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opinions please
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Tmwg | Report | 18 Jun 2005 23:04 |
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on a 1901 marriage certificate 'who' signs the bit where it says 'in the presence of' is it family members or friends or both? I'm sure i have 1 family member who I cant place, but another whose name is unreadable! |
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Heather | Report | 18 Jun 2005 23:06 |
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Can be anyone. Usually though it is family or friends. |
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Merry | Report | 18 Jun 2005 23:08 |
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The witness to a marriage can be anyone! They don't even have to know the bride and groom. They are only witnessing that the vows have been taken by the couple and that it is the same couple who have signed the register, and that is all. My friend was asked on the street to go into the reg office to wittness a marriage - she was pleased as she had just come out of the hairdressers and was asked to be in the photos afterwards lol Sarah |
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Merry | Report | 18 Jun 2005 23:10 |
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On my own family history certificates I have been surprised at how often the witnesses were not family. Maybe because a marriage was not seen as quite such a celebration as it is now, so more of a private occassion - family were too busy to attend?? Sarah |
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Tmwg | Report | 18 Jun 2005 23:12 |
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thanks guys, that clarify's it, I know these days it can be any tom dick or harriet, just wondered if it was the same back then! |
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Kate | Report | 18 Jun 2005 23:30 |
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My great-grandparents got married in 1899 and their witnesses were definitely not any kind of relative. Kate. |
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