Or in the 1800's it could be a misspelled Maine --- C B Knox <cknox@gwi.net> wrote: > Jed, > > "The Main" is a part of France. > > CBK > > Jared Handspicker wrote: > > Rose, > > > > Though I can not answer definitively, I know of at least one (once > thought > > to be in MY lines) couple from that timeframe/location, where the wife > was > > only 15 at time of marriage (whether it required consent or not, of > that > > I'm not sure). > > > > The couple did live with HIS parents for a couple of years after they > were > > married, and he was 11 years her senior... Would SEEM either that her > > parents were disinterested, or may not have been living... never was > able > > to locate her ancestry. She wasn't from England, either, but from > "Main". > > :-) > > > > Jared > > > > > > > >> Does anyone know what the age of consent is for a Roman Catholic > marriage > >> in > >> the early 1800's in NB? > >> > >> Rose Staples UE > >> 1080 Route 605 > >> Maple Ridge NB > >> E6E 1W6 > >> roses@nbnet.nb.ca > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> ------------------------------- > >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > >> NEWBRUNSWICK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the > >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >> > >> > > > > > > ------------------------ > > Jared "Jed" Handspicker > > jedh@jedh.com > > > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NEWBRUNSWICK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NEWBRUNSWICK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

----- Original Message ----- From: "Donald Getchell" Sent: Wednesday, March 21, 2007 1:43 AM Subject: Re: [ NB ] age of marriage > Or in the 1800's it could be a misspelled Maine > --- C B Knox <cknox@gwi.net> wrote: >> Jed, >> >> "The Main" is a part of France. >> Jared Handspicker wrote: She wasn't from England, either, but from >> "Main". Or a part of the Spanish Main? If it was written "... the Main .." [personally] I would think in terms of Europe. I'd also take into consideration the era she was born into. But, if written "... Main .." I would think it could have been Maine. Toni ~ Ontario AND on the eighth day God said, "OK, Murphy, take over."