Bates also married Ernest Baglehole that year on 10 June 1885. They had met on her immigration voyage. They married at St Stephen's Anglican Church, Newtown, Sydney. He was recorded as a seaman, but he was the son of a wealthy London family. He had become a ship's officer after completing an apprenticeship, and this might have been his attraction for Dwyer. Some biographers speculate that Arnold's biological father was Ernest Bagelhole, not Bates. The polygamous nature of Bates's marriages was kept secret during her lifetime.