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   Doug Laidlaw to David Marshall   
   Re: Witness to wedding   
   30 Jul 18 00:37:18   
   
   From: laidlaws@hotkey.net.au   
      
   On 27/07/18 00:12, David Marshall wrote:   
   > Out of 275 GRO format marriage certificates I have obtained, dating from   
   > 1838 to 1963, there is just one which only has a single witness recorded   
   > (in 1882).   
   > Was this legal? Does anyone else have an example?   
   > David   
      
   I am pretty sure that only one witness to a wedding is not legal.  A   
   soldier on active service can make a will without the required   
   formalities, but I have never heard of the same rule applying to marriages.   
      
   Did the other witness sign with a mark (a cross)?   
      
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