tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6068447077581264936.post8812607147470089869..comments2024-02-25T06:58:41.332-05:00Comments on Brouwer Genealogy: More Descendants of Jacob Brewer of Chatham, QuebecChris Chesterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15357968881533223410noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6068447077581264936.post-14226305981534797892013-09-23T05:42:45.067-04:002013-09-23T05:42:45.067-04:00Valerie, thanks for the additional info. The scena...Valerie, thanks for the additional info. The scenario you described is certainly possible, and I get the impression (in general and from researching many different families) that separation (since legal divorce was nearly impossible) and common-law marriages (those for which no civil or church institution granted) were much more common than we, today, realize. Despite the legal encumbrances that are sometimes erected by church and state, people still had to live their lives. Chris Chesterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15357968881533223410noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6068447077581264936.post-20630619752982522662013-09-20T21:13:51.403-04:002013-09-20T21:13:51.403-04:00Some time back I was in touch with a Brewer/Smith ...Some time back I was in touch with a Brewer/Smith researcher and questioned the marriage date of John Donaldson and Lavinia Smith. He says that Samuel Dodge did not die until 1868,but in 1845 he had left the land to his wife and John Donaldson, by whom she had the two children, Margaret and George Donaldson Do not know the reason for this unusal,(for that time)seperation of a married couple. Valerie Paishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09535240971066363415noreply@blogger.com