[Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Polish Marriage Records

[Jerry Frank]

I agree that it has to do with a written contract but, since divorce in those years was very uncommon, I think it has more to do with practices of dowry that existed in certain locations and cultures.  It may have had little implication to the traditions and practices of German Lutherans but the phrase had to be included per the standard Napoleonic format.  

Not saying they don't exist but I have never seen a record where it states that such a contract did exist.  For that reason I suspect that such contracts were officially discouraged.  

Jerry




----- Original Message -----
From: Dhwunsch at aol.com
Date: Tuesday, December 16, 2008 10:36 am
Subject: Re: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Polish Marriage Records
To: farose at gmail.com, ger-poland-volhynia at eclipse.sggee.org

> I think it means they did not have a pre-nuptial like  
> what's mine is mine 
> and your is yours if they divorce just like it is  today. 
> Diane
>  
>  
> In a message dated 12/16/2008 10:54:53 A.M. Central Standard 
> Time,  
> farose at gmail.com writes:
> 
> I've  come across an interesting "comment" in Polish 
> marriage records, and
> I'm  wondering what it means. It says that the couple "did 
> not make  any
> pre-marital agreement between them".
> 
> I'm wondering if that is a  euphemism for "not having 
> carnal knowledge", to
> use another euphemism. And  if it was, what about women who 
> were obviously
> pregnant when they married?  I'm told that it didn't appear 
> to be an issue,
> as long as they married  before the child was born.
> 
> Of course, it could mean something entirely  different.
> Anyone  know?
> 
> Rose-Marie
> 
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