Deb; My Mother got married when she was 14. And she said that her Mother helped her get ready for the wedding but she never mentioned whether he folks were required to sign for or not. This was in the state of Washington. Bud in AK. IBSSG ----- Original Message ----- From: "deb Christensen" <deb@dm.net> To: <GenWisconsin-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, July 10, 2000 9:21 AM Subject: Re: [GenWisconsin] Age of Majority for Marriage in Mid 19th Century WI > I suppose I am wondering about this for two reasons... > > First, to find out if there's more likely to be a record of the marriage because of > a requirement for consent at that age, > > and second, to find out if this was fairly common. > > *very* few of the families in our family history during this period of time have > brides under 18, let alone 14 years old. > > deb > > - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - > deb Christensen (deb_msn@msn.com) > Graphics Connection Forum > http://www.computingcentral.com/topics/graphics/ > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <DWilso147@aol.com> > To: <GenWisconsin-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Monday, July 10, 2000 8:37 AM > Subject: Re: [GenWisconsin] Age of Majority for Marriage in Mid 19th Century WI > > > > I have Ruth Emma THAYER b. 1837 m. 1851 Samuel A. STONE (b. 1822); therefore > > her age was14. I don't know if she was married with or without parent consent > > (I assumed with consent). > > > > Anne Wilson > > DWilso147@aol.com > > > > > > ==== GenWisconsin Mailing List ==== > > Mailing list moderator: Brenda K. Wolfgram Moore > > email: kingsley@aol.com > > > > > ==== GenWisconsin Mailing List ==== > > >