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Member Since: February 2006 Posts: 5 Send Message	June	Report	3 Oct 2010 13:38
Member Since: February 2006 Posts: 5 Send Message	Thanks for the reply. I was woried that the marriage would not be legal.
Member Since: January 2003 Posts: 49,504 Send Message	Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it	Report	3 Oct 2010 13:28
	It was raised to 16 in the 1920.s.
	Researching: Surname Fahse. Germany. Essex .South East London My avatar is one of our wedding photos of 1957
Member Since: January 2003 Posts: 49,504 Send Message	Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it	Report	3 Oct 2010 13:28
	It was 12 for girls and 14 for boys with parental consent My grt grandmother married at aged 16 on the marriage cert but was in fact 15 and 5 months as i have her birth cert too. Her elder sister also married at 15.
	Researching: Surname Fahse. Germany. Essex .South East London My avatar is one of our wedding photos of 1957
Member Since: February 2006 Posts: 5 Send Message	June	Report	3 Oct 2010 13:23
Member Since: February 2006 Posts: 5 Send Message	Can anyone tell me what age was legal for marriage in 1890? On one certificate I have the person is stated as 17, but their birth certificate dates them as only being 15 in 1890. Would this be a legal marriage in 1890, if she was only 15? I don't know when the legal age of 16 came in. Any information would be helpful. Thanks.