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=== Marriages (''Trouwen'') === | === Marriages (''Trouwen'') === | ||
Marriage registers list all newly married couples. They started to be kept in the late 1500s. To be married in the Netherlands, marriage banns (''ondertrouwen'') had to be posted for three weeks in every town recently resided in by either or both of the groom and bride. | Marriage registers list all newly married couples. They started to be kept in the late 1500s. To be married in the Netherlands, marriage banns (''ondertrouwen'') had to be posted for three weeks in every town recently resided in by either or both of the groom and bride. Then could they marry in the Dutch Reformed (''Nederduitse Gereformeerde''':''' NG'') Church or before the court or civil authorities (''schepenstrouwen'' or ''gerechtstrouwen''), usually in the residence of the bride. In most towns it was standard for everyone to marry before the NG Church, but in some places (e.g. Haarlem, Culemborg) civil marriages were the norm for those not a member of the NG Church. From 1795 onward civil marriages became mandatory. Only after this they were permitted to marry in the church of another religion. Thus you will often find multiple records of banns and marriages for the same couple. | ||
After marriage they usually went to live in the residence place of the groom. Typically the groom was a few years old than the bride. The average age at first marriage in the Netherlands was very high for the times, with grooms often aged around thirty. | After marriage they usually went to live in the residence place of the groom. Typically the groom was a few years old than the bride. The average age at first marriage in the Netherlands was very high for the times, with grooms often aged around thirty. | ||