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