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Why is there a 'Warrant of Sherriff Substitute'
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Carol | Report | 30 Oct 2006 11:40 |
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thanks, Just Woody Thats great. I think there was a child born before they got married. All the best Carol |
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Woody's | Report | 30 Oct 2006 11:02 |
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Hope this helps - irregular marriages were legal in Scotland until 01/07/1940, and could be registered by using a jp or sheriff's warrant. These show up on marriage certificates \\\'by declaration\\\' or \\\'by warrant of sheriff substitute\\\'. children became automatically legitimate on their parents marriage (provided the parents were free to marry at the time of the birth) |
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Carol | Report | 29 Oct 2006 15:51 |
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Hi Just..... The marraige certificate hasn't got any minister's name on it at all. The certificate has another wedding on it. and where it states the ministers name, my ancestors certif.. only has the stamp as above on it and the date was written by hand. All the best. Carol |
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Carol | Report | 28 Oct 2006 17:31 |
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That makes sense. The address wasn't a church right enough. Thanks so much. |
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Woody's | Report | 28 Oct 2006 14:47 |
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Hi Carol, This is a marriage that did not take place in Church or at least under the rules of the Church. For a marriage to be legal the banns had to be called in the parish/es for at least 2 Sundays before the actual marriage took place. The actual marriage often took place in the home rather than a Church. I have one where they were married by Warrant and no banns were called. It was a 'shotgun' wedding and legend is her father insisted on the quickie marriage and then sent the groom to Saudi for 2 years. The new bride turned the tables on her dad and insisted she was going as well! |
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Unknown | Report | 28 Oct 2006 13:42 |
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Carol, not sure as I have quite a few marriages but never come across this. Perhaps it just means as no witnesses are present the official stamp covered it. Go into the help pages of Scotlands People, even as unpaid you can do that, lots of very knowledgable helpful people in ther on Scotland XX Good luck....either that or if you are up here try nipping in to a local Registrar see if they can help |
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Carol | Report | 28 Oct 2006 13:39 |
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Why does this appear on the a marriage certificate in the place where the witnesses are supposed to sign? |
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