From: charlesellson@btinternet.com
On Sat, 28 May 2022 09:12:26 -0400, knuttle
wrote:
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>On 5/28/2022 8:40 AM, Jenny M Benson wrote:
>> On FreeBMD I found 2 entries for the marriage of cousin of mine in 1929.
>> All the details are the same except for the page numbers. I have
>> looked at the image and they are entered as 795 & 837.
>>
>> I then turned to the Lancashire BMD site and again there are 2 entries
>> for the marriage, one at the Parish Church and one "Register Office or
>> Registrar Attended."
>>
>> I know it is not that unusual for a couple to have a Civil Ceremony and
>> some sort of religious marriage service or blessing of the union, but I
>> haven't before come across 2 separate entries in the Register. Why
>> would this be so? Could it be that the first wedding was at the Church
>> and something not done correctly (according to civil law) so it had to
>> be "corrected" at the Register Office?
>>
>It is possible that for what ever reason the marriage that was planned
>when the first register entry was made. Then the wedding actually
>occurred with the second entry.
>
>Another way this can occur if the Officials batch the entries. ie the
>registrar enters a note in his notebook when he officiates a wedding.
>Then later he enters the information into the official register.
>
>I have examples of both scenarios in my data. In one case the two
>entries are a couple of years apart so the first may have expired. (I
>have not checked the legalities.)
>
If the first marriage was valid then the second one would be void
because the parties were already lawfully married. OTOH if the first
marriage was void (rather than voidable) for some reason then the
second marriage would be valid if the legal requirements were met. Was
either party previously married ?
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