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Is their an age ??

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Debbie

Debbie Report 23 Nov 2010 12:14

I am trying to establish whether the witness on a marriage cert is the sister or the Aunt of the bride, was their a minimum age to which you could witness the marriage (the bride was 17)..........if it is the sister she would of only been 14 years, and the Aunt would of been 31.

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Ozibird

Ozibird Report 23 Nov 2010 13:25

http://home.clara.net/dixons/Certificates/marriages.htm#COL10

"There are no laws concerning the age of marriage witnesses - they need to be old enough to function properly as a witness that is all."

I read in a Family History magazine of quite young witnesses.

Ozi