Hi Graham...how do you know it wasn't a shotgun marriage? She might well have lost her first child:-( Did any of the parents attend the marriage, ie were they witnesses? Liz www.btinternet.com/~e.newbery OPC for Street, Somerset ----- Original Message ----- From: "robert williams" <robert.williams94@googlemail.com> To: <bristol_and_district@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, March 16, 2010 9:57 AM Subject: [B&D] Ages on "Marriage Certs;" > Greetings.Its not always the case that people told the truth as to what > actually was their age when they got Hitched? > My Great,Great,Grandparents who were Llewellyn Humphreys BOWEN,[1857-1908] > born in Cardiff on the 30th;November 1857,was married to Ellen > COLLINS,[1855-1931]born at Bedminster Bristol. > They married at Cardiff Register Office on the 14th;of February 1875.[I > have > the Original Marr;Cert;of that date.] > On this Certificate it Stated that both of them were over 21. > In Fact Llewellyn had just turned 17. > Ellen was only 19. > Their first child,my Great,Grandmother Florence Elizabeth Mary > BOWEN,[1876-1966] wasn't born for another 13 months,so it wasn't the case > of > a "Shotgun Marriage". > HTH;Graham. > -- > Graham Williams.of > Canton,Cardiff. > Chairman,"Canton Historical Society". > Glam;FHS;#551. > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > BRISTOL_AND_DISTRICT-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >