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ErikaH

ErikaH Report 29 May 2026 22:02

He was very definitely alive……..

KathleenBell

KathleenBell Report 29 May 2026 13:52

Was her first husband still alive at the time of her re-marriage? If he had died then she would have been allowed to re-marry in a C of E church.

Kath. x

ErikaH

ErikaH Report 29 May 2026 13:43

I will have a look……thanks

ArgyllGran

ArgyllGran Report 29 May 2026 13:08

I wonder if these people might be helpful???

http://www.coers.org/about.html

Researching:
Old genealogists never die.....they just lose their census.

ErikaH

ErikaH Report 29 May 2026 13:00

She couldn’t help :-( :-(

Uninterested, if truth be told

nameslessone

nameslessone Report 29 May 2026 12:27

Why not ask your local vicar.

ErikaH

ErikaH Report 28 May 2026 18:56

That’s from 2003………not 1920 ;-) ;-) ;-)

But thanks for the input……….

As late as the 1990’s a relation of mine who was divorced had to marry in a ‘Scottish’ church in our town due to CofE restrictions.

ArgyllGran

ArgyllGran Report 28 May 2026 18:38

It appears that it's up to the discretion of the local priest:

https://www.churchofengland.org/sites/default/files/2017-11/MarriageAFTERdivorceFORM.pdf

Researching:
Old genealogists never die.....they just lose their census.

ErikaH

ErikaH Report 28 May 2026 16:36

I have a 1920 Church of England marriage for a woman who had been divorced by her first husband on grounds of her repeated adultery with the man she was marrying.

The first marriage was not annulled, it was dissolved - I have the transcript of the judgment - and I wonder if anyone can suggest how a remarriage in a CofE Church could have been arranged.

She married under her maiden name, but her 'status' is recorded as 'formerly the wife of.............' so she didn't claim to be a spinster.