"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.

Hi Donna: Today the law is: Nova Scotia >From CRC/C/83/Add. 6 of 12 March 2003 1302. The Solemnization of Marriage Act requires a license from all persons who wish to be married and to obtain a license a person must be 19. A person under 19 but over the age of 16 may marry with parental consent. Marriages of persons under the age of 16 shall not be solemnized without special application to a judge of the Family Court who must make a determination that it is expedient and in the interests of the parties to authorize solemnization of the marriage. I can't find a suitable reference for the 1840's but am fairly certain that the age was lower. Certainly any 18-year old unmarried female was considered to be a spinster. :-) -----Bob H----- ----- 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 > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.446 / Virus Database: 269.5.1/764 - Release Date: 4/17/2007 > 4:43 AM > >

----- Original Message ----- From: "Bob Hegerich" Sent: Tuesday, April 17, 2007 11:16 PM Subject: Re: [NS-L] Marrage age question > I can't find a suitable reference for the 1840's but am fairly certain > that > the age was lower. Certainly any 18-year old unmarried female was > considered > to be a spinster. :-) Sorry but I believe that is wrong Bob. It was 21y. Was 21 in all of Canada I believe up until fairly recent times - at least post-1970 I would say in the majority of the provinces. Our laws are based on British law and quite different than the USA. Quebec may have been the only exception. Same as voting, drinking etc ... you had to be 21y. Don't confuse Nova Scotia with Scotland and/or Scotland with England. In Scotland a female only had to be 14 and a male 16, if I recall rightly. Know it was much lower than in England, but over here we followed English law. One of my great-grandfathers was under 21 when he married in 1892 Halifax County NS. Bride was 22y. He had to obtain permission; she did not. Toni

My maternal grandmother, originally from West Berlin, Nova Scotia, was married at age 14 in 1892 but in Bucksport, Maine. [Nochildren until 1900] Muriel ----- Original Message ----- Hi Donna: Today the law is: Nova Scotia >From CRC/C/83/Add. 6 of 12 March 2003 1302. The Solemnization of Marriage Act requires a license from all persons who wish to be married and to obtain a license a person must be 19. A person under 19 but over the age of 16 may marry with parental consent. Marriages of persons under the age of 16 shall not be solemnized without special application to a judge of the Family Court who must make a determination that it is expedient and in the interests of the parties to authorize solemnization of the marriage. I can't find a suitable reference for the 1840's but am fairly certain that the age was lower. Certainly any 18-year old unmarried female was considered to be a spinster. :-) -----Bob H----- ----- 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 > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.446 / Virus Database: 269.5.1/764 - Release Date: 4/17/2007 > 4:43 AM > > ---------------------------------------- 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