BRIDE OF DEAD MAN.
legal wife without A WEDDING. EDINBURGH, June 21 , A -2 rd Ashmore declared in the Court or Session, Edinburgh, to-day that a woman was legally married according to Scottish law to a man who died nine nul i )e ore the ' ve dding, and that a chi d born to the parties was a lawful cnild of the marriage The woman was Elizabeth Williamson, of Edinburgh, and the man to whom she was declared to have been manned Alexander Williamson, of Portobello. They met in 1909, became engaged m Jan nary, 1910. and - the marriage "as arranged for December 29, 1911. A house was taken, the banns of the marriage were proclaimed, a not’ n e form , uas handed to the registrar, invitations to tne marriage we r e sent nut a hall was engaged, and the wedding cake ordered. Mr. Williamson became ill suddenly and died on December 20, nine days before the date arranged for the marriage. A child was horn in September, 1912.
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Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 1 September 1924, Page 10
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