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Silly Sausage

Silly Sausage Report 15 Mar 2010 21:31

About the age of consent was for marriage, I know in the 1700's that a female could marry at the age of 12yrs and male 14yrs in the late 1700's you had to have your parents or guardians concent until you was 21yrs doesnt any one what age you could marry in the about 1840's was it still 12yrs for female or had it changed, thanks

Ray

Ray Report 15 Mar 2010 21:37


I dont know what the age of consent was Hayley,
but there was an hell of a lot of fibbing about ages
going on, when you compare marriage age to DOB

Ray

FootieAngel

FootieAngel Report 15 Mar 2010 21:38

Hayley I think yu ar right but permission had to be granted and I'm sure some kind of bond too on the girl

Researching:
Martin, Loundes, Kendrick, Mocroft, Vanes, Cadman, Finch, Brazenhall, Boden, Goodman, Beddard, Lagoe, Innocent Dudley, Willenhall, Mancetter, Atherstone, Staffordshire, Warwickshire

Silly Sausage

Silly Sausage Report 15 Mar 2010 21:38

Yep I have found that on one of mine...

Silly Sausage

Silly Sausage Report 15 Mar 2010 21:40

do you mean Bond Mel ? Yes dowrsy (sp) was still legal in Britian then...does anyone know when the age of concent ceased to be 12yrs ?

Dianne

Dianne Report 15 Mar 2010 21:43

Hi Hayley

The info you have is correct, and it was still the same right up to approx 1930, I don't know the exact year.

Girls 12 and boys 14 with permission, 21 for both without permission.

Then 16 for both with permission 21 without, from approx 1930.

I'm not sure what date it changed from 21 to 18 though.

Dianne xx

FootieAngel

FootieAngel Report 15 Mar 2010 21:44

yes Hayley I have ammended accordingly Im not wearing my specs

Researching:
Martin, Loundes, Kendrick, Mocroft, Vanes, Cadman, Finch, Brazenhall, Boden, Goodman, Beddard, Lagoe, Innocent Dudley, Willenhall, Mancetter, Atherstone, Staffordshire, Warwickshire

Silly Sausage

Silly Sausage Report 15 Mar 2010 21:50

OMG Diane was it that late ?

Dianne

Dianne Report 15 Mar 2010 21:58

It is Hayley, the reason I remember it is because it is around the time my parents were born, one in 1931 and the other in 1932. Adoption was legalised in 1927 in case anyone needs to know for the future.

Dianne xx

Silly Sausage

Silly Sausage Report 15 Mar 2010 22:04

I have a couple of 14 yrs with child down on census as DIL and though no something isnt right but it could be, are lying about their ages...

AnninGlos

AnninGlos Report 15 Mar 2010 22:08

It changed to 18 in 1970 I think.

Researching:
Photo spring Researching Somerset, Dorset, Hampshire, Derbyshire, Staffs, Devon, Glamorganshire. Ingram, Masters, Tamblyn, Knight, Warner, Bate, Allen, Riggs, Dominey, Duffin

Silly Sausage

Silly Sausage Report 15 Mar 2010 22:09

from 12yrs Ann ?

Dianne

Dianne Report 15 Mar 2010 22:29

Daughter In Law and Son In Law were also used for what we now know as step daughter and step son, so it may be worth looking at that aspect too. Sometimes they described them as step daughter/son and sometimes as daughter/son in law.

Ann in Glos means that the age of 21 without permission went down to 18 without permission in 1970. It was still 16 for both with permission.

The only time an underage (ie under 18) can get married without permission is if they are widowed. ie a girl gets her parents permission to marry when she is just turned 16. By the time she is 17 she is a widow. Then she meets someone else and wants to remarry before she is 18. She then doesn't need parental permission.

Dianne xx