According to some family records, a cousin of mine said that many Irish immigrants would lie their age for life insurance policies they were cheaper if you were younger. In addition according to a book entiled "the History of Ireland" that the average age of women getting married changed from 21 to 28 after the Great Famine. This same cousin of mine also speculated that it was easier for Irish women to marry if they were younger. No proof of course but it an idea. MaryJ ----- Original Message ----- From: "Eldon M. Fisher" <eldon.fisher@verizon.net> To: <BOSTON-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, May 14, 2003 12:52 PM Subject: [BOSTON] immigration age question > Did age make a difference in immigrating to the US in the 1885 time frame. Was there an advantage to being younger? In my grandfathers naturalization papers it states that he was then "a minor under the age of eighteen years." I don't think his age as given is correct. Of course everytime his age is required it is different than the last time. (e.g. Naturalilzation, marrige certificate, census) > > Marianne > > > ==== BOSTON Mailing List ==== > Visit Boston's Historic Neighborhoods: > http://www.ci.boston.ma.us/neighborhoods/ > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >