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 yearsEqualBride older by years
10+987654321012345678910+
408721101301992653274135244964212972051079040312119528

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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