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 >