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From: John Dods <>
Subject: Re: [SCT-ISLAY] Forms of Marriage and illegitimacy under Scots Law
Date: Fri, 13 Jan 2006 12:44:17 +1300 (NZDT)
In-Reply-To: <001301c61739$9cc70060$1c4565da@SHAWFAMILYCOMP>
G'day John,
RC marriages, as well as the Free Kirk & Episcopalian (hope I spelt that right) of my kin and registary office marriages would be covered under 2.
Although the law might of changed slightly in 1855, I understand #3 was dropped in 1940.
cheers
John
in calm but overcast Wellington.
John Shaw <> wrote:
Hi John,
can I complicate matters?
Just discovered some of my wife's ancestors were Roman Catholic.
I have a copy - from Scotlandspeople - of the wedding certificate showing
they were married in the Buckie Catholic chapel b4 the "Catholic Clergyman"
"after banns and solemnizing between us according to the form of the
Catholic Church" Looks just like a C of S or registry wedding and the
certificate was issued by the Registrar at Banff County.
I suppose they are married anyway in terms of your examples 2 and 3 ??
Any thoughts?
John Shaw - from rainy Auckland ;-)
----- Original Message -----
From: "John Dods"
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Subject: [SCT-ISLAY] Forms of Marriage and illegitimacy under Scots Law
<snip>
> Now to marriage.
> The English had very tight marriage laws, Hardwicke's Marriage Act (1754)
> required people to marry in the Extablished Church ( Church of England),
> this relaxed with time, however the situation was very different North of
> the border.
> In Scotland there were 3 types of legal marriage.
> 1. Marriage by a minister of the Established Church (Church Of Scotland).
> 2. Marriage by declaration in front of witness.
> 3. Marriage by cohabitation and repute, what we call common law marriage,
> was a legal form of marriage in Scotland.
>
> Sorry if you all already know all this, but I'd thought I share for the
> sake of the newer researchers.
>
> Cheers
> John Dods
> Wellington, New Zealand.
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