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Question

When somebody marries his sister's mother-in-law it is cause for a lot of sourcing to check it out. Pretty sure it's right but no one seems to have noticed it before. Going as fast as I can at the sourcing but two others are working this family so I thought I'd mention it.

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How about putting a note at the top of the profile indicating that you're working on it?  That's supposed to keep others at bay to give you a reasonable chance before they start "improving" it.

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Why does he have "RN" as a suffix? In my experience, RN stands for Registered Nurse.

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RN in UK stands for Royal Navy. I believe it is only used for commissioned officers.

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Okay, that makes more sense.

Answer 1

Wow very interesting, well sure it is quite possible. Looking forward to seeing the results of your research. Thank you for sharing.

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Story complete for the time being. Charles's baptism would improve things but I have not found many baptisms for this group. At least his wife has an interesting profile now. An eldest son marrying a woman who could not bear him children is very unusual, perhaps her beauty overwhelmed him.

Answer 2

This sounds like a situation that would have required a dispensation from the Church for “affinity.” Are these records available for this location?

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Mm. Dunno. Affinity has become less and less restrictive but I reckon we'd need a blow by blow account of the subject to be sure. Late 18th century, Church of England. I bet someone knows.

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My experience is with records at the Diocese of Guadalajara, while dispensations for consanguinity are much more common, dispensations do exist for affinity, although they are typically for closer relationships.

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Don't think it was forbidden, though I'm sure it would have caused tongues to wag.

Tables of affinity here

http://www.genetic-genealogy.co.uk/Toc115570145.html

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Since the break with Rome, the C of E doesn't do dispensations.  There's allowed and not-allowed, period.

I think that's true of Protestants in general.  The dispensation business had become just a Vatican money-making racket, along with indulgences etc.

But affinity between the parties can only be created by the former marriages of the parties themselves, not by a marriage of any 3rd parties.

Which means, if you've been married before, you can't marry certain blood relatives of your late spouse.