Hi Large numbers of wedding combattants gave their age as 21 although they were obviously younger. It appears the churchs were happy to proceed so long as they were "told" that figure. Robert Fowler ________________________________ From: ann wadge via <[email protected]> To: goons <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, 21 May 2016, 9:12 Subject: [G] Illegal marriage ? On 4 March 1850 a marriage took place between Mary Louisa Virtue Wadge & William Ginger at St Martin in the Fields, both parties said to be of full age although I know that the bride was only 18. The 1851 census shows her in her parents' household, unmarried & in 1853 she married James George Waight. Would this first marriage have been illegal because of her age, if she had no parental consent & could the parents have had it anulled ? Would there have been any record of this ? Thanks for any help or guidance Ann _____________________________________________ RootsWeb lists - surnames, regions, software, etc: http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message