When my now wife and I were planning on marrying in Ohio 1969. My wife had attended a non-denominational church in the country and she said she would like to get married there. We drove out to the church and talked with the minister. He refused to marry us because my wife had been married and divorced, On the way back to town we discussed what our options were. One of those options was a JP. Thanks, Dave In a message dated 2/13/2014 2:14:41 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, mjrice.denver@gmail.com writes: So many things changed as our country developed and churches of many denominations were planted. However, in 1800 - 1840, Miami Valley, Ohio - things were quite different. I'm wanting to specifically explore the cultural norms among DunkardBrethren / German Baptist folks in that time and place, hoping to get clues for further research on my elusive Sherows. Melanie On Thu, Feb 13, 2014 at 10:43 AM, JFlorian <cageycat@gmail.com> wrote: > On Thu, Feb 13, 2014 at 10:03 AM, Shirley Frick <slsf74@emypeople.net> > wrote: > > > > > And then........in the late 20's, 30's and still in the mid 40's many > > couples were married in the bride's home with just family and the > minister. > > They didn't have much money, but to me it seemed better then going > > off to some JOP to be married. > > ======= > Home marriages became a norm in many families, not just in Brethren > families, at least between (at minimum 1900-1940s. On my Washington Co PA > website (freepages+genealogy at rootsweb.com, see > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~florian/ ), "at home" > weddings were extremely common. > > I don't think it was as much an issue of money or not, but instead a bridal > trend, just like brides sometimes wore suits (skirt, blouse, jacket) or at > least changed to a "traveling suit" after the wedding. As well, as more > people owned cars, a 'motor trip honeymoon' through two or more states was > very common. You can look at bridal trend websites to get an idea about > influences on brides, their attire, wedding dress, and wedding location. > JP marriages were not at all uncommon, even in a town full of churches, > across all faiths, or as Shirley indicated, home weddings with their > minister officiating. Google any year+officiated or officiating and you > should find plentiful examples of home weddings. Also, many wedding > notices were less than a paragraph...many only a few paragraphs... in many > small town papers, these were Editor's choices, not subscriber choices. > > All that said, I cannot say that Brethren married more by JP or Minister. > And JP ("the law") would be more prevalent in newer settlements 1800s, but > would depend most on location post-1900 (or just before). As well, young > brides age 13-15 were not uncommon still in 1900-1940s at least in SW PA > where couples just crossed into WVA to marry (at churches or JPs). > > Judy > > ------------------------ > Search the Archives at http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/BRETHREN > ------------------------ > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > BRETHREN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > ------------------------ Search the Archives at http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/BRETHREN ------------------------ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to BRETHREN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message