Grandfather jailed for bigamy - missing link

[ChrissieL]

Is there any significance to the fact that Gordon and Norah were buried in unconsecrated ground?

Chris

[ljuk]

Norah was a practising Roman Catholic (or at least she was when she married Gordon at St. Anne's RC Cathedral in 1945). The consecrated ground was reserved for C of E burials.

[ChrissieL]

Norah was a practising Roman Catholic (or at least she was when she married Gordon at St. Anne's RC Cathedral in 1945). The consecrated ground was reserved for C of E burials.

Thanks for the explanation
Chris

[halfasheep]

I was going to read all 18 pages, but am on my way out. I have a very similar situation whereby my gt grandfather committed bigamy during WW2 and was imprisoned after the war. Curiously, lots of references to bigamous marriages in the local papers, but his story isn't there. My gran said it appeared in the Daily Star (front page apparently!), but without knowing the year, it's costly to find out for sure (assuming it's the correct paper!).

Furthermore, the trial occurred in the Old Bailey, with members of the family travelling down, and he was imprisoned somewhere in London. There doesn't appear to be any reference to the second marriage in the GRO lists, and it only came to light when my gt gran stopped receiving payments from the army, so presumably there may be a mention in his army records.

It's a bit of a tricky situation to find the relevant info as my gran was only a child at the time, and those of the next generation have sadly all passed on

[dawnsh]

My gran said it appeared in the Daily Star (front page apparently!), but without knowing the year, it's costly to find out for sure (assuming it's the correct paper!).

Not this paper as it was first published on 2 November 1978

[[Ray]]

Maybe Gran meant Evening Star?

"Star, News and Standard!"

Even I can remember London news vendors shouting that!   

Ray

There's a word you don't hear very often nowadays, "vendor".

"Suitor"?

 

[halfasheep]

Good point guys lmao. We're in South Wales, so unlikely to be a London only publication as apparently people all over the small valley town had copies. But the OP may find (like me) that whilst there are loads of mentions in local papers about bigamy during the war, but my grandfather's wasn't there? Not sure whether some were bigger news than others for some reason

[ljuk]

Well there was a lot of bulwarks going down between 1939 and 1945 so it's not surprising that a bigamy crime wouldn't be reported ... unless, as you say, it was big news.

[ChrissieL]

When GRM was convicted of bigamy, would anything be noted on his marriage certificate to the second 'wife'