Rob,
I can only guess - but I am very glad they did marry twice as civil
registration in Scotland started later.
People sometimes still have 2 ceremonies when the families belong to
different churches, though I guess only one is official.
However I think in this case it might just have been the distance apart
of the two families - assuming that Eliza's family lived in Glasgow,
and James family was in Swansea....
But right now I know nothing about this couple, neither the 1851
England and Wales census nor the Scottish 1861 have any "easy" matches
Do you have any idea what a job description of "agent" with no
qualifiers might indicate? It is the same on his son's birth
certificate.
Thank you again
Judy
From: "Rob Frayne" <r.frayne(a)ntlworld.com>
Date: November 22, 2005 10:47:05 AM PST
To: WLS-SWANSEA-L(a)rootsweb.com
Subject: Re: [Swansea] Cambrian Index
Hi Judy
Why do you think they married twice ?.
I always thought that being married once was enough.
Rob