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I have a question on Mariage Licences
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Glenda | Report | 30 Aug 2009 22:53 |
I think I have found an application for a marriage licence by my Great Great Grandfather, Heapplied in Hythe, Kent in 1833. His bride to be was only 16 and her father's name is also on the application notice. However I can find no record of the marriage - is this unusual. I have searched. |
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Kate | Report | 30 Aug 2009 23:00 |
Haven't come across that situation myself but I can only think that perhaps - although he applied for a marriage licence - he didn't actually get one. (Perhaps because the bride was under 21 - maybe they couldn't do it by banns for that reason?) Perhaps no licence was granted and so the marriage couldn't take place |
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Gwyn in Kent | Report | 30 Aug 2009 23:25 |
Was the bride from Hythe, ...maybe they married in her parish. |
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Madmeg | Report | 31 Aug 2009 23:39 |
It is also possible that they applied for a licence but didn't actually marry. Same can happen with banns - they are called, but the couple don't marry, or at least not till much later. |