Well it is rather the same regarding the children here as well. Emma married in 1857 at 13 but their eldest child was not born until 1868 (at least, the eldest I have found). Thank you to everyone who replied. Eveline ----- Original Message ----- From: "Firebird" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, January 01, 2008 12:40 PM Subject: Re: [WOR] Marriage Age > Dave Annal wrote: > >> Hi Eveline >> >> It was legal (girls could be married at 12 until as late as 1929!) but >> extremely rare by the mid nineteenth century for someone this young to >> marry. The average at marriage for women remained at around 26 until >> very >> recent times. > > It was well after 1929 that it became illegal for Irish girls to marry > at that age. IIRC, it was into the 1970s! > > I have two instances of very young girls (one 12, the other 14) > marrying in one family. One was an early 19th century marriage, the > other late 19th century. In both instances though, there were no > children registered until they were around 17. That's not to say > there weren't any stillbirths or miscarriages before then, but I like > to think the husbands were considerate ;)) > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.516 / Virus Database: 269.17.13/1205 - Release Date: > 31/12/2007 15:32 > >