Marcia, Back in the late fifties my sister was seventeen and she wanted to marry but couldn`t and my mother and the grooms mother and I traveled to Debuque Iowa with them where they got married. Don`t know if thats any help, but maybe it could be. Nancy ----- Original Message ----- From: MAK <makkuehl@yahoo.com> To: <GenWisconsin-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, July 14, 2000 2:14 PM Subject: [GenWisconsin] minor consent required? > Deb, Most of my kin got married prior to 18 - a tradition I did not opt for > (grin). In WI and most of the other states I researched, a guardian had to > give consent for minors prior to marriage. My mother said she had to get a > signature prior to her marriage (she was 15), and when checking my parent's > marriage certificate, it wasn't there, so it was done prior, probably on the > application for marriage. I have been told that those records were normally > transcribed into a ledger kept at the county level. I have yet to find such a > record in WI, but did find it in KS when the marriage was registered it noted > the parents giving consent. > > In some southern states, a bond had to be posted before a couple could marry, > despite age. In those cases, it lists who posted the bond and sometimes > relationship was noted. In the case of posting bond, the person did not have > to be a guardian, but was usually a relative. > > Hope this helps. R/S MAK > > --- GenWisconsin-D-request@rootsweb.com wrote: > > ATTACHMENT part 4 message/rfc822 > > Date: Mon, 10 Jul 2000 07:19:15 -0700 > > From: "deb Christensen" <deb@dm.net> > > To: GenWisconsin-L@rootsweb.com > > Subject: [GenWisconsin] Age of Majority for Marriage in Mid 19th Century WI > > > > Hey, folks, > > > > I just had a thought. > > > > Would a girl of 14 have been able to get married without her parent's > > consent/permission in 1858 or so in Wisconsin? > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Get Yahoo! Mail - Free email you can access from anywhere! > http://mail.yahoo.com/ > > > ==== GenWisconsin Mailing List ==== > > >