Hello Sue IF the years quoted by Carole were correct then he would have been no more than 13 which, as you stated, was below the minimum age for marriage. Adrian ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sue Coombs" <sue_coombs@hotmail.com> To: <gloucester@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, June 21, 2011 12:25 PM Subject: Re: [GLS] JONES ///ALFORD families > > Hi Adrian, > > I believe that the marriageable age was raised to 16 for both sexes in > 1929 from 14 for men and 12 for women with parental consent still required > up to the age of 21. > > So it is possible that he may of been 14 years old when he married. > > Sue > >> >> There is something wrong with the dates. They imply that William was 13 >> when >> he married!! >> >> Adrian >> Yorkshire >> >> >> > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >> > >> > Hello All, would any one be able to help me please. >> > >> > Im tracing the family of William JONES b 1811 at Castle Precints >> > Bristol, >> > but I can't find out who his parents where, can any one please help me. >> > >> > William married in 1824 to Rachel Sophia ALFORD, its their daughter Ann >> > b >> > 1825 that Im after. >> > >> > She camt to Australia >> > >> > Thanks carole

>From Carole. I found the information on Ancestry, so who put the information in there, must of put the wrong date in by mistake. I didn't check the dates. Sorry Carole -----Original Message----- From: gloucester-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:gloucester-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of adrianp7 Sent: Wednesday, June 22, 2011 1:17 AM To: gloucester@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [GLS] JONES ///ALFORD families Hello Sue IF the years quoted by Carole were correct then he would have been no more than 13 which, as you stated, was below the minimum age for marriage. Adrian ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sue Coombs" <sue_coombs@hotmail.com> To: <gloucester@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, June 21, 2011 12:25 PM Subject: Re: [GLS] JONES ///ALFORD families > > Hi Adrian, > > I believe that the marriageable age was raised to 16 for both sexes in > 1929 from 14 for men and 12 for women with parental consent still required > up to the age of 21. > > So it is possible that he may of been 14 years old when he married. > > Sue > >> >> There is something wrong with the dates. They imply that William was 13 >> when >> he married!! >> >> Adrian >> Yorkshire >> >> >> > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >> > >> > Hello All, would any one be able to help me please. >> > >> > Im tracing the family of William JONES b 1811 at Castle Precints >> > Bristol, >> > but I can't find out who his parents where, can any one please help me. >> > >> > William married in 1824 to Rachel Sophia ALFORD, its their daughter Ann >> > b >> > 1825 that Im after. >> > >> > She camt to Australia >> > >> > Thanks carole _____________________________________________ Gloucestershire Family History Society: www.gfhs.org.uk Gloucestershire Archives: www.gloucestershire.gov.uk/index.cfm?articleid=15434 Gloucestershire BMD Index 1837 to 2005: http://ww3.gloucestershire.gov.uk/bmd/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to GLOUCESTER-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message