1) What were the customs regarding marriage, divorce and ownership of property"

There were many kind of customs regarding marriage in the Victorian times. The most well known ones included the following. Victorians had superstitions about being "lucky in love," even before the engagement was made. Victorian women would reject a suitor whose last name began with the same initial as hers. As was said in the saying, "To change the name, but not the letter, is a change for the worse, and not the better." If the right suitor was found and the couple became engaged, all sorts of omens were considered for the big day. Wednesday was considered the luckiest day of the week. "Monday was for wealth. Tuesday was for health, but Wednesday was the best day of all! Thursday was for crosses, Friday for losses, Saturday-no luck at all. Divorce was not very common in...