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Hello, l have a Marrage Cert which states that Charles Clark was
'' of full age'' in 1878 dose that mean he was 18 years old as his wife age is stated as 17 on cert.

No, back then it meant 21 or older. As a consequence, he didn't need parental permission to marry.

ok.thank you that means he was born around 1857?
Have searched records for his birth but not sure which ones to order as the first one l got was wrong!
Any ideas?

He could have been a lot older than 21. Does the marriage certificate give his father's name and occupation?

Kath. x

Yes it says his father was a George Clark they marraged in the parish of Lacy Green Bucks. l have search the parish records for his birth and found nothink! not sure what to do next!

Is this the family in the 1871 census:-

Name: Charles Clark
Age: 23
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1848
Relation: Son
Father's Name: George
Mother's Name: Emma
Gender: Male

Where born: Lacey Green <<<<<<<<<<<<<<

Civil parish: Princes Risborough
Ecclesiastical parish: Lacy Green
Town: Turnip End and Flowers Bottom
County/Island: Buckinghamshire
Country: England
Registration district: Wycombe
Sub-registration district: Princes Risborough
ED, institution, or vessel: 3
Household schedule number: 160
Household Members:
Name Age
George Clark 40
Emma Clark 43
Charles Clark 23
Harry Clark 11
Willm Clark 9
Eliza Clark 7
Liza Clark 5
Ellen Clark 2
George Clark 2 months

Source Citation: Class: RG10; Piece: 1409; Folio: 95; Page: 32; GSU roll: 828766.

This would mean he was about 30 when he married.

Kath. x

There is this birth which is a possible:-

Name: Charles Thomas Clark
Year of Registration: 1846
Quarter of Registration: Jul-Aug-Sep
District: Wycombe
County: Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire
Volume: 6
Page: 422

Kath. x

Hi, thats who i think his parents are!
But am not sure he was that old in 1871 as on 1861 census they have a child called Chas what l think is short verson of charles who was born 1857?
Was able to get all the others Bapist records but nothink for Charles on Lacey Green and Princess Risbrough Parish records.

x x x

Hi Alison - I think you're right - I think his age was given as 13 in 1871, and there's been a mistranscription, either by Ancestry or the enumerator. His age is 23/33/43 in the next censuses if I've got the right guy (rg11/147045/17, rg12/1143/37/?, rg13/1344/36/?), so i guess this is him:

Births Sep 1856 (98%)
CLARK Charles Wycombe 3a 363

George and Emma are George and Emily in 1881 (rg11/1470/46/19).
I looked for them in 1851, but only found visitors George with daur Sarah (ho107/1720/?/?). This is possibly Emma:

Deaths Sep 1902 (>99%)
Clark Emma 73 Wycombe 3a 397

Am going to order that cert and see were it takes me! Thank you for your help.