Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1871-02-13

the brides were but 10, ele, en- II, thirty.seven
10, tbirty-three 10, forty-cight 20, ftyfour were
81, fiftythree %, ffty-fve %, forty-one "A, and
thirty-three were IS; making 1919 under 81, and
277 under 25. There were 877 brides between
90 and 80, 5s between 30 and 40, 16 between 40
and so, 8 between so and 80, and 2 between 90
and 10.
Of the groOms, the two youngest were 49,
seven were 20, forty-.hree were 81, forty were
%, fify-two were 23, ifty-three were "a, and
iorty.two were 25; making nine under 81, and
1879 under 25. Between the ages of 20 and 80
there were 800 grooms, 1O6 between 80 and 40,
80 between AZ and 80, II between so and so, two
between so and 20, and one between 70 and so.
In Al cases both parties marrying were of the
same age, and in "a cases the brides were older
than the grooms. In the remaining 442 cases
the grOoms were the oldest.
The oldest couple married was awidower of rs
to a widow of 50; the next oldest were: a
widower of so to a widow of Sc; a widower of 90
to maiden of 66; widowers of 6S and 60 re.
spectively to widows of 81 and 4O;
twice widowed groom of IS to
widow of 80; widowers of So, S. IS, 81, 50,
and so, respectively, to widows of As, 49, 81, 50,
and IS; widowers of IS, 81, so, 81, and So re-
spectiyey, to maidens of 81, 81, 40, SO, and p !;
| it was the third marriage on both sides in one
instance, that of groom of 50 to bride of As;
one groom of "A took for his third wife widow
| of 40; a groom of 80 took for his first wife q
widow of45; grooms of 4S, Al, A, and 81, re-
spectively took for their third wives misses of
%, 20, 3S, and %; and grooms of "a, Al, and So,
respectively, took for their fourth wives misses
of Al, 81, and Is.
| The young st couples were grooms and brides
respectively of 20 and 16, 81 and 16, 81 and IS,
q and 49, q and 20, 10 and 20, q and 10, "a and
| II, % and 10. The youngest widower married
was one of 81 to a widow of IS; the youngest
widow married was one of q to widower of
| 25; groom of % took for his first wife widow
of "a. One widower of AZ married a miss of 20.
| OF the $50 couples, 407 were on both sides ma
tves of the United States; of Ireland 1872, Can
ada IS, England 5, Scotland 3, Germany l., Italy
1 total foreign born 145. In so cases the parties
were Of mixed American and foreign birth, as
| follows: American and Irish Al, Canadian II,
| English I, Scotch 4, Nova Scotan 3, German 8,
Foundland and Prince Edward Isle. In 81 of
the 145 cases where both parties were of foreign
birth, they were from different countries as fol-
lows: Canada and ireland g. England and Ire
land 5, Scotland and ireland 2, Germany and
ireland 2, and one each from England and Scot
land, Germany and Ireland, ireland and Nova
Scotia, Scotland and New Brunswick, Ireland
and Prince Edward Island.
The different clergymen of the city officiated
in marrying the parties as follows: Rev. w. A.
Power SO, Rev. NJ. Richardson AZ, Rev R. b
Stratton 80, Rev. P. T. O'Reilly 90, Rev. II. X.
Pervear 81, Rev. Thos. Griffin %, Rev. J. ].
Power %, Rev. T. L. St. John 20, Rev. r. r.
Shipper 10, Rev. E. Cutler Is, Rev. DR.. Sweet
ser A. Rev. C. N. Smith 70, Rev. P. J. Gavsigaw
10, Rev. David Weston, II, Rev. VIM. Pentecost
| IL, Rev. Dennis Scannell ii, Rev. A. McKeown
9, Rev. Geo. B. Cow s, Rev. j. b. Primeau 7,
Rev. w Il. Huntingdon I, Rev. H. T. Cheever
6, Rev. E. II. Hall 6, Rev. DIR. Hill A.
Rev. G. H. Hanaford 3, Rev. Alanson Wilcox 8,
Rev. j. D. E. Jones 3, Rev. L Saylor 8, Rev. j
o. Peck 3, Rev. VIM. johnson 2, and one each
| by Rev. Geo. Allen, Rev. L. Crowell, Rev. Albert
Tyler, Rev. Samuel Ayres, Rev. James H. Smith
Rev. Carl I. Lekebusch Rev A. P. Marvin, Rev
A. F. Ciampi, Rev. H. James, Rev. S. Kelley
and Rev. D. E. Chaplin. Of those acting in the
capacity of justices Of the peace, Samuel Smith
Esq, city clerk, married II, Assistant Marshal
Washburn 8, and Judge Green, Judge Mellen, ]
Evarts Greene, f. A. Gaskill, H. L. Parker, A
NJ. Parker, w. B. Harding, James S. Rogers
and Thomas Maginnis, one each.
Of the marriages solemnized by clergymeu
from other localities, Rev. J. w. Cross of Yves
Boylston offlclated at 4, and the remainder were
distributed, one each among various other gen
| tlnmnn.