Marriage Analysis

There have been 4208 marriages during 1798-1888 for which both partner's ages have been extracted from the marriage record.
The following is an analysis of the partners' ages based on the years (not months) listed on the marriage record.

Ages

Grooms ranged in age from 13 to 78 years.
Brides ranged in age from 13 to 67 years.

Relative ages

The groom was older in 2944 (70%), the bride was older in 843 (20%), and equal ages in 421 (10%) of the records.

Groom older by years                  Equal          Bride older by years
 10+ 9   8   7   6   5   4   3   2   1   0   1   2   3  4  5  6  7  8 9 10+
408 72 110 130 199 265 327 413 524 496 421 297 205 107 90 40 31 21 19 5 28

Greatest age difference with older groom and younger bride: 73-22 in m.1884#23
Next greatest difference: 73-27 in m.1886#85
Greatest age difference with younger groom and older bride: 18-40 in m.1804(Jan 22)
Next greatest difference: 33-51 in m.1884#58

Children

Among the records that I have reviewed, the greatest number of children born to one couple was 19. In this case, there were 16 sons and 3 daughters.

The greatest number of children sired by one man was 20, of whom 13 were with his first wife and 7 with his second wife.

Multiple marriages with the same pair of surnames

Analyzing marriages 1795-1855, there were 7 marriages where the couple's surnames were:

   HOROWICZ/HOROWITZ - LANDAU   (or vice versa)

There were 3 marriages involving each of the following name pairs:

   BINENFELD - SILBERFELD
   BORNSTEIN - KUNSTLER
   BUCHBERG - FLEISIG
   EINTRACHT - FIGATNER
   GOLDES - HOROWITZ
   HOROWICZ - SOBEL
   LANDAU - SILBERFELD

Marriage partners with same surname

The couple may have been from unrelated families, or they may have been cousins.
The list of such surnames from marriages 1798-1855:

   CYPRES      1804 Feb 17
   DANCYK      1826 #17
   DEMBITZER   1844 #81
   DEUTSCHER   1849 #18
   EIBUSZYTZ   1855 #154
   GRUNWALD    1846 #34
   HOROWITZ    1820 #32
   INFELD      1840 #58
   KORNGOLD    1843 #62
   MANNE       1841 #77
   MIESES      1843 #37
   PAMM        1832 #30
   PITZELE     1833 #107 and  1838 #6
   RITTERMAN   1822 #9   and  1836 #17
   THORN       1841 #85
   WAXNER      1843 #61 (maybe not, as the groom's surname might be WEXER)
The list of such surnames from marriages 1856-1888:
   BERISCH     1880 #52
   BLODER      1887 #146
   BRUMMER     1880 #67
   CUKER       1878 #24
   DEMBICER    1871 #39
   HOFFMANN    1883 #123
   HOROWITZ    1872 #19  and  1880 #45
   INFELD      1888 #105
   KAMPEL      1888 #110
   KORNGOLD    1883 #79
   LIEBESKIND  1883 #22
   LORIA       1878 #18  and  1881 #64
   ROSENZWEIG  1872 #16
   SCHERMANT   1879 #25
   SPANLANG    1885 #20
   SPITZEL     1888 #67
   WETZSTEIN   1859 #316


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