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From: Eva Mitchell <>
Subject: Re: [ABERDEEN] "More Solito"
Date: Sat, 15 Mar 2008 13:14:18 -0700
References: <49BDF1645C42449FA9AB57B7F9DD6A42@pcPC><47DB97EA.1090109@which.net>
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Gavin,

I have another marriage entry from the same page which stated --

"List of Marriages 1814
1814 November 20
Forbes and Bowman
Proclaimed three times in one day and married upon 24th of said month
George Forbes in the Parish of Glenmuick and Margt Bowman in this parish."

This was in the Parish of Aboyne, Aberdeenshire.

Eva
----- Original Message -----
From: "Gavin Bell" <>
To: <>
Sent: Saturday, March 15, 2008 2:33 AM
Subject: Re: [ABERDEEN] "More Solito"


> Eva Mitchell wrote:
>
>>Could someone on the list explain the meaning of "More Solito" as written
>>in a marriage registration. I have noticed it appears often when both
>>parties were from the same Parish -- "1816 March 12 - Mitchell & Birse -
>>John Mitchell & Mary Birse both in this Parish, More Solito".
>>
>>
>
> This is Latin, meaning "according to the usual custom". If you can find
> an entry that does not include these words, we could perhaps establish
> what the "usual custom" was. Customs did vary in different parishes,
> and over time, but 1816 sounds a little late for the marriage process to
> have started with the "Consignation of Pledges", so the phrase probably
> means that the marriage was solemnised "... after Proclamations on
> three separate Sabbaths".
>
> Which parish was this?
>
>
> Gavin Bell
>
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