Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-08-01

The largest number of stIll-births.
G7. was returned in March and April:
the smallest number was 80 in Novcrl.
Der.
The marriagc-rate was highest in OK
ford county than elsewhere in the
State. it being for that county q. 40 per
1000. The lowest marriage-rate. that of
1912 per 1000. was In Lincoln county.
| OF the G.163 records Of marriage in
which there was statement of BIRTH
place, in 73 per cent. the groom and
bride were both American: in II per
cent. both were of foreign birth; in 8
per cent. the groom was American and
the bride of foreign birth; while in 8
per cent. a foreign groom and Amer
| lean bride were united.
| The largest number Of marriages. S13,
was solemniZed in June, while the
smallest number in any one month. 3a7.
occurred in March.
| The largest number, both of grooms
and brides. was between 20 and25 years
of age. While still under IS years of
age. IA brides were married; in the age
| period 15-20 years there were 212
| gIooms and 1910 brides; in the period
1925 years. 2.249 men and 2,337 women
were married: from $3.50 years. LII
men and 1.04, women; from 3O-35, 753
men and 461 women; from 35-4O, 410
men and 260 women: from 4O-41, 291
men ard $50 women; from 45-50. III
| mcn and 1903 women: from 5O-55, 113
| men and - women; from $500, Il men
| ana 81 women: from 1910, lis men and
so women: from 1880, q men and 6
women; over so. > men. The age of G
SroOms and 10 brides was not stated.
In 5.2.S marriages, the groom was
older than the bride; while in 972, the
bride was the elder: S34 widOwcrs and
5S7 widows We're remarked: 3O1 men and
331 women were remarked after having
been divorced from a former marriage.
The report shows that 5,055 men and
3,263 women were married the first time;
that 1909 men and S45 women were
married the second time; that 1Ol men
and IS women were united in the third
marriage: that II men and women
contracted marriage Il fourth time: and
= men We're married Il fifth time. and 1
man. Il sixth time. The oldest groom
was 81 years of age, and the oldest
bride was a. In two marriages the
bride was but IS years Of age, and III
eight. but IA.
The number of divorces which We're
decrced during the year 1908 was 9f6,
being one divorce for every &C mar
riages solemnized.
Some of the causes for which diyor-
ces were granted are:
Adultery, 1913, or 1919 pnr cent. of the
whole number; extreme cruelty. Q. or
l per cent; desertion. $50, or 26.4 per
cent; intOXicatiOn, 1875. or 1872 per
cent: cruel and abusive treatment.
sol, or Alb per cent: failure to sup
port. -, or % per cent. The other
divorces were granted for multiple or
associated causes.
The wife was the libcllant in 6S4
DIVORCES. and the husband in 262.
In the divorces granted for adultery
the husband was the libellant 81 times,
and the wife 46 times.
On account of extreme cruelty, the
wife WAS the libellant in S cases. and
the husband in only one case.
For desertion, the husband was the
libcllant i'll times. ana the wife. 1856.
For ntoXication, the husband was
the libcllant in 6 cases, and the wife in
1l3.
For cruel and abusive treatment. the
husband was tho lbclant in 81 in
stances. and the wife in 80.
For failure TO support. the wife was
the libcllant in the "a divorces decrced
for that cause.
Five divorces were granted before
the marriage life had lasted six months;
j. before I years marriage: %, after
from ! to ) years marriage; 251 after
to 10 years; 2s6 after 10 to 70 years;
1ol after 20 to 30 years: % after more
than 50 years of married life: while in
4 cases it was not stated how many
years they had been married.
The death rate in Piscataquis county
was lower than that of any other
county. being only 1899. The counties
Androscoggin, ArOostook. Franklin.
Hancock, Piscataquis. Waldo. and
Washington had lower death-ratcs
than that of the whole state: while The
counties Cumberland, Kennebec, Knox,
Lincoln. Oxford, Pcnobscot, SaEadhoc,
Somerset. and York had death-rates
larger than that Of the State. The
highest county death-:atc was that Of
kcnncbcc 1S.41
Tho largest number of deaths which
occurred during any month of the year
was in January. which was zoos. and
the smallest number, 7sC, was in June.
During the spring months 2915 deaths |
occurred; during the summer months. |
ao52; during the autumn. 1858 and dur |
ing the winter, 1869. OF the 1909 de- |
ccdents, $500 were males and 5.37S were |
females. The sex Of two was I'M
stated. |
Among children dying before they |
were s years old 1.13l were males and !
92l we're females; there were 211 more |
deaths among boys Indc" 5 years OF |
age than among girls within the same |
%Sc-pcriOd. On the contrary, at the |
age periods from 10 to so years there |
was prepOnderance of deaths among /
females, while there were more deaths |
among males at the ages from so to 80. |
At the age of 100 years and over, per-
sons died. women and 3 men.
The following shows the number of |
deaths which occurred within each age
period and the relation which the per- |
centage in each period hears to the |
whole number of deaths: