SAUNDERS - Bigamy Records

[chempat]

What did the marriage certificate of 1919 state as to Minnie's previous names, father's name and her marital state?

[brigidmac]

Hi Mel and Darryl are you going to go down the DNA line too
That can lead to discovering family names of more distant ancestors .
Do let us know your progress + welcome to rootschat from me too.

[Dundee]

A family tree suggests that Minnie died in Scotland.  This is the indexing, I haven't looked at the death cert.

MEWETT, Minnie
AVERY, Minnie
HUNT, Minnie

Aged 77
   
1964
685/1 16
Haymarket

Minnie may not have been around when Herbert was tried in 1927, she is not with him in 1911.  For Minnie to be charged someone would have to find out and dob her in.  It really depends on how long they had been apart by 1919.  It is unlikely that a person would be charged with bigamy if seven years had passed and they had no knowledge that a spouse was still living.  Clearly Herbert knew that Minnie was still living if he didn't use that argument.

I cannot see a newspaper report, but it would be interesting to know how Herbert was found out.

Debra 

[chempat]

In 1938 Herbert was found guilty of bigamy and sentenced to 5 days.
He claimed that he married in 1905 (Norah Abbott) and separated in 1928.
He told the police himself of the bigamy.
Do not think he was very good at telling the truth.

[Dundee]

I thought that was a different person,  Herbert and Ellen Bertha are together in 1939 with their children.

Debra 

[chempat]

Just thought there were lies going on all the time as did not occur to me that there would be two of them.
OK.
Will stick to my other queries.

[brigidmac]

Its not impossible that he could have married another woman first. I think several bigamists are multiple offenders .
What are the chances of two different Herbert SAUNDERS being tried for bigamy .

Darryl do you know of any other marriages ?