1907 marriage certificate further suggests >> that it ended in annulment rather than divorce. Annulment declares the >> marriage invalid so that, in the eyes of the law, Helen had never been >> married and was indeed single. >> >> If you Google Hans Winterfeldt and his father, Max, you will find >> there is a lot of information about them available online, >> particularly in Google Books. They were German bankers with interests >> in the UK, USA and South Africa. Hans became a US citizen well before >> the First World War. Judging by the passenger lists on Ancestry, he >> was a frequent traveller to and from the United States. >> >> Caroline Gurney >> www.carosfamily.com >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes >> in the subject and the body of the message > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >

Good points, Chris and John. What were the Church of England's rules on remarriage of divorcees in church back in 1907? Caroline Gurney www.carosfamily.com On 23 January 2012 10:33, Our Mail <[email protected]> wrote: > If one is no longer married, whether as a result of death, divorce or > annulment, isn't one 'single'?  Other terms such as widow(er), divorcee > merely explain the single status.  if the marriage certificate had said > 'spinster' that would clearly have been wrong. > > John > > On 23/01/2012 8:46 PM, Chris Watts wrote: >> If her marriage had been annuled would she descibe herself as Mrs >> Winterfeldt? Or have I got the individuals mixed up? >> >> Chris Watts >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Caroline Gurney"<[email protected]> >> To:<[email protected]> >> Sent: Sunday, January 22, 2012 11:47 PM >> Subject: Re: [SOG-UK] German Records >> >> >>> George, >>> >>> The Times for Friday 6 November 1906, page 10 (Court News) carried the >>> announcement: >>> >>> A marriage has been arranged between Dr E Chittenden Bridges, of South >>> Kensington, and Mrs Winterfeldt, daughter of the late Dr William >>> Scott, of Waverley-house, Huddersfield. >>> >>> So the Winterfeldt marriage ended before that date. The "single and >>> unmarried" wording on the 1907 marriage certificate further suggests >>> that it ended in annulment rather than divorce. Annulment declares the >>> marriage invalid so that, in the eyes of the law, Helen had never been >>> married and was indeed single. >>> >>> If you Google Hans Winterfeldt and his father, Max, you will find >>> there is a lot of information about them available online, >>> particularly in Google Books. They were German bankers with interests >>> in the UK, USA and South Africa. Hans became a US citizen well before >>> the First World War. Judging by the passenger lists on Ancestry, he >>> was a frequent traveller to and from the United States. >>> >>> Caroline Gurney >>> www.carosfamily.com >>> >>> ------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>> [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes >>> in the subject and the body of the message >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> >> > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message