Hi Marg She was under 21 so was deemed a minor. http://www.genfiles.com/articles/legal-age/ This is interesting reading. HTH Andy ----- Original Message ----- From: "Margaret Cambridge via" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, April 14, 2015 6:41 PM Subject: [LON] BARTOLOMEI/LEE , Leah Louisa marriage age of consent question > According to Leah Louisa LEE's birth certificate she was born 7 Oct 1839. > When she married 18 July 1864 to Giacinto BARTOLOMEI she is said to be a > minor and needed her father's consent. On the Marriage Bonds & > Allegations document it states she is 20 yrs old. > > Does anyone have any idea why this would be. > > Thank you, > > Marg >>From the Beautiful British Columbia Cariboo Region, Canada > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Please use PLAIN TEXT only when replying to the list, and trim away any > excess. > > Any problems, please contact the List Admin: [email protected] > ------------------------------- > 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

Sorry - I obviously cannot do maths! In that case I would say she was telling a white lie about her age! ----- Original Message ----- From: "Andy Hedgcock via" <[email protected]> To: "Margaret Cambridge" <[email protected]>; <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, April 14, 2015 7:39 PM Subject: Re: [LON] BARTOLOMEI/LEE ,Leah Louisa marriage age of consent question > Hi Marg > > She was under 21 so was deemed a minor. > > http://www.genfiles.com/articles/legal-age/ > > This is interesting reading. > > HTH > Andy > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Margaret Cambridge via" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, April 14, 2015 6:41 PM > Subject: [LON] BARTOLOMEI/LEE , Leah Louisa marriage age of consent > question > > >> According to Leah Louisa LEE's birth certificate she was born 7 Oct 1839. >> When she married 18 July 1864 to Giacinto BARTOLOMEI she is said to be a >> minor and needed her father's consent. On the Marriage Bonds & >> Allegations document it states she is 20 yrs old. >> >> Does anyone have any idea why this would be. >> >> Thank you, >> >> Marg >>>From the Beautiful British Columbia Cariboo Region, Canada >> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >> Please use PLAIN TEXT only when replying to the list, and trim away any >> excess. >> >> Any problems, please contact the List Admin: [email protected] >> ------------------------------- >> 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 > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Please use PLAIN TEXT only when replying to the list, and trim away any > excess. > > Any problems, please contact the List Admin: [email protected] > ------------------------------- > 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