My 1928-version CofE Book of Common Prayer does *NOT* include "Father's Wife's Daughter" among those a man is forbidden to marry. Hth Gus ----- Original Message ----- From: "Joe Connell" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, July 28, 2010 8:14 AM Subject: Re: [WAR] Whitcroft & Gilbert > Parish records for Bedworth All Saints show that on 24 January 1892 > Sarah Jane Gilbert married Samuel Whitcroft. The 1891 census record has > Samuel and future bride Sarah Jane living in Mill Lane with his father > Thomas Whitcroft. Hannah, the mother of future bride Sarah Jane is > shown as wife to father Thomas. > > I'm attempting to understand this rather tangled situation and would > welcome assistance from your more experienced members. Was it considered > acceptable to marry a step sibling? > > I cannot locate a marriage record for Thomas Whitcroft [father of the > groom ] and Hannah Gilbert [mother of the bride]. Also, in the 1901 > census Samuel Whitcroft is shown living with wife Hannah [Ridgeway] - > but again I can find no marriage record; nor a record of death for Sarah > Jane. > > These are deep waters, Watson. > > -- > Joe Connell > > Firefox & Thunderbird portals > Sunbelt Vipre Premium protection > List archives are at > http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index/WARWICK > ------------------------------- > 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