Thanks for the info Isabel, not so suspicious afterall.
Regards
Cath
In message <UbFRtFArZA+0QwTv(a)watchmender.demon.co.uk>, Isabel Crowley
<isabel_glam(a)watchmender.demon.co.uk> writes
Cath
Marriages started in Register Offices when Civil Registration began in
1837. My tribe continued using the parish church for their marriages
although they were all non conformists by this time. Most of the
chapels weren't allowed to perform marriages until about 1900. You
could get married in a chapel but the registrar had to be there. Not
many of mine, availed themselves of this opportunity. Perhaps they had
to pay a lot of money for the registrar to attend.
A gg aunt married in the RO in 1880. She said she was 21 but was only
18. I expect this was because she wouldn't have got her parents
consent. She seems to have been forgiven. She and her husband were
living with her parents in 1881.
My grandmother married in the RO in 1914. She had had some trivial
dispute with a deacon and never darkened the chapel doors again! This
was Grama not Gran.
My parents didn't marry in an RO but they did use a chapel in another
town. They were both terminally shy and didn't want a fuss.
Another reason might be that one of the pair was of a different
church/chapel and the RO was an acceptable neutral ground.
Isabel
In message <bsEHdLAzQw90EwBH(a)windyridge1.demon.co.uk>, Catherine Davies-
Shiel <Gunya(a)windyridge1.demon.co.uk> writes
>Hi All
>
>I have a marriage Certificate dated 1882 and the marriage service took
>place at the Registry in Cardiff
>
>Question
>
>When did Registry Offices take on the Marriage Service?
>
>Also, if this was rare, what would be the most likely reason for a
>marriage to be held there, when all the children were baptised at St
>Johns, Cardiff.
>
>I have a feeling that I should be looking somewhere, but a pointer may
>be very helpful.
>
>Thanks
>
>Cath
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Catherine Davies-Shiel