Nope, nary a single reply. It remains a mystery. --Charlene
On Thu, Dec 12, 2013 at 5:54 PM, Penny Ladnier <pe...@costumegallery.com> wrote: > Charlene, > > Did you receive a reply to your question. I am curious for an answer too. > > I am sorry this is so late with a reply. I changed computers and just got my > old email back. > > Penny Ladnier > The Costume Gallery Websites www.costumegallery.com > > -----Original Message----- > From: h-costume-boun...@indra.com [mailto:h-costume-boun...@indra.com] On > Behalf Of Charlene C > Sent: Friday, August 30, 2013 1:42 PM > To: h-cost...@indra.com > Subject: [h-cost] early 20th Century Franco-American weddings > > Sorry, this is a bit off-topic, but I'm hoping someone who studies the time > period can help me. > > While working on my genealogy, I noticed that many of my Grandmother's > generation married on a Monday (1930s; Biddeford, Maine). I asked one of her > still-living sisters why that was and she didn't know; that's just the way > it was done. > > I later found this is a book about the Franco-Americans in Biddeford, Maine: > "Weddings too retained much of their ethno-religious significance for the > Franco. The wedding was usually held on Monday morning." > > Of course, the author didn't provide any additional information or cite this > in the footnotes. (One of the faults of the book is the amount of > information he presents without explanation.) > > Does anyone know why French Catholics in the early 20th century married on > Mondays? > > --Charlene > _______________________________________________ > h-costume mailing list > h-costume@mail.indra.com > http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume > > _______________________________________________ > h-costume mailing list > h-costume@mail.indra.com > http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
