Henry Louis and Houdaille Jacques. Celibacy and Age at Marriage in the 18th and 19th Centuries in France. Movements in the proportions never married during the 18th and early 19th centuries could not be studied in the many monographs dealing with the historical demography of individual parishes....

SUMMARY A study based on family reconstitution of 10 villages, randomly selected, with a population of 7 500 in 1821. The data, extracted from parish registers and vital statistics, have been completed with the listing of inhabitants when available. The proportion of births not recorded in...

Henry Louis and Houdaille Jacques. ? Celibacy and Age at Marriage during the 18th and 19th Centuries in France. II. Age at First Marriage. In this paper changes in the age at first marriage between 1740 and 1829 are discussed. The information was obtained from parochial registers and civil...