Hi David I was doing research for my friend, and all her ancestors were Catholics and got married in a Catholic church, all except for one man. He married a widow in later life, (don't think she was a Catholic) and married in a register office in the north east. From memory it was approx late 1800's or very early 1900's. We found that a bit odd too. Jan ----- Original Message ----- From: David Allan To: Rootsweb - Durham & Northumberland Sent: Friday, March 16, 2007 6:05 PM Subject: [DUR-NBL] A question about register office weddings... Does anyone know how common register office weddings would have been around 1919?

Marrying a non-catholic in a registery office would have been quite normal at this date, even today a special dispensation is sometimes required to marry a non-catholic in a catholic church. Certainly, divorcee's are not usually allowed to marry in a Catholic church but as she was a widow this aspect shouldn't have been a problem. Ellen >From: "markandjanboyes" <markandjanboyes@ntlworld.com> >To: "David Allan" <davidm.allan@ntlworld.com>, "Rootsweb - Durham & >Northumberland" <DUR-NBL-L@rootsweb.com> >Subject: Re: [DUR-NBL] A question about register office weddings... >Date: Fri, 16 Mar 2007 18:57:34 -0000 > >Hi David >I was doing research for my friend, and all her ancestors were Catholics >and got married in a Catholic church, all except for one man. He married a >widow in later life, (don't think she was a Catholic) and married in a >register office in the north east. From memory it was approx late 1800's >or very early 1900's. >We found that a bit odd too. > >Jan > > > >----- Original Message ----- > From: David Allan > To: Rootsweb - Durham & Northumberland > Sent: Friday, March 16, 2007 6:05 PM > Subject: [DUR-NBL] A question about register office weddings... > > > Does anyone know how common register office weddings would have been >around > 1919? > ==== DUR-NBL Mailing List ==== >To Post a message to this list send it to, >DUR-NBL-L@rootsweb.com > >==== DUR-NBL Mailing List ==== >List Web Page >http://www.communigate.co.uk/ne/durhamgenealogy/index.phtml > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >DUR-NBL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes >in the subject and the body of the message _________________________________________________________________ Match.com - Click Here To Find Singles In Your Area Today! http://msnuk.match.com/

Yes, I thought so too - but just recently Here in Victoria Australia, my daughter a non Catholic married a Catholic in a Catholic church with a very nice service though not the Nuptial Mass, and My non-Catholic ex-husband married in a Catholic church in Europe to a Catholic woman twice previously married but both previous husbands deceased. I am learning things in the past were not as cut and dried as I had always thought, either! Dawn -----Original Message----- From: dur-nbl-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:dur-nbl-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Ellen Hughes Sent: Saturday, 17 March 2007 10:57 PM To: markandjanboyes@ntlworld.com; davidm.allan@ntlworld.com; DUR-NBL-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [DUR-NBL] A question about register office weddings... Marrying a non-catholic in a registery office would have been quite normal at this date, even today a special dispensation is sometimes required to marry a non-catholic in a catholic church. Certainly, divorcee's are not usually allowed to marry in a Catholic church but as she was a widow this aspect shouldn't have been a problem. Ellen >From: "markandjanboyes" <markandjanboyes@ntlworld.com> >To: "David Allan" <davidm.allan@ntlworld.com>, "Rootsweb - Durham & >Northumberland" <DUR-NBL-L@rootsweb.com> >Subject: Re: [DUR-NBL] A question about register office weddings... >Date: Fri, 16 Mar 2007 18:57:34 -0000 > >Hi David >I was doing research for my friend, and all her ancestors were Catholics >and got married in a Catholic church, all except for one man. He married a >widow in later life, (don't think she was a Catholic) and married in a >register office in the north east. From memory it was approx late 1800's >or very early 1900's. >We found that a bit odd too. > >Jan > > > >----- Original Message ----- > From: David Allan > To: Rootsweb - Durham & Northumberland > Sent: Friday, March 16, 2007 6:05 PM > Subject: [DUR-NBL] A question about register office weddings... > > > Does anyone know how common register office weddings would have been >around > 1919? > ==== DUR-NBL Mailing List ==== >To Post a message to this list send it to, >DUR-NBL-L@rootsweb.com > >==== DUR-NBL Mailing List ==== >List Web Page >http://www.communigate.co.uk/ne/durhamgenealogy/index.phtml > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >DUR-NBL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes >in the subject and the body of the message _________________________________________________________________ Match.com - Click Here To Find Singles In Your Area Today! http://msnuk.match.com/ ==== DUR-NBL Mailing List ==== To Post a message to this list send it to, DUR-NBL-L@rootsweb.com ==== DUR-NBL Mailing List ==== List Web Page http://www.communigate.co.uk/ne/durhamgenealogy/index.phtml ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to DUR-NBL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.446 / Virus Database: 268.18.12/724 - Release Date: 16/03/2007 12:12 PM