YOUTHFUL MARRIAGES
Fewer people were married during 1931 in England and Wales than in the previous year. Statistics issued by the Registrar-General show that there were 311,847 marriages in 1931, as against 315,109 in 1930.
The third quarter of the year —from July to September —is still the most popular wedding season. This preference has been constant since the beginning of the century. Most couples in Victorian days were married shortly before Christmas.
Twenty-two youths, who married at 16, the lowest marriageable age, chose girls up to 21 years of age as their wives, but 779 16-year-old brides married men between 16 and 60 years of age. In only three cases were the couples both 16 years old.
The number of decrees nisi made absolute was 3764. This was 201 more than in 1930, and lias only been exceeded once, in 1928.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXX, Issue 21462, 8 April 1933, Page 3 (Supplement)
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142YOUTHFUL MARRIAGES New Zealand Herald, Volume LXX, Issue 21462, 8 April 1933, Page 3 (Supplement)
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