Cradlesnatching

[perth tiger]

i have one that was 65 when he married his second wife who was 25. they had 3 children, the last when he was 76 

[jc26red]

The oldest groom I have was OHs 3xggrandfather aged 57 when he married, for the first time in 1778! His bride was 26.   I have a copy the marriage settlement and her father insisted that his daughter was given and annual income from the estate in the event that her future husband died first! She lived till she was 92 

It took them 9 years before they had an only child!

[little meg]

My twin sister has a younger fella,    

Margaret

[Redroger]

One of my grandfather's four brothers married for the first time at 60, when he died aged 67 his widow was pregnant with their fifth child.

[chinakay]

Didn't waste any time did he

[Redroger]

Pat, Well he would wouldn't he? My grandfather 68+ (see above) married my grandmother 35, on the certificate it says 55 and 35!

[matt94]

My gg gg g grandfather Richard Tranter was widowed in 1847 aged (about) 60. He then married the lodger Jane Bird - who was aged 25... in 1851, when he was 64.

Ok so within this theory his wife needed to be 39 to qualify... ahem... no.

Matt

[marcie dean]

The oldest groom I have was OHs 3xggrandfather aged 57 when he married, for the first time in 1778! His bride was 26.   I have a copy the marriage settlement and her father insisted that his daughter was given and annual income from the estate in the event that her future husband died first! She lived till she was 92 

It took them 9 years before they had an only child!

Maybe she kept saying no.
marcie

[Redroger]

My grandfather and his brother produced 7 children between them after that age, and it was the brother's first marriage. All the children were born after their fathers were 65, the oldest my father when my grandfather was 71.