CAMPBELL-L Archives

Archiver > CAMPBELL > 2004-05 > 1083918594


From: "Diarmid Campbell" <>
Subject: Re: [CAMPBELL] Marriages before 1855
Date: Fri, 7 May 2004 09:29:54 +0100
References: <1a3.23e8752d.2dcc30bd@aol.com>


Cornelia,

You are absolutely right. It was to be sure that neither were already
married.

Diarmid

----- Original Message -----
From: <>
To: <>
Sent: Friday, May 07, 2004 1:22 AM
Subject: Re: [CAMPBELL] Marriages before 1855


> Diarmid,
>
> Would posting the Banns in the churches of both the bride and the groom
> account for the reason that a marriage was recorded in two churches of the
same
> couple in two different towns?
>
> Duncan Campbell, b. about 1728 married Christian Stewart, daughter of John
> Stewart, deceased. There are two records of marriage for Duncan and
Christian,
> both on the same day, in Edinburgh, on 2 Sept. 1770, and also in
Inverness,
> on 2 Sept. 1770.
>
> Cornelia Holmes
> North Carolina, USA
>
>
> > What you need to look at are the OPR or Old Parish Registers for
pre-1855
> > marriages. They were registered by the church ministers and so were a
bit
> > of an on again off again affair. Some registers were lost etc.
Marriages
> > took place in private homes for members of the Church of Scotland
> > (Presbyterian) and not in churches, but the Banns had to be announced
from
> > the pulpit in the church for (I think) at least two Sundays before the
> > event. They were "If anyone knows of any reason why this marriage
should
> > not take place (etc. or forever hold thie peace." I think that the
banns
> > were recorded (or supposed to be). Some handfast marriages were later
> > recognized as factual if witnesses swore to them in Scotland. There
were
> > also trial marriages so the children were allowed to be legitimated
after
> > the birth if the parents then got married.
> >
> >
>
>
>
> ==============================
> Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration
> Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more.
> http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237
>

This thread: