Wives of transported convicts (General)

by Dewey, Monday, June 23, 2008, 07:51 (6006 days ago)

In researching the family of Milson Yemm aka Bosley I found that his wife, Esther Yemn, should be Yemm, married a second time after he was transported to Australia. Her condition was listed as widow, allow Milson was still alive in Australia. My question is, was it common practice to treat these women as widows and allow them to remarry in the church, or was this a special case? Any comments are welcome, thank you.
Dewey