Stigma of illegitimacy & marriage--RENDON, Bartholome = MASIAS--Research Digest, Vol 54, Issue 16

There was a stigma in being illegitimate. Due to the groom's parents being unknown & the groom most likely being illegitimate, the bans had to be posted where he was born, raised, etc., --Teocaltiche. Via the bans being posted by the priest of Teocaltiche, the chances of the couple being related could thus be eliminated by its residents who might know something & come forward. It's possible that the Teocaltiche priest might have investigated and found that the couple was not related, and all was well to marry in Aguascalientes where the marriage had possibly taken place because the bride was from there. Marriages usually took place in the bride's hometown. There might even be something more in the Investigaciones Matrimoniales or no one came forward, so there was no reason to prevent the couple from marrying...
My 2 Centavos
Irma Gomez Gtz - N. California
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