Marriage Certificate of William Bamfield and Ada Lister
14 June 1919


1919 Marriage solemnized at Sheepscar in the Parish of St. Clement in the County of Leeds

Number 90
When Married June 14 1919
Name and Surname William Bamfield Ada Lister
Age 37 41
Condition Bachelor Spinster
Rank or Profession Bricklayer Tailoress
Residence at the time of Marriage 1 Cambridge Street 1 Cambridge Street
Father's Name and Surname Charles Bamfield (deceased) Fred Lister
Rank or Profession of Father Brass Moulder Labourer

Married in the Parish Church according to the Rites and Ceremonies of the Established Church after Banns by me, W.E. Laidman Vicar

This Marriage was solemnized between us William Bamfield
Ada Lister
in the Presence of us William Beaumont
Susannah Beaumont

NB - In 1919, it was illegal for a man to marry his brother's widow. The 1921 Marriage Act removed this restriction.

As Ada claims she is a spinster, presumably they knew this.

They married again in 1926.


Source: West Yorkshire Archive Service; Reference Number: RDP60/20
Source: Ancestry.com. West Yorkshire, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1813-1935

GRO Ref: J1919 - Leeds 9b 1005