Yep had to throw in that "sexual abuse",,and "property of father"; gotta watch pappy at every turn!! Geeze... If you can't think of a reason this'un is as good as any I suppose...disgust here >From: lynda wilson <lwilson@life.edu> >Reply-To: GA-ROOTS-L@rootsweb.com >To: GA-ROOTS-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: [GA-Roots] Marrying Ages >Date: Thu, 17 Aug 2000 11:42:50 -0400 > >For some reason a lot of southern women married young. I >think it was to get away from a big family with too many >mouths to feed or since women were considered property >of the father, maybe to avoid sexual abuse. Or the sons >moved out and needed a wife to take care of them and >maybe children from a first wife. >I have several lines where the women married very young. >Unfortunately, marrying at 11 is not that uncommon. >Lynda > ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com

> Yep had to throw in that "sexual abuse",,and "property of father"; gotta > watch pappy at every turn!! Geeze... If you can't think of a reason > this'un is as good as any I suppose...disgust here I agree! > >For some reason a lot of southern women married young. I doubt they married of thiere own accord. That's why we see families of the same surnames generation after generation... I think that when families lived so close together and intermarried so much that it was just a given that Betsy Jo and Sid got married because they were close in age and they may have been the only possible match for miles around. They all knew each other and the families were already families. I'm not talkin' them darn big fancy rich folks neither. Diana