Lucy Steele
Just a quick post today had a busy day - not unfortunately with family history. Thursday is usually my day but I had other things to do today. Isn't it frustrating when you want to get on with something and you have to have patience - not one of my virtues I' m afraid.
Welcome to C. And thank you for the following information
Lucy Steele born 1908
most likely parents James Steele and Lucy Young
Lucy Steele married Hervey Bourne in 1928
She died in 1989.
Her grave is in Golborne churchyard.
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Trawling through census returns I have often wondered at the number of marriages where the wife is older than the husband. Also I have wondered if the stigma of having a child out of wedlock was so great how come so many of them went on to get married. I came across this article which perhaps explains it :
"Historians are still arguing about whether, or when, most couples 'fell in love', in the sense that we understand it, but what is clear is that there were several considerations in choosing a spouse and in the timing of marriage. One was the property - dowry, land, tools, a few pieces of linen or household equipment - which the partners had gradually managed to assemble. A second was the agricultural, industrial and domestic skills they had gradually learned. A third was the likely fertility of the wife (she should be fertile - but not too fertile). The results were that marriage had to be delayed so that the property and skills could be assembled - the average age was around 28 for men and 26 for women in the sixteenth to eighteenth centuries; though many had to wait much longer. Older wives were often popular: they had more skills and property, and were likely to produce fewer children. If a spouse died, remarriage could be very rapid (a few weeks in some areas) - the household economy could not long survive without two adults at its head. In spite of continual opposition from the Church, premartital sex continued - there were important advantages in knowing that your intended spouse could have children." Anderson
Welcome to C. And thank you for the following information
Lucy Steele born 1908
most likely parents James Steele and Lucy Young
Lucy Steele married Hervey Bourne in 1928
She died in 1989.
Her grave is in Golborne churchyard.
***********************************************************
Trawling through census returns I have often wondered at the number of marriages where the wife is older than the husband. Also I have wondered if the stigma of having a child out of wedlock was so great how come so many of them went on to get married. I came across this article which perhaps explains it :
"Historians are still arguing about whether, or when, most couples 'fell in love', in the sense that we understand it, but what is clear is that there were several considerations in choosing a spouse and in the timing of marriage. One was the property - dowry, land, tools, a few pieces of linen or household equipment - which the partners had gradually managed to assemble. A second was the agricultural, industrial and domestic skills they had gradually learned. A third was the likely fertility of the wife (she should be fertile - but not too fertile). The results were that marriage had to be delayed so that the property and skills could be assembled - the average age was around 28 for men and 26 for women in the sixteenth to eighteenth centuries; though many had to wait much longer. Older wives were often popular: they had more skills and property, and were likely to produce fewer children. If a spouse died, remarriage could be very rapid (a few weeks in some areas) - the household economy could not long survive without two adults at its head. In spite of continual opposition from the Church, premartital sex continued - there were important advantages in knowing that your intended spouse could have children." Anderson
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