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From: c knowlton <>
Subject: Re: [WSX] Mullins, Wiltshire ??
Date: Sat, 01 Feb 2003 10:09:35 -0500
References: <MBBBJIPJACFLEFKOMNMOEEFHCLAA.paulgaskell@madasafish.com>


For what it is worth in confirmation, I have clear records of the same two
great-grandparents being married twice; the two events being with 2-3 days of
each other; in Bath in May of 1814; once in the established church of St.
Swithins and again in the RC St. Johns the Evangelist.

Regards

Carlisle Knowlton
connecticut, usa

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Paul Gaskell wrote:

> Hi Helen
>
> > Although marriages in the Catholic Church were illegal until 1837, there
> were a number of illegal marriages which have been recorded.
>
> >From my experience of using pre-1837 Roman Catholic records in South
> Lancashire, I can confirm that such marriages were quite common. However,
> they will often be found in two registers - in the RC register and in the
> local C of E register as well. This suggests that the couple held two
> ceremonies. Their marriage in the eyes of the law would be that carried out
> in the established church, whilst that in the eyes of the faith would be the
> ceremony carried out in the Catholic Church.
>
> Paul Gaskell
> Publicity Officer and Minutes Secretary
> Oxfordshire Family History Society
> E-mail :
> Website : www.ofhs.org.uk


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