Charlene, Did you receive a reply to your question. I am curious for an answer too.
I am sorry this is so late with a reply. I changed computers and just got my old email back. Penny Ladnier The Costume Gallery Websites www.costumegallery.com -----Original Message----- From: h-costume-boun...@indra.com [mailto:h-costume-boun...@indra.com] On Behalf Of Charlene C Sent: Friday, August 30, 2013 1:42 PM To: h-cost...@indra.com Subject: [h-cost] early 20th Century Franco-American weddings Sorry, this is a bit off-topic, but I'm hoping someone who studies the time period can help me. While working on my genealogy, I noticed that many of my Grandmother's generation married on a Monday (1930s; Biddeford, Maine). I asked one of her still-living sisters why that was and she didn't know; that's just the way it was done. I later found this is a book about the Franco-Americans in Biddeford, Maine: "Weddings too retained much of their ethno-religious significance for the Franco. The wedding was usually held on Monday morning." Of course, the author didn't provide any additional information or cite this in the footnotes. (One of the faults of the book is the amount of information he presents without explanation.) Does anyone know why French Catholics in the early 20th century married on Mondays? --Charlene _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
