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Conflicting birth year
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Heather | Report | 14 Jun 2006 11:18 |
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Ive got a marriage where the groom gives his age as 19 (the father is present as a witness - so obviously no prob with that) but he was actually only 16. He corrects this in all census after the marriage and I can only assume he or the parents felt embarrassed as the bride was about 4 years older and 'up the duff' at the time. |
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Rachel | Report | 14 Jun 2006 11:13 |
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if he couldn't get parental concent he may have fiddled his age. My greatgrandparents did it in 1922 both said they were 21 but they were only 19 and neither had parental consent to marry as the families didn't know the yougsters were married for a long time afterwards. It could also be that they were unsure how old they were and gave an estimate. or he could have dropped a few years on each census but id every census is consistant including the one in 1861 (aged 6) then it's unlikely. you don't day a child is 6 when there 9! 1year out at that age is more likly than 3. |
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Carol | Report | 14 Jun 2006 11:09 |
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I think you had hit the nail on the head. Back then, he would have needed parents consent to marry if under 21 It was common for people to lie about their age and quite easy too, I think, as no proof was asked for. |
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♥Athena | Report | 14 Jun 2006 11:08 |
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Yes, Helen, that was a common thing for people to do - lie about their age. They had to be 21 or over to get married without parental consent. |
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Helen | Report | 14 Jun 2006 11:05 |
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I have a rellie who according to all census info (from 1861-1901) and his death cert was born in 1855. However his marriage cert shows him as 21 in Dec 1873 which would mean he was born in 1852! I'm assuming he lied on his marriage cert - is this something do with age of consent? Was it common to fiddle your age? |
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