Hi
I admit that I haven't even Googled this yet because you lot are so knowledgable :D
After taking a year and a bit off from my family research while having my first baby (now 5 months old), I have promised my mil to look at her tree for her. I received a marriage cert from the GRO today for her great grandparents Henry Treadwell and Margaret Forster who were married in 1866. They were young when they married - 21 and 20 respectively - and are listed as Bachelor and Spinster. What surprises me is that they got married at the Register Office in Newcastle Upon Tyne. This is definately the earlist Register Office wedding I have, all other 19th C. weddings took place in churches.
Why would they have decided to get married in a Registry Office rather than a church? Would it be for the same reasons as today (i.e. religious beliefs, married before, etc.?)
Many thanks in advance!
Jo
I admit that I haven't even Googled this yet because you lot are so knowledgable :D
After taking a year and a bit off from my family research while having my first baby (now 5 months old), I have promised my mil to look at her tree for her. I received a marriage cert from the GRO today for her great grandparents Henry Treadwell and Margaret Forster who were married in 1866. They were young when they married - 21 and 20 respectively - and are listed as Bachelor and Spinster. What surprises me is that they got married at the Register Office in Newcastle Upon Tyne. This is definately the earlist Register Office wedding I have, all other 19th C. weddings took place in churches.
Why would they have decided to get married in a Registry Office rather than a church? Would it be for the same reasons as today (i.e. religious beliefs, married before, etc.?)
Many thanks in advance!
Jo
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