Marriages in U.S.A.
An all-time high record of marriages was recorded in the United States in 1946, with 1,165,175 marriage licences issued during the first six months of the year and with additional, as yet uncounted, thousands issued during the latter halfyear. The Census Bureau said marriages were in much greater number than they were in 1920, the first year of peace after World War I.
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 10, Issue 91, 7 February 1947, Page 4
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66Marriages in U.S.A. Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 10, Issue 91, 7 February 1947, Page 4
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