To all -- The age of marriage was 21 -- unless written permission of parents or a special form that was signed. This is not an OLD custom -- I remember my husband and I signed consent forms for both of my stepdaughters mid 1960. They were Down Home in Nova Scotia - we were in Ontario. Muriel M. Davidson ----- Original Message ----- From: <Shalegreen@aol.com> To: <NOVA-SCOTIA-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, April 17, 2007 10:02 PM Subject: [NS-L] Marrage age question "In the 1840's" Does anyone know if there is a age you must be to be in order to get married with out parents permission in Nova Scotia? I thought I read on this e mail sight you had to be 21 or else have written permission from your parents. Is this right? Thanks for any help Donna Robar ************************************** See what's free at http://www.aol.com. ---------------------------------------- Basic List Commands: 1. To post to the list Send a message to: NOVA-SCOTIA-L@rootsweb.com 2. How to unsubscribe a. List mode: Send a message to NOVA-SCOTIA-L- request@rootsweb.com that contains only the word unsubscribe b. Digest mode: Send a message to NOVA-SCOTIA-D- request@rootsweb.com that contains only the word unsubscribe 3. How to subscribe Send an email containing only the word subscribe to NOVA-SCOTIA-L-request@rootsweb.com 4. How to change to Digest mode a. Unsubscribe from List mode (2.a. above) b. Subscribe to Digest mode Send an email containing only the word subscribe to NOVA-SCOTIA-D-request@rootsweb.com ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NOVA-SCOTIA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

----- Original Message ----- From: "muriel m davidson" Sent: Tuesday, April 17, 2007 10:36 PM Subject: Re: [NS-L] Marrage age question > > The age of marriage was 21 -- unless written permission of > parents or a special form that was signed. > This is not an OLD custom -- I remember my husband and I > signed consent forms for both of my stepdaughters mid 1960. > They were Down Home in Nova Scotia - we were in Ontario. Same with me in 1966 and my parents were also in Ontario, whilst I was in Nova Scotia. On top of that, both my husband and I also had to get permission to wed from our respective Chiefs, Divisional Officers and Commanding Officers. My husband was 24y old at the time. Assume in his case it was due to him serving abroad (with the Royal Navy), in a 'foreign' country. Toni ~ Ontario