This might also be a question for Allen County Library. It's a subject they could
cover in their newsletter.
----- Original Message -----
From: Nicole La Rue
To: inrandol(a)rootsweb.com
Sent: Tuesday, October 21, 2008 9:06 AM
Subject: Re: [INRANDOL] Newbie with a question on marriage
Exactly! I found a very helpful librarian at the Indiana State Library who is looking
into some things for me, hopefully I'll hear back from her soon. I'm going to ask
around at the Randolph Historical Society also, as was suggested. Between the two I may
be able to get a better picture on what was going on with Randolph Co. marriages at this
time.
Nicole LaRue
--- On Tue, 10/21/08, unicorn1945(a)comcast.net <unicorn1945(a)comcast.net> wrote:
From: unicorn1945(a)comcast.net <unicorn1945(a)comcast.net>
Subject: Re: [INRANDOL] Newbie with a question on marriage
To: nikkisbc(a)yahoo.com, inrandol(a)rootsweb.com
Date: Tuesday, October 21, 2008, 8:50 AM
There is always the chance that she had no one to stand up
for her or was emancipated for some reason. There again,
you'd need to know if she could marry without some sort
of documentation to verify her age.
Shirley
----- Original Message -----
From: Nicole La Rue
To: inrandol(a)rootsweb.com
Sent: Tuesday, October 21, 2008 8:34 AM
Subject: Re: [INRANDOL] Newbie with a question on
marriage
Thanks very much for your response. So the clerk's
office would information on what the marriage laws were at
the time then? What's bothering me about this marriage
certificate is the no witnesses part, no one to stand up for
the bride. From what I can figure from her death record and
from later census schedules, she would have been around
16/17 at the time of the marriage so I would have thought
someone would have stood up for her. That is assuming that
she would have admitted to being underage at the time of her
marriage. But even if she didn't, wouldn't she have
had to find someone who would confirm her age? This missing
piece is just nagging at me for some reason and I'd love
to be able to figure out what the state of affairs was at
the time.
Nicole LaRue
--- On Tue, 10/21/08, Andrea
<andrea.genealogy(a)pceaze.com> wrote:
> From: Andrea <andrea.genealogy(a)pceaze.com>
> Subject: RE: [INRANDOL] Newbie with a question on
marriage
> To: nikkisbc(a)yahoo.com, inrandol(a)rootsweb.com
> Date: Tuesday, October 21, 2008, 12:38 AM
> Yes, this is typical of that time period. The
museum has
> marriage bonds,
> where someone would swear that the bride was of age,
or
> that the couple had
> permission, but I don't think that year is a
part of
> the collection that we
> have. Contact the museum for more information on
how to
> find more out.
>
www.randolphcountyindianahistoricalsociety.org
These were
> filed at the
> clerks office at the Randolph County Courthouse. You
would
> need to inquire
> about the laws governing marriages through the
clerks
> office as well, I
> would think. Andrea
>
> -----Original Message-----
> Subject: [INRANDOL] Newbie with a question on
marriage
>
> 1855 marriage certificate and there were no
witnesses
> present, and no
> parental consent given, wondering if this was
typical of
> the
> Any info would be greatly appreciated. Nikki
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