There's no doubt a lot of 21 year old brides. My Ggrandmother said she was but she was only 18 and several months pregnant so I think the motive was obvious. Jean in Nova Scotia jphwhite@ns.sympatico.ca ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dave Allen" <dave@cdcatalogues.co.uk> To: <NORTHERN-ENGLAND-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, February 10, 2001 10:14 AM Subject: Fw: [NTH-ENG] Fw: [CHS] Checking the Burial Registers > Make that 2 lumps ......... > > > > Hi Jean et all, > > > > I have found the 1881 ( and the 1851 in one case ) census ages to be > pretty > > accurate, with the possible exception of one John Bryan "retired due to > ill > > health" who would appear to have lopped a few years off his age in 1881. I > > suspect he was intending to marry his "housekeeper" at the time. Marriage > > certificate ages can be wrong - people lie about their ages for various > > reasons, probably to become "of full age" i.e. 21! Birth and death > > certificates should be right, of course, at least date wise, but the age > on > > a death certificate may well be inaccurate, relying on relatives memory ?. > > People knock the IGI, my only comment is "if it didn't come from the > parish > > register - it's probably wrong ! Avoid sealing records like the plague". > One > > shouldn't confuse christening dates on the IGI with birth dates , people > > weren't always christened/baptised as babies! > > > > Has anybody else found a high occurrence of "21" as the brides age at > > marriage ? The groom always seems to be a few years older! > > > > Regards > > > > Dave > > > > > An interesting exchange on accuracy of information re BMDs on the > Cheshire > > > list. The information about age on my Ggrandparents HADFIELD is > completely > > > contradicted by their birth certificates and the 1881 and 1891 census > > > information. The latter three sources are in agreement. > > > > > > Jean in Nova Scotia > > > > > > jphwhite@ns.sympatico.ca > > > > > > > > > > > --- > > Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. > > Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). > > Version: 6.0.230 / Virus Database: 111 - Release Date: 25-Jan-01 > > > > > --- > Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. > Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). > Version: 6.0.230 / Virus Database: 111 - Release Date: 25-Jan-01 > > > ==== NORTHERN-ENGLAND Mailing List ==== > Don't forget you can also post your surnames or any other messages you may want to share in our on line forum message board, > http://amazingforums.com/forum/NORTH/forum.html > --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.230 / Virus Database: 111 - Release Date: 1/25/01