General Chat

I was going to say, perhaps they weren't religious? Or were of different faiths or perhaps were not particularly fervent believers in any particular branch of a faith?

I think somebody mentioned on here once that register office weddings have been an option since certificates began to be issued. I have seen interesting notes on the Lancashire BMD site, though - you can spot possible Catholic marriages because it will say "Register office or Registrar attended" (because I think up until quite late in the 19th century, Catholic church weddings were considered "non conformist" and hence a registrar had to attend).

Maybe Non. Catholic/ Catholic not approved of by Catholic Church, because Non Catholic did not convert to Catholic Faith?

There could be a number of reasons . Perhaps they were not religious.
Perhaps the marriage was not approved of by the family . Maybe a baby was on it's way .
Not much help I know.........I doubt you'll ever find the real reason .

Amanda

I'm trying to find out why a marriage would take place in a registry office instead of a church. I have just recieved a marriage certificate from 1854 of some relatives, but it states that their marriage took place in a register office (In Truro) which i thought rather odd. Can anyone shed any light? Thanks