Hi, No you cannot take it as true if it says spinster or bachelor, because the 2nd or 3rd marriage etc may be a bigamous marriage.  I have found this in my own family in the late 1800s. Denise ________________________________ From: Robert Burns <famh1story@aim.com> To: abruce@madasafish.com; staffordshire@rootsweb.com Sent: Saturday, 26 January 2013, 21:15 Subject: Re: [STAFFORDSHIRE] Widows in 18th Century Staffordshire Adrian Said So - if it says Spinster or Bachelor, then we can take it as true. If it doesn't say anything, then I DON'T believe we can assume them to be Spinster or Bachelor. I totally disagree with this. I have seen people listed as spinster or bachelor and have been previously married.  Condition at marriage is at the end of the day whatever you want to tell them.  The only part of a marriage cert that can be taken as true are the names of those marrying and the vicars name Rob ****************************** ATTENTION TO ALL:- When replying please remove the details that do not apply to your mail and change the SUBJECT LINE for best useage of ARCHIVED MATERIALS. ****************************** PLEASE keep your Anti-Virus and Anti-Malware software up to date. BEWARE of messages making it onto the List with a single URL. NEVER follow the link. It's usually from an infected source! ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to STAFFORDSHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Bigamous yes - my g grandfather married, in England, seven times (1880-1922) so far found. Six were bigamous. He was a bachelor every time and he got younger to match the "brides" - by the time he finished (so far found) he was 22 yrs y9ounger than at his first marriage to my g gran! On another line entirely, I have a gg grandfather - he was a bachelor too at the time of his bigamous 2nd marriage for which he served time - that was here, 1860s Dawn (Melbourne Australia) -----Original Message----- From: staffordshire-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:staffordshire-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Denise Sent: Sunday, 27 January 2013 9:01 PM To: staffordshire@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [STAFFORDSHIRE] Widows in 18th Century Staffordshire Hi, No you cannot take it as true if it says spinster or bachelor, because the 2nd or 3rd marriage etc may be a bigamous marriage.  I have found this in my own family in the late 1800s. Denise ________________________________ From: Robert Burns <famh1story@aim.com> To: abruce@madasafish.com; staffordshire@rootsweb.com Sent: Saturday, 26 January 2013, 21:15 Subject: Re: [STAFFORDSHIRE] Widows in 18th Century Staffordshire Adrian Said So - if it says Spinster or Bachelor, then we can take it as true. If it doesn't say anything, then I DON'T believe we can assume them to be Spinster or Bachelor. I totally disagree with this. I have seen people listed as spinster or bachelor and have been previously married.  Condition at marriage is at the end of the day whatever you want to tell them.  The only part of a marriage cert that can be taken as true are the names of those marrying and the vicars name Rob ****************************** ATTENTION TO ALL:- When replying please remove the details that do not apply to your mail and change the SUBJECT LINE for best useage of ARCHIVED MATERIALS. ****************************** PLEASE keep your Anti-Virus and Anti-Malware software up to date. BEWARE of messages making it onto the List with a single URL. NEVER follow the link. It's usually from an infected source! ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to STAFFORDSHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ****************************** ATTENTION TO ALL:- When replying please remove the details that do not apply to your mail and change the SUBJECT LINE for best useage of ARCHIVED MATERIALS. ****************************** PLEASE keep your Anti-Virus and Anti-Malware software up to date. BEWARE of messages making it onto the List with a single URL. NEVER follow the link. It's usually from an infected source! ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to STAFFORDSHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 7937 (20130127) __________ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 7937 (20130127) __________ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 7937 (20130127) __________ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com