The recorded history of marriage in California is long and encompasses a period as far back as the first Spanish missions and even further back in unrecorded history of native American Indians and their marriage rituals.
California was incorporated into the United States of America in 1850.
Read more about History Of Marriage In California: California Native American Marriage, Jesuit Missionary Period 1697–1767, Marriage, California Natives and The Spanish Missions, 1785–1810, 1829 Carrillo-Fitch Elopement, 1850 Statehood To 1872, Contemporary History
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