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    1. [B&D] Ages on "Marriage Certs;"
    2. robert williams
    3. 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.

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