After sending that message, I discussed this with my British husband and we realized the possibilities. Having been born and raised in California, my experiences are far different from his! When he described how the couple might be whisked into an office to sign the registry before they left the church, it made sense. At wedding chapels here - it's not just Las Vegas that has them! - the couple might or might not have their own witnesses. My parents had my mother's brother and wife attending, which was confusing as they both had the same name. My paternal grandparents lived in a state where there was both a license beforehand and a "return" filed after the marriage. These were important, because sometimes the event never took place even though a license was issued.
Very interesting. Thanks for your reply. Kathleen On Sun, Apr 9, 2017 at 3:44 PM Viola Wiggins <[email protected]> wrote: > Kathleen > It would depend on where the event took place. > Civil registration of a marriage could have taken place at the Local > Registrar's Office and the repeated names may have been people available in > those Offices. > If it was in the Church that the bride attended then the witnesses would > be known to the couple. > Weddings were not the elaborate affairs as of today and may only have had > eight or nine people present as family and friends. > In my parents case the witnesses were my mother's sister and the best man > was of the same surname as my father, but supposedly unrelated. I now think > they were 3rd cousins. > The party returned to my maternal Grandparents home for the Wedding > Breakfast. > That was on 24th December 1926. > Viola > > > Sent from my iPad > _______________________________________________ > CoTyroneList mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.cotyroneireland.com/mailman/listinfo/cotyronelist >
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