In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Joy Beeson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes >On 1/19/08 7:23 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >> . . . , there are a significant numbers (over 30) of >> marriages in London and I am wondering why this would >> have been?
Being in service is one possibility, but also perhaps would the men have been in the forces? One of the things mentioned at my aunt's funeral was that because my grandfather was in the Coldstream Guards, she was christened at St George's Chapel. My grandparents married in Aston, (Birmingham, I think after the change as to which was near which!), presumably to be near family - I don't know if they could have married elsewhere as a regimental "perk". If the marriages were at a time just before call up, there could have been quite a few men in the family wanting to marry quick before being called to war? I would, however, go with the service theory, as most of the employers - households with "country" houses - would have gone to London for the season, if only to marry off their daughters! Of course, it may be that your lot were well off enough to do just that, and succeed? -- Jane Partridge - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
