They would have gotten married on a holiday because their working hours were much longer than today. I helped to put some of the early brides and grooms records online, and quite a few of them were married on Christmas. In the "old country" farmers avoided planting and harvest time. Ghyll Sun, May 20, 2012 at 7:03 PM, gc-gateway@rootsweb.com wrote: > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Author: S_KERR > Surnames: Classification: queries > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.newyork.counties.queens/4395.2/mb.ashx > > Message Board Post: > >> From "Images of America: Jamaica" by Carl Ballenas - "In 1920, The >> Methodists moved due to growth and nosiy competition from the >> elevated train> In 1922, they built their fourth church north of >> Jamaica Avenue on Clinton Ave (now 164th Street)" In 1949 the >> congregation dedicated a new church on Highland Ave and 164th Street. >> There is First Methodists Church still in that area. > > In regard to being married on Christmas - I have found many people > married on Christmas in the pass. > > Important Note: > The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you > would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL > link above and respond on the board. > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NYQUEENS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message