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Offline thor

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« on: Friday 27 April 07 16:01 BST (UK) »
could anyone tell me if a persons birth wasn't registered during the 1800's could they still legally marry.  I have been having problems trying to track down the births of an entire family and am at my wits end :'(

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Re: marriage
« Reply #1 on: Friday 27 April 07 16:04 BST (UK) »
Yes, they could; the right to marry was not determined by having a birth certificate.

Perhaps, if you haven't already done so, it might be worth posting the names, places and dates you are looking for to see whether Rootschat detectives can help out?

Anna
Ayr: Barnes, Wylie
Caithness: MacGregor
Essex: Eldred (Pebmarsh)
Gloucs: Timbrell (Winchcomb)
Hants: Stares (Wickham)
Lincs: Maw, Jackson (Epworth, Belton)
London: Pierce
Suffolk: Markham (Framlingham)
Surrey: Gosling (Richmond)
Wilts: Matthews, Tarrant (Calne, Preshute)
Worcs: Milward (Redditch)
Yorks: Beaumont, Crook, Moore, Styring (Huddersfield); Middleton (Church Fenton); Exley, Gelder (High Hoyland); Barnes, Birchinall (Sheffield); Kenyon, Wood (Cumberworth/Denby Dale)

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Re: marriage
« Reply #2 on: Friday 27 April 07 16:04 BST (UK) »
A birth certificate was and is not required to get married.
No proof of age was required.
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Re: marriage
« Reply #3 on: Friday 27 April 07 16:09 BST (UK) »
Giving the wrong age does not in itself invalidate a marriage. In the first decade of civil registration over three-quarters gave their age as 'full' (that is over 21). The information is only as accurate as the bride or groom cared to make it. Unless the bride or groom appeared to be under the age of consent they were not asked for proof of their age or identity. A bride under 21 could add a few years if she thought she could get away with it, so that she did not have to have the consent of her family.


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Re: marriage
« Reply #4 on: Friday 27 April 07 16:49 BST (UK) »
Also the groom could remove a few years, which is what one of my ancestors did, admittedly the bride was only 15!

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Re: marriage
« Reply #5 on: Friday 27 April 07 17:33 BST (UK) »
Edmonds/Edmunds - mainly Sussex
DeBoo - London
Green - Suffolk
Parker - Sussex
Kemp - Essex
Farrington - Essex
Boniface - West Sussex

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