The Vinita weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1905, 1903-10-08
FACTS ABOUT MARRIAGES.
censaIogist sets Forth Some Ints~-
estinR Observations Bearfns
Upon htatrimoay.

Upon htatrimoay.
"rhe marriages OF family arc q
good guide 20 go by in determining it's
characteristics. said woman. whose
business II Is 70 hunt up pedigrees. ac-
cording 10 the Chicago Inter Ocean. Il
should warn any girl who has many
old maid aunts and bachelor uncles not
TO daily with her first proposal II she
would not be an old maid herself. Like
wise. believe that girls chances
sor remarrlage. If widowed early. can
be Judged pretty accurately from the
annals Of her family In this respect.
Just aa certain sort OF eyebrow Or
cheek or chin formation is to be traced
throughout an entire family 80 the at.
itude OF the family toward marriage
seems 10 be handed down.
when In the course Of my work
am in doubt about the Identity pf fam
lily am guided good deal by the char
acter OF the marriages set down For
these illustrate the dominant family
traits which govern as much in love
matters as in other concerns OF life.
I'm some families early marriages
predominate. The men invariably
marry before they are rs. and the wom-
en- at a corerspondingly early age.
Again, late marriages will be the rule
with members Of either sex.
Some family trees show few second
marriages. and rarely third marriage.
no matter how soon the married state
came to an end other records are re-
plete with second and third and even
fourth marriages on the part OF widows
and widowers.
"often Il occurs that IN families OF
nine or more brothers and sisters, only
two or three have married. and the de-
scendants Of those two or three dis
played similar proneness TO bachelor
hood and spinsterhood.
"our family are not great on uer-
rying.' a girl. one Of four single sisters,
remarked TO me lately regarding the
family likenesaes she was showing all
grouped together on one wall panel.
And could not bun feel that that
array Of contented-looking single en-
titles among her kinspeople must ex-
ert some influence on her own matri-
monial prospects.
Some families display marked
tendency 20 marry their kinsfoih oT
the connections or relations Of their
kinsfolk. Othera again seem by COM
mon impulse TO have gone as far from
home quarters as possible in search OF
mates.
In records that go back only a few
generations. there are instances OF
men who have taken three sisters sue
eesslvely 10 wife. and Of women mar
rying their brothers in law and cousins
in law. or their stepfathers, tho same
tendency 20 race afiliaition cropping
out again and again IN the line. In
other families living In the same
neighborhood and environment not &
single instance Of marriage with reia.
tons or relations IN law occurs
zone comes upon families IN which
an unmarried member Of either sex Il
great rarity and families in which
marriage seems 70 have come easily
and az a foregone conclusion. and In
which none Of the widows or widowers
stayed single for any length q time
''In studying out relationships in
quantity old-fashioned communities
one runs upon families that seemed
bound 20 marry AZ cross purposes. as
Il were. both az 10 age and standing
Of the mates chosen A wtdower takes
for third wife hts sons stapdaughter,
or widow marries the son Of the man
whom her daughter married Just "a
there are family records IN which q
marriage az a very advanced age or
with a partner Of lower rank socially
never occurs.
II thing fortune tellera could add 10
the effectiveness Of their prophecies
IN love matters If they could have tho
advantage Of scanning the family an
mails of the applicants
There 10 no phase OF genealogical
research so fascinating "a noting the
record implied by The marriage on a
family tree But the geneaioglst Of the
future win have more complicated
work in trading out lines and traits
than exists nov on account OF the az