The Chief wrote: > On Nov 11, 12:49 am, "Theresa Green" <t.gr...@glass-ts.com> wrote: >> 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-boun...@rootsweb.com [mailto:genire-boun...@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of The Chief >> Sent: 11 November 2009 03:21 >> To: gen...@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 >> > > Marriages of necessity could happen at any age (past puberty, of > course). And could you please learn not to top post? > > Regards, > The Chief It's an unmoderated newsgroup, people can top post or bottom post as is their wont. There is a large debate over the merits of both that does not belong here. The only recourse of those that don't like a particular style is to ignore and refuse to respond in the style they do not like. Personally I think that once a discussion starts it would be clearer if others adding to a thread followed the convention already being used in that thread. MickG -- ------------ < I'm Karmic > ------------ \ \ ___ {~._.~} ( Y ) ()~*~() (_)-(_)