Marriage discomfort...

[Calm71]

I am researching my ancestors - the Tustins, who lived in Worcestershire / Warwickshire in 1760s onwards.  my 4x Great Grandfatehr was born in 1767 and married in 1806, possibly in Birmingham.  The girl he married was 14 / 15 when they married.  I know that lots of marriages happened very young then, but is this likely?  he would have been 38 so there is a BIG age difference.  I have searched for other marriages for a susanna to a someone else Tustin, but it seems like quite an unusual surname then and nothing else seems to ahve turned up.  He died in 1831, having fathered 9 children - he was tired I think!!!
It just doesn't all stacc up quite properly, but maybe I am just being a bit conventional

any advice would be greatly recieved

cheers

Calm

[PaulineJ]

From a pragmatic point of view, what time period between 1806 & 1831 were these kids born?
That'll indicate when (or if) she had reached menopause.

[Calm71]

1806 through to 1826, she was 34 / 35 when she had her 9th child...

[PaulineJ]

Hmm, Wonder why no kids 1827-1831?

What are we baseing her age-at-marriage on?

Pauline

[Calm71]

IGI data for marriages between a george tustin and a susanna, which just happens to give her surname as warr.

I couldn't find he rin 1841 census, but she is more than likely alive then, but not sure...

[PaulineJ]

hmm, did the IGI marriage give her age? It's not usual to do so at that era.
You might do better searching registers for her death to establish a birth year.

[Calm71]

no, just an estimated year of birth - 1791

[Calm71]

typically as I start askign questions, i find her in 1841 census, aged 60!!! still makes her born 1791...

[Calm71]

no it doesn't!!!!!

1841 - 60 = 1781!!!!!

 that's a little better!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!