Where I lived for a while in Africa it was quite common for the couple to marry AFTER the first child was born, thereby proving that the woman was fertile. If the couple married before having children, and then the wife did not produce a child, divorce was considered entirely appropriate. If the couple wanted to stay together a relative would often give them a child. Kind regards Margaret Sent from my iPad > On 4 Jun 2017, at 17:30, Nivard Ovington via DERBYSGEN <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi again Celia > > At no point did I say that try before you buy didn't happen, on the contrary its well known to have happened throughout time > > I have the book in question somewhere but see someone else has already checked it > > But I can see I am annoying you so will leave you in peace ;-) > > Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) > >> On 04-Jun-17 2:13 PM, Celia Renshaw via DERBYSGEN wrote: >> All true Nivard, but that's why I pointed out the article I linked >> described marriage/betrothal customs MORE BROADLY, ie. outside Scotland as >> well! >> And I also said the Marriage Law for Genealogists book probably gives the >> definitive answer. I was hoping there was a lister who owns that book who >> might take a look for us. > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

And the relevance to Derbyshire is? From: Margaret ELLIOTT via DERBYSGEN <[email protected]> To: Derbyshire genealogy <[email protected]> Cc: Margaret ELLIOTT <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, 4 June 2017, 16:41 Subject: Re: [DBY] Baptisms where father isn't named Where I lived for a while in Africa it was quite common for the couple to marry AFTER the first child was born, thereby proving that the woman was fertile.  If the couple married before having  children, and then the wife did not produce a child, divorce was considered entirely appropriate.  If the couple wanted to stay together a relative would often give them a child. Kind regards Margaret Sent from my iPad > On 4 Jun 2017, at 17:30, Nivard Ovington via DERBYSGEN <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi again Celia > > At no point did I say that try before you buy didn't happen, on the contrary its well known to have happened throughout time > > I have the book in question somewhere but see someone else has already checked it > > But I can see I am annoying you so will leave you in peace ;-) > > Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) > >> On 04-Jun-17 2:13 PM, Celia Renshaw via DERBYSGEN wrote: >> All true Nivard, but that's why I pointed out the article I linked >> described marriage/betrothal customs MORE BROADLY, ie. outside Scotland as >> well! >> And I also said the Marriage Law for Genealogists book probably gives the >> definitive answer. I was hoping there was a lister who owns that book who >> might take a look for us. > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message