Anyone know the legal marriage age in the 1850's? C

On Nov 10, 12:20 pm, "Hon. Cosmo Smallpiece" <bmtan...@iol.ie> wrote: > Anyone know the legal marriage age in the 1850's? > > C If we assume that the legal position did not change from the 1850's until 1968 - a reasonable assumption - then the following Dail answer provides what you want: "There is, at present, no statutory minimum age for marriage in Ireland but there is a minimum age, based on common law, which is 12 years for a girl and 14 years for a boy." Regards, The Chief

Thanks for this information, but does anyone have any idea if it were fairly commonplace for girls to marry at 12? I have several conflicting dates regarding my gt-gt-grandmother - one of which would indicate she gave birth at that age but I believed this must have been a mistake - till now! Thanks all Theresa -----Original Message----- From: genire-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:genire-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of The Chief Sent: 11 November 2009 03:21 To: genire@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: Legal marriage age On Nov 10, 12:20 pm, "Hon. Cosmo Smallpiece" <bmtan...@iol.ie> wrote: > Anyone know the legal marriage age in the 1850's? > > C If we assume that the legal position did not change from the 1850's until 1968 - a reasonable assumption - then the following Dail answer provides what you want: "There is, at present, no statutory minimum age for marriage in Ireland but there is a minimum age, based on common law, which is 12 years for a girl and 14 years for a boy." Regards, The Chief ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to GENIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message http://www.glass-ts.com/PDFs/GTS_Terms_Conditions.pdf Click below if you wish to pay either company: http://www.britglass.org.uk/payment.php http://www.glass-ts.com/payment/payment.php P please consider the environment before printing this e-mail. http://www.britglass.org.uk/BritishGlass/British_Glass_Environmental_Policy_Statement_-_Mar_08.pdf http://www.glass-ts.com/PDFs/GTS_Environmental_Policy_Statement_-_Mar_08.pdf (Click to view policies) This message (and any associated files) is intended only for the use of the individual or entity to which it is addressed and may contain information that is confidential, subject to copyright or constitutes a trade secret. If you are not the intended recipient you are hereby notified that any dissemination, copying or distribution of this message, or files associated with this message, is strictly prohibited. If you have received this message in error, please notify us immediately by replying to the message and deleting it from your computer. Messages sent to and from us may be monitored. Internet communications cannot be guaranteed to be secure or error-free as information could be intercepted, corrupted, lost, destroyed, arrive late or incomplete, or contain viruses. Therefore, we do not accept responsibility for any errors or omissions that are present in this message, or any attachment, that have arisen as a result of e-mail transmission. If verification is required, please request a hard-copy version. Any views or opinions presented are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of the company.