Hello, does anyone know the minnimum age a person could be a whitness on a marriage cert in 1896, many thanks, terry. ----------------------------------------- Email sent from www.virginmedia.com/email Virus-checked using McAfee(R) Software and scanned for spam

Hi Terry To the best of my knowledge there was not an age limit Only the need to understand what they were doing Best wishes Nivard Ovington, in Cornwall (UK) > Hello, > does anyone know the minnimum age a person could be a whitness on a > marriage cert in 1896, > > many thanks, > > terry.

TERRY / IRENE. wrote: > > Hello, does anyone know the minnimum age a person could be a > whitness on a marriage cert in 1896, 7 was regarded as the minimum age but the criteria was that they understood what the ceremony meant and the importance attached to it.