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Legal age for witnesses

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Matt

Matt Report 9 May 2006 23:10

Trying to verify the kinship of a witness on a marriage cert. dated 1918.Wanting to establish if witness 'George Hartley' would be my Great grandfather or my great uncle.Was there a legal age limit for witnesses to marriage in 1918? Great grandfather would have been approx 58 and great uncle somewhere between 14 and 17 years Any help would be appreciated Thanks Linda.

Unknown

Unknown Report 9 May 2006 23:22

I don't think there was a legal age for witnesses. Certainly lots of people on GR have marriage certs where the witnesses are teenagers. nell

KathleenBell

KathleenBell Report 10 May 2006 00:16

As long as the witness was old enough to understand what was going on then there was no age limit, so it could be either of your ancestors, although I would personally think it more likely to be the younger relative (but I know assuming anything is the last thing you should do!!) Kath. x

Matt

Matt Report 10 May 2006 00:36

Thanks to the both of you, that's the way I was thinking, it looks like I'm going to dig out some info on the younger relative. Thanks again for the help & advice. Linda.

Lancsliz

Lancsliz Report 6 Mar 2007 17:37

Hi Just bookmarking this as it has come up for me. Liz

Researching:
Hart (Cardiff), Bryant (Devon, Cardiff), Saville (London)