> I wonder if you might be getting "hung up" (for want of a better > phrase) on the word "marriage" without remembering that a couple marry > by the act of cohabiting. The marriage record says that they married by License. That simply means that a license was issued. The thing to do then, is to look at the film at the N.S. Archives and view the actual marriage slip. Perhaps I will do that on my next trip. We can speculate as to all kinds of possibilities, but lets base them on some facts shall we??