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19 April 1742
« 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.

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Re: 19 April 1742
« Reply #1 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.

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Re: 19 April 1742
« Reply #2 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.
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Re: 19 April 1742
« Reply #3 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? 

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Re: 19 April 1742
« Reply #4 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.
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Re: 19 April 1742
« Reply #5 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.

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Re: 19 April 1742
« Reply #6 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.
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Re: 19 April 1742
« Reply #7 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.

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Re: 19 April 1742
« Reply #8 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.

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Dobson - Bucks/Essex
Longfield - Yorkshire/Newcastle
Franklin - Lincs/Yorks border
Exelby - Yorkshire
Chapman - Cambridgeshire
Aitken - Fife/Lincolnshire
Harrison - Yorkshire
Palfreman - Yorkshire
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