Quaker marriage.

[duckweed]

I suppose in theory that's correct but i know of at least 3 couples in my family that were unable to marry at their place of worship and married at the registars. 

[Berlin-Bob]

To make it easier to find this topic again, I have entered it under 
Quaker Marriages in the
RootsChat Reference Library => Lexicon ^{(click here)}

If you click on the category marriage - on the right - you will find other topics on marriage, including several on roman catholic  and irregular marriages.

You may also find more on non-conformist marriages under Nonconformist

Bob

[stanmapstone]

I suppose in theory that's correct but i know of at least 3 couples in my family that were unable to marry at their place of worship and married at the registars. 

The only reason would be that  for some unknown reason nobody had bothered to register the buildings as a place of public worship for marriages under the act.Perhaps  only recently some Methodists had to marry either in an established church or go to the registration office, would be more correct 

Stan


Stan

[stanmapstone]

The 1898 Marriage Act  enabled non-conformist places of worship, which applied to keep their own registers,  to register marriages in the same way as clergy of the established church, without the attendance of a registrar. This brought them into line with Jewish and Quaker marriages which had had this status since 1837. In such cases an 'Authorised Person' (usually the minister or priest) recorded the ceremony instead of the registrar.

Stan