Would marriages usually take place in the bride's birthplace?

[rdkmt]

I'm thinking about an 18th century marriage in this case. I vaguely remember reading that somewhere but I can't find the reference. I ask because I have several possible candidates for the wife as it's a common name, and I'm trying to narrow it down, although it would still have to be a guess I suppose.

[whiteout7]

In my tree some of the women were sometimes moved from their birthplace, as the father looked for work, so it depends on how stable the family were.

[jaybelnz]

Most of my Scottish ancestors were married at the home of the bride's parents, or a sister in one case, with their minister, except for just 2.  Even both sets of my grandparents who married in Glasgow in the early 1900s. 

One of my grandmothers was widowed at a young age, early 1910's  her second marriage (to my grandfather) was at the same address where she had lived with her first husband. The same minister.

Jeanne

[rdkmt]

Thanks. Maybe they said residence rather than birthplace, I can't remember. That would be more likely I guess!

[barryd]

The answer would be that normally the woman gets married at the parish of her parents' residence. Its easy for him to jump onto his horse and get to the wedding or in Victorian times take the train but in those days not so easy for the woman who has to be accompanied.

[Rena]

Yes, mainly in the bride's family parish church.  In the 18th century the vicar would regularly send a copy of his parish records to the diocese and these are known as "Bishops Transcripts".   If the new couple lived in a different parish, you'll often find that their first child was born in the bride's family home parish so that her mother could assist in the birth - later children born in the couple's parish.

I have one 18th century ancestor who vanished after her baptism but then appeared (only once) again in her family's home parish on the occasion of the baptism of her first child.  The explanation was that her family worked on a large estate in Yorkshire and she'd been sent to London to work in the lord of the manor's London home where she'd found and married a husband in London.

Good luck.

[Marmalady]

Marriages were most likely to happen in the bride's parish -- but they could happen anywhere either the bride or groom had a connection
A person only had to be resident for 3 weeks prior to the wedding to be listed as "of this parish" in the marriage register
This did lead to some couples having an "accommodation" address (pretending to live in the parish) to avoid the cost of having banns read in multiple parishes

[barryd]

This did lead to some couples having THE SAME "accommodation" address. I am not sure what to read into that.

[iolaus]

One of my ancestors married a few days after the census date in 1851 - she's at the same address as a 'visitor' - never really thought of it being a work around for the banns