Letter to the secretary of state, on the registration of births, marriages and deaths, in Massachusetts / by Lemuel Shattuck.

  • Lemuel Shattuck
Date:
[1845?]
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Credit: Letter to the secretary of state, on the registration of births, marriages and deaths, in Massachusetts / by Lemuel Shattuck. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    specifying the month in which they took place. In 1844 and 1845, they occurred in the different months as represented in table (i,) next page. This statement shows that the seasons have considerable influence on the number of marriages, varying from 461 to 1,379 in 1844, and from 544 to 1,305 in 1845. The average number each month was 347 in 1844, and 401 in 1845. The month in which the smallest number occurred was July, and that in which (g) Age. Number of persons married, of all conditions, in Massachusetts. Belgium. Ireland, 1830—1840. Males. Females Males. Females Males. Females. Under 20, 56 738 774 2831 44,207 153,312 20 to 25, 1389 1587 4677 7421 105.664 209,758 25 to 30, 1093 002 10,007 9082 145,531 98,405 30 to 35, 371 201 6527 4928 76,349 34,812 35 to 40, 175 117 3636 2791 30,415 14,752 40 to 45, 115 92 2037 1477 17,525 0,122 45 to 50, 85 43 934 753 10,074 2,9-12 50 to 55, 48 23 512 357 5,390 1,183 55 to 00, 31 18 310 120 5,431 859 Over 60, 59 9 402 110 • 3422 3430 29,870 29,870 500,052 522,205 Age. To 10,000 married, of all con ditions, ther e were Under 20, 164 2152 259 948 873 2936 20 to 25, 4059 4027 1505 2484 3270 4017 25 to 30, 3194 1755 3370 3040 2872 1886 30 to 35, 1084 580 2185 1650 1507 667 35 to 40, 511 341 1217 934 719 282 40 to 45, 336 208 082 494 310 117 45 to 50, 2!8 125 313 252 199 50 50 to 55, 140 07 171 119 107 23 55 to 60, 91 53 104] 42 107 10 Over 60, 173 20 134 37 * 10,000 10,000 10,00 10,000 10.000 10,000 (h) In Males. Females. Under 25 Over 25. Under 25. Over 25. Massachusetts, - - Ireland, - - - - Belgium, - - - 42.23 41.43 18.24 57.77 58.57 81.70 07.79 69.53 34.32 32.21 30.47 65.68