Starting in 1885 Pennsylvania required marriage licenses which were issued by the counties, but the state set the age of consent at 21. It may have been later lowered to 18, but I don't know when. The state recognized marriage in other states, and Maryland did not have an age of consent (or it must have been very low), as many couples took a train to Cumberland to get married without consent, some in my records as young as 14. Brian Cartwright Johnstown -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] Sent: Monday, October 10, 2011 09:22 To: [email protected] Subject: [PACAMBRI] Consent to marry This issue has also come up in our research of the Michael and Petronella Popovich family.One of my uncle (Joseph) son of Michael and Petronella married in 1939. His wife was under 21 and needed parental permission. Several questions. Was the law under 18 at one time and then changed to under 21? Was it always under 21? At what jurisdiction level was this law set? State? County? Something else? When was this passed? Is it still in effect? Bob Poppy You manage things, you lead people. We went overboard on management and forgot about leadership. It might help if we ran the MBAs out of Washington. Rear Admiral Grace Murray Hopper (Mother COBOL) ____________________________________________________________ 57-Year-Old Mom Looks 25 Mom Reveals $5 Wrinkle Trick That Has Angered Doctors! http://thirdpartyoffers.netzero.net/TGL3241/4e92f1de327acc49f7st01duc - - - - - - - - - - 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