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Title: 19 April 1742
Post by: kath davis on Monday 01 July 24 15:11 BST (UK)
Eden Bairstow married Timothy Ambler at St Johns the Baptist Church, Halifax in 1742.  It was 19th April and 8 couples were married on the same day. There had been only 4 marriages in the first 18 days of the month. It was a Thursday - I wonder what was so special about this day? Easter day was on the 25 March according to dr-mikes-math-games-for-kids.com, so not that.

Any thoughts - not important, just curious
Title: Re: 19 April 1742
Post by: Ashtone on Monday 01 July 24 15:14 BST (UK)
Were any of the grooms military men? I've seen some parish marriage registers with quite a few soldiers marrying on the same day.
Title: Re: 19 April 1742
Post by: BumbleB on Monday 01 July 24 15:35 BST (UK)
I don't think it had anything to do with the military.  Two = Weaver, two = Labourer and Four = Comber.
Title: Re: 19 April 1742
Post by: Kiltpin on Monday 01 July 24 15:56 BST (UK)
Is it possibly a Trade thing - the one day in the year that they got off work? 

Regards 

Chas
Title: Re: 19 April 1742
Post by: kath davis on Monday 01 July 24 16:31 BST (UK)
Thank you all.  Ashtone, good thinking, BumbleB beat me to it, and saved me checking  - all likely to be in the textile trade. Chas another good thought, but they, especially the weavers, were likely to be self-employed so days off would be rare.  I shall be looking at marriage registers a bit more closely in future, this can hardly be a one-off.
Kath
Title: Re: 19 April 1742
Post by: Andy J2022 on Monday 01 July 24 21:14 BST (UK)
Probably nothing to do with your question but in 1742 Britain was still using the Julian calendar and the year officially started on 25th March, a practice which ended in 1751, and the following year the country adopted the Gregorian calendar.
Title: Re: 19 April 1742
Post by: goldie61 on Monday 01 July 24 23:11 BST (UK)
According to this site, the 19th April 1742 was a Monday.

https://www.timeanddate.com/calendar/?year=1742&country


And according to this site, Easter Sunday was 18th April in 1742.

https://www.genuki.org.uk/big/easter.

So they would have got married on Easter Monday - I would  surmise one of the few holidays they had, and a popular time to get married.
Title: Re: 19 April 1742
Post by: jimbo50 on Tuesday 02 July 24 03:28 BST (UK)
Brill. it would have been Easter Monday - Fair day.  Dancing booths, Amusements, a ready made celebration for all. That makes sense.
Title: Re: 19 April 1742
Post by: kath davis on Tuesday 02 July 24 08:53 BST (UK)
Many thanks to you all.  Easter Monday was the day I expected it to be but couldn't find any proof - just didn't look at enough websites.

Kath
Title: Re: 19 April 1742
Post by: martin hooper on Tuesday 02 July 24 10:50 BST (UK)
You can always figure out when Easter is from almanacs. It's the Sunday following the first full moon after the vernal equinox.   ;D

Martin
Title: Re: 19 April 1742
Post by: kath davis on Tuesday 02 July 24 11:31 BST (UK)
Martin thank you - in the end I turned to a hard copy of Whittaker's Almanac to get the date provided by Goodies61.
Kath
Title: Re: 19 April 1742
Post by: martin hooper on Tuesday 02 July 24 11:46 BST (UK)
I've been boring my family for years with that little nugget.

Martin
Title: Re: 19 April 1742
Post by: Top-of-the-hill on Tuesday 02 July 24 18:16 BST (UK)
  I remember my mother chanting - "the first Sunday after the first full moon after 21st March", which is the same thing said slightly differently!
Title: Re: 19 April 1742
Post by: Familysearch on Tuesday 02 July 24 18:58 BST (UK)
My parents were married in that church!
Title: Re: 19 April 1742
Post by: Top-of-the-hill on Tuesday 02 July 24 20:31 BST (UK)
  And 19th April is my daughter's birthday. :D