tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post7219170174794130214..comments2023-10-20T11:17:47.246-04:00Comments on Two Nerdy History Girls: Getting a pauper mother marriedUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-64236973686745653292015-01-23T06:53:15.774-05:002015-01-23T06:53:15.774-05:00Great story.Great story.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13092472798395992340noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-86914293557286059232014-12-10T10:58:35.035-05:002014-12-10T10:58:35.035-05:00How were they taken out of the parish? When she sa...How were they taken out of the parish? When she says she belongs to a parish, one assumes she's known there and lives there???LorettaChasehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03641586650738945106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-81215329075404875182014-12-10T07:07:09.421-05:002014-12-10T07:07:09.421-05:00I hadn't heard of the parish committee paying ...I hadn't heard of the parish committee paying anyone to marry, though efforts were always made to make the pregnant pauper name the father of her child so he could be asked for child support. pregnant paupers were also taken out of one parish and pushed into another so that her baby would be the responsibility of a different parish. There were quite a few law suits about which parish would have to support the paupers. Settlement was a serius matter to parish committees. Nancynoreply@blogger.com