Sharon, I have the same thing on my parents marriage appl. I don't know about being in America, But it was the fathers that gave the consent, not the mothers. Art On Sun, Oct 9, 2011 at 8:50 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > I have a couple who married January 30, 1912. I have a copy of the marriage > license. I do NOT have a copy of the consent to marry by the parent. It > states on the marriage application that the mother of the bride gave > consent for her daughter Victoria to marry at the age of 18. > > Does that mean that the mother giving consent must be in America and > present to give her consent? > > thank you > Sharon > - - - - - - - - - - > > Search for more Cambria County information on our webpage: > http://www.camgenpa.com/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

The mother gave the consent if the father was deceased. That was the case with my great grandmother's marriage. ________________________________ From: Art Moore <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Cc: [email protected] Sent: Sunday, October 9, 2011 4:22 PM Subject: Re: [PACAMBRI] Consent to Marry Sharon, I have the same thing on my parents marriage appl. I don't know about being in America, But it was the fathers that gave the consent, not the mothers. Art On Sun, Oct 9, 2011 at 8:50 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > I have a couple who married January 30, 1912. I have a copy of the marriage >  license.  I do NOT have a copy of the consent to marry by the parent.  It > states on the marriage application that the mother of the bride gave > consent  for her daughter Victoria to marry at the age of 18. > > Does that mean that the mother giving consent must be in America and > present to give her consent? > > thank you > Sharon > - - - - - - - - - - > > Search for more Cambria County information on our webpage: > http://www.camgenpa.com/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > - - - - - - - - - - Search for more Cambria County information on our webpage: http://www.camgenpa.com/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message