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Offline Pilgarlic

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Re: My 3x G Grandmother 'the Bigamist' question
« Reply #9 on: Thursday 22 May 08 15:50 BST (UK) »
I will indeed try and find a local newspaper report of the trial.

Thanks Stan  :)

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Re: My 3x G Grandmother 'the Bigamist' question
« Reply #10 on: Friday 23 May 08 08:31 BST (UK) »
That's absolutely fascinating!  And bizarre!  :o :o :o  Many plaudits to Stan for once again coming up with a nugget of gold!  I've never in my life heard of a case like this!  ::)

Pilgarlic, I'm quite envious - you now have a real character in your tree!  Mine are mostly boringly law-abiding!  I'd love someone like this!

MarieC

PS  You could have been an Aussie if the judge HAD sentenced her to transportation!  Western Australia had convicts till 1868. 
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Re: My 3x G Grandmother 'the Bigamist' question
« Reply #11 on: Friday 23 May 08 10:52 BST (UK) »
Yes Marie. It is fascinating!  And bizarre! indeed   :o

I wonder which one is more of the character. William or Eliza ?  Did Eliza have any choice in the matter ?

It seems that William Bolton having been fully involved with this affair and offering £5 and the wedding dinner got away scott free ! I would of thought he would of been brought before the court as well.

I have found out that The Warwick Advertiser covered the Assizes trials. I will try and find a report on the trial.

Yes i could of indeed been an Aussie. Many thanks goes to Lord Chief Justice Campbell, for not transporting her.  ;)

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Re: My 3x G Grandmother 'the Bigamist' question
« Reply #12 on: Friday 23 May 08 11:37 BST (UK) »
Well, Pilgarlic, ever since Eve women have been blamed for things which were only partly their fault, or not their fault at all!!  >:( >:(

You don't know how UNlucky you are!  ;D  You could have been an Aussie living in this wonderful country!!  ;D

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Re: My 3x G Grandmother 'the Bigamist' question
« Reply #13 on: Friday 23 May 08 12:15 BST (UK) »
We will have to differ on which country is the best Marie  ;)

I am a very proud Englishman  :D 

I do however have relatives in Gladstone and Bundaberg, Queensland. That is your neck of the woods i see. This part of my family are the result of my mum's uncle Albert Edey emigrating in 1936.

By the way  - I would of thought Josiah Mercer would of been brought before the court as well seeing as he knew about Eliza being a married woman already !

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Re: My 3x G Grandmother 'the Bigamist' question
« Reply #14 on: Friday 23 May 08 12:17 BST (UK) »
It is very strange that neither of the men involved appear to have been charged with any offence  >:(

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Re: My 3x G Grandmother 'the Bigamist' question
« Reply #15 on: Friday 23 May 08 12:21 BST (UK) »
Yes Stan it is.

I have just this second found Josiah Mercer on the Warwickshire County Record Office, Calendars of Prisoners Database website -

http://www.warwickshire.gov.uk/corporate%5Cprisoner.nsf/AllDocs/28448F6271A4E01580256E4A0042D285?opendocument

He was the victim  :o

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Re: My 3x G Grandmother 'the Bigamist' question
« Reply #16 on: Friday 23 May 08 12:30 BST (UK) »
Victim  :o Very strange as apparently he was fully aware that Eliza was already married.

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Re: My 3x G Grandmother 'the Bigamist' question
« Reply #17 on: Friday 23 May 08 12:45 BST (UK) »
Yes it is quite amazing seeing as he played his part in arranging the 2nd marriage  :o

To be named as a victim is quite laughable !

I reckon my William and Eliza Bolton were blackmaild into breaking the law by the dastardly Josiah Mercer. I am quite sure that my 3x G Grandparents would not want to do such a thing  ;)

Josiah Mercer is married and living in London in 1881. Not far from my Eliza Bolton. I wonder if they kept in contact ?

It certainly is a 'Curious case of Bigamy'

Pilgarlic
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