Prirodno kretanje stanovništva župe Desne-Rujnica u prvoj polovici 19. stoljeća
Population of the Desne-Rujnica Parish during the First Half of the 19th Century

Summary/Abstract: Based on the registry books of the Desne-Rujnica parish, this article analyses the various components of natural demographic processes, as well as issues related to marriages and births (seasonal variations in weddings, conceptions, and births, second marriages, extramarital children, and so on) during the second quarter of the 19th century. In the Desne-Rujnica parish, most weddings took place in November, with the “wedding season” spanning over the entire autumn, from September to January and February, with the exception of the Advent period. The time between marriage and the conception of the first child was usually around ten months, whereby this period became longer with the following children. Regularities can be observed on a yearly basis. The fewest conceptions are registered in October, with a “break” that lasted throughout the autumn months. This pattern of the maximum or minimum number of conceptions and births reflects a sort of calculations concerning the child’s birth date.

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