Hi Blodwen, Newf, Behindhindthefrogs,
Your replies are most interesting. "Cannon Law" [Church Law] was the cause of my grand parents losing their positions as school master and sewing mistress, in a Church School. They had four children before they were married in a Register Office in 1914, this being after the 1907 ruling that a man could marry his dead wifes sister. The Church probably accepted they were perhaps legally married circ. 1902 to offer them their posts back as teachers in 1914. The Church being very strict regarding children being born out of wedlock, teachers were regarded as "Pillars of Society"
I still have not solved the situation of whether my grand parents were perhaps married around 1902, I must keep working on it.
Regards, Eric.