Do you have a New Year's Resolution? How about making a genealogy New Year's Resolution! What is one thing you want to accomplish this year in your research? I am working on my goal and considering I have so many genealogy questions, the biggest problem is deciding on just one resolution.
Did our ancestors make New Year's resolutions? Did they have a glass of champagne & kiss at midnight? Maybe---maybe not!
1 January 1837 must have been a time of anticipation for Joseph Pinta and Julia Rabby...they were surely thinking about their future together. They were married on 5 January 1837 at the Cathedral of Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in Mobile, Alabama by Mathias Loras, Vicar General. An interesting note is that it was on a Thursday. Why Thursday? Was Julia pregnant? However, their first known child, Victoria, was born on 3 December 1837. Did they elope or have a small private ceremony? Their marriage is listed in the Book of Black Marriages, so were black marriages performed only on certain days of the week?
What do you think?
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