The legal age for females was 18. Males had to be 21. If the girl was not 18 then the father or guardian had to sign their permission on the marriage application/license. I have a copy of a license for a male in my family tree who was just 20 yrs old and his father was dead. He had his guardian sign permission to marry on his marriage license. There was no other form other than the statement on the license. Happy holidays to all, Pat >From: "D.C." <[email protected]> >Reply-To: <[email protected]> >To: [email protected] >Subject: [OHSTARK] Another marriage license question ~ underage consent? >Date: Tue, 20 Dec 2005 23:24:02 -0500 > >Happy holidays everyone, > > > >I have a marriage question, too. On a relative's marriage license dated >1907, she had to have her father's consent. Are these parental consents >kept anywhere? How could a researcher find and get access to them? Has >anyone had a similar experience? > > > >Thanks, > > > >Donna > >Michigan > > > >Maud Belle DULABAHN m. Allan H. CROMWELL on November 30, 1907 in Stark >County, Ohio. Maud was 17 yrs old. It is noted on the license that there >is a "Marriage consent on file". Stark Co., Ohio Marriage Records; Vol. >22, p. 412 > > > >==== OHSTARK Mailing List ==== >To receive the OHSTARK-L message board/gateway'd posts, >click the following link: ><mailto:[email protected]?subject=send gateways> > _________________________________________________________________ Express yourself instantly with MSN Messenger! Download today - it's FREE! http://messenger.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200471ave/direct/01/