> Hi David > > That's a very interesting piece of research. This indicates people > were married on any day, including Sunday. Saturday stands out > though. Following that, I discovered that I had a variety of wedding > days too. > > On further research I came across this ditty. Not sure how long it > was in vogue??? > > According to the following old rhyme, the middle of the week was the > best day for getting married ; and the last three days were > considered unlucky. > > "Monday for wealth, > Tuesday for health, > Wednesday the best day of all ; > Thursday for crosses, > Friday for losses, > Saturday no luck at all." > > - From Marriage customs of England & Wales - http://www.oldandsold.com/articles25/marriage-customs-33.shtml > > Again David, thanks and all this info goes into the mix. > > Clive > > On 23/09/2008, at 10:29 PM, David Parker wrote: > >> I checked through a family history of my wife's family for the >> period >> before 1900 and found 29 marriages with actual dates. The family was >> located in East Anglia and the men were predominantly employed in >> farming or >> at sea.. This was the break down >> >> Monday 1 >> Tuesday 5 >> Wednesday 2 >> Thursday 2 >> Friday 2 >> Saturday 12 >> Sunday 5 >> >> David >> >> >> >