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Offline walterc

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Cousins marrying in 1859
« on: Thursday 27 June 13 21:08 BST (UK) »
Could someone decipher, and perhaps explain, the entry on this marriage certificate from 1859 after "Spinster"?

I'm sure that the couple were cousins.

Many thanks

WalterC

Hounam ~ Dumfriesshire; Pettigrew, Scott ~ Hawick; Tweedie ~ Hawick and Moffat;

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Re: Cousins marrying in 1859
« Reply #1 on: Thursday 27 June 13 21:15 BST (UK) »
Hi  :)

Written after Spinster is 'cousins german' which would fit with what you think/expect.

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Re: Cousins marrying in 1859
« Reply #2 on: Thursday 27 June 13 21:59 BST (UK) »
Many thanks.  I had never seen that phrase before.

Walter
Hounam ~ Dumfriesshire; Pettigrew, Scott ~ Hawick; Tweedie ~ Hawick and Moffat;

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Re: Cousins marrying in 1859
« Reply #3 on: Thursday 27 June 13 22:15 BST (UK) »
It means first cousins.
Ayr: Barnes, Wylie
Caithness: MacGregor
Essex: Eldred (Pebmarsh)
Gloucs: Timbrell (Winchcomb)
Hants: Stares (Wickham)
Lincs: Maw, Jackson (Epworth, Belton)
London: Pierce
Suffolk: Markham (Framlingham)
Surrey: Gosling (Richmond)
Wilts: Matthews, Tarrant (Calne, Preshute)
Worcs: Milward (Redditch)
Yorks: Beaumont, Crook, Moore, Styring (Huddersfield); Middleton (Church Fenton); Exley, Gelder (High Hoyland); Barnes, Birchinall (Sheffield); Kenyon, Wood (Cumberworth/Denby Dale)

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Re: Cousins marrying in 1859
« Reply #4 on: Friday 28 June 13 15:03 BST (UK) »
Apparently comes from the word 'germane' meaning closely related or relevant, pertinent. We don't use it in the sense of being related to someone anymore, but rather it means related to a subject. An example I saw was 'keep your comments germane to the issue'

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Re: Cousins marrying in 1859
« Reply #5 on: Saturday 29 June 13 23:12 BST (UK) »
Both 'german' and 'germane' being derived from the Latin word 'germanus' which means 'having the same mother and father.

It occurs in various forms in several modern and archaic languages descended from Latin, most obviously in Spanish as 'hermano' and 'hermana' meaning 'brother' and 'sister'.
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