Hi there. Thankyou so much for your quick reply! This is my first use of this forum so I am very grateful. The records you have found are indeed my man - he married Elizabeth Ives in England in 1847 just after he had joined the 6ths as a farrier. Fathered a daughter and off to army life he went, to Ireland. While there in 1851, on Christmas Day he married (again!) Ann Hill but was charged with bigamy on Feb 17th, given a 12 month sentence, sent to Clonmel, bailed on May 30th at which point, back to 6ths he went. He then went back to England and fathered a son with is first wife and left again with the army. He disappears from their lives forever at this point. Then somewhere in there, he meets Caroline, my 2 x gt grandmother - no marriage record is to be found - and they go on to have four children altogeher but the first dies a few days old. She goes with him to Ireland and the 6ths as their next child is born there. I have found out that he must be good at his job as he is finally Farrier Major and yesterday, found the discharge papers in 1868.
What happened to his wife no 2 and marriage? Did they annul the marriage automatically or did they have to get divorced on paper and if so, where would I find it? I can't find her anywhere after that. I tried searching her father, Matthew but not much on him - or perhaps I just don't have enough info on them to generate a decent search.
As for his army life - I would like to understand more of that. He seemed a decent enough fellow - just didn't have a good start at the wife picking bit. Have an awesome day!
