In a message dated 11/12/2004 15:51:15 GMT Standard Time, carol@wakefieldfhs.org.uk writes: Was sent a small family tree this morning from someone asking if I was related to them - yes, I am. But a few if the weddings have been in what look like private dwellings i.e. 10 High Street, Bishopmill, Elgin during 1889. This is the first time I've come across non church weddings prior to the early 1900's Was this a common occurrence ? Yes, it was quite normal for the marriage to take place at the home of the bride. I have several examples of this prior to 1900 and in one case the bride was married at the home of her mother's sister whom she went to live with after her father's death and her mother's remarriage. Her brother and sister went to live with another aunt and I have concluded that when their mother remarried either her new husband, who had three children of his own, did not want to have them or they did not want to go there. There were five further children from the second marriage. My parents were not married in church but in the Tower Hotel in the 1950's - was that similar to a Register Office wedding? Not if it was performed by a clergyman. My Grandfather was a Church of Scotland Minister and when he remarried after my Grandmother's death the marriage took place in the Douglas Hotel, Bath Street, Glasgow and performed by one of his close colleagues. Later in 1928 when my mother married she followed example and was married in the same place by Rev R S Calderwood, Minister of Cambuslang Parish Church in whose Parish she lived. Remember that in Scotland it was the Clergyman and not the place which was registered for marriages. Ian A C Scott

Thanks for the info. I take it that weddings were on the relativly small side Carol Admin Moray Mailing List www.wakefieldfhs.org.uk/morayweb ----- Original Message ----- From: <IACSCOTT@aol.com> To: <MORAY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, December 11, 2004 5:37 PM Subject: Re: [MORAY] Non Church weddings > > In a message dated 11/12/2004 15:51:15 GMT Standard Time, > carol@wakefieldfhs.org.uk writes: > > Was sent a small family tree this morning from someone asking if I was > related to them - yes, I am. > > But a few if the weddings have been in what look like private dwellings > > i.e. 10 High Street, Bishopmill, Elgin during 1889. This is the first > time > I've come across non church weddings prior to the early 1900's > Was this a common occurrence ? > > > > > Yes, it was quite normal for the marriage to take place at the home of > the > bride. I have several examples of this prior to 1900 and in one case the > bride > was married at the home of her mother's sister whom she went to live with > after her father's death and her mother's remarriage. Her brother and > sister > went to live with another aunt and I have concluded that when their > mother > remarried either her new husband, who had three children of his own, did > not want > to have them or they did not want to go there. There were five further > children from the second marriage. > > My parents were not married in church but in the Tower Hotel in the > 1950's - > was that similar to a Register Office wedding? > > Not if it was performed by a clergyman. My Grandfather was a Church of > Scotland Minister and when he remarried after my Grandmother's death the > marriage > took place in the Douglas Hotel, Bath Street, Glasgow and performed by > one of > his close colleagues. Later in 1928 when my mother married she followed > example and was married in the same place by Rev R S Calderwood, Minister > of > Cambuslang Parish Church in whose Parish she lived. Remember that in > Scotland it > was the Clergyman and not the place which was registered for marriages. > > Ian A C Scott > > > ==== MORAY Mailing List ==== > Please do not send virus warnings to this list. If you have concerns > about a virus, contact the list admin at MORAY-D-request@rootsweb.com or > join VIRUS-DISCUSSIONS-L@rootsweb.com subscribe in the subject line. > > ============================== > Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the > last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx > > >