background (General)

by slowhands , proud of his ancient Dean Forest roots, Wednesday, January 22, 2025, 17:27 (1 day, 21 hours, 3 min. ago) @ mpowell831

Would not being married and having children together although common, be ill thought of as well?
Or is it more having children out of wedlock that was the issue there?

< my opinion>

I guess its a case of if anyone knew - communication was certainly not as well developed as today, so if they were living away from family and old friends even one side of the FOD to another, I suspect that no one would know or raise an eyebrow - it probably explains the census entries which ( I suspect) should show POWELL and WHITE - I may be wrong

and the converse is almost certainly true living together and children out of wedlock were frowned upon ( when the situation was known)

there was a strong tradition of Chapels ( Non conformist / Free Churches) in the Forest and some of the views around alcohol, marriage etc were very strong.

hope this helps

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