I got a story...

My Grandmother was an Irish Protestant and my Grandfather was Irish Catholic... to my surprise the catholic family was more accepting than the protestant one but not the catholic church (GF was excommunicated)...they had to elope because of the families...anyway fast forward 60 years later after they had passed away my mom found their marriage license...it was from the state of California and not NJ like they always told my mom...

guess back in the day it wasn't proper for them to travel together unmarried... imagine lying to your kid for years over something like that...