Marriage location question

[MarcuccioV]

I recently researched a DNA match (noted in posts on other forums here) where a marriage did not occur in either the bride's or groom's hometown, even though both were indicated still as residents of their respective cities/communes. In this case the bride was from Rome (what frazione I don't know), the groom from Artena (Lazio) & the marriage took place in Valmontone (Lazio), a neighboring commune of Artena.

The groom is listed as an "operaio", but where he worked I don't know. At age 83 he died in Valmontone, so he at least lived there toward the end of his life. One of his daughters ended up in England, where my DNA match is. I don't know about the wife from Rome, whether she also went to the UK or stayed in Italy.

Is this unusual..? I usually see marriages (if the parties are of different locales) taking place in the bride's hometown. In this case it was in a neighboring commune to the groom's...

[cedrone]

I did not verify on the Codice Civile of that time but it seems the marriage in the bride's place of residence was a custom, not compulsory.
I also found marriage acts in other places.
In your case, probably the groom's family was from Valmontone, he had there relatives and a house, where, as you say, went to live later.

[MarcuccioV]

I did not verify on the Codice Civile of that time but it seems the marriage in the bride's place of residence was a custom, not compulsory.
I also found marriage acts in other places.
In your case, probably the groom's family was from Valmontone, he had there relatives and a house, where, as you say, went to live later.

You make a good point. In fact, the groom's grandmother's surname as well as the bride's mother's surname were Bucci (from Artena & Rome, respectively). There are Bucci's in Valmontone, and some of my grandfather's maternal cousins were Bucci's, so perhaps they used their property for the wedding. The groom's family WAS from Artena, but he may also have worked in Valmontone while still living (for a time) in Artena...

Thanks for the explanation.

[MarcuccioV]

MYSTERY SOLVED.

It turns out the great grandmother of my English DNA match was MY grandfather's first cousin. So a pair of my 2GG's are our MRCA's.

Also I found evidence (on FamilySearch) that his grandmother & her family WERE all born in Valmontone, but apparently relocated to Rome at some point. Thus the marriage WAS IN FACT in the bride's place of birth.

Amazing what a few missing tidbits of information can do...