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Westy
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Lily Hendey 1934
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Does anyone know what the age of a legal marriage would have been in 1838 ? I have just sent for my GGGG Grandparents marriage certificate hoping to get a more accurate age for my GGGG Grandmother Jane Keats but for her it says 'minor' and for her husband James Cox it says 'full age' so I am no better off with her age.
My problem has been that the birth for Jane I have is 25th August 1816 as Osmington, Dorset, this I thought was correct as her siblings were born at Owemoigne and that is the place on her marriage cert as place of residence, the two places are very close to each other. On all the census's up to 1881 (place of birth being either Owermoigne or Sutton, close to each other again) her age varies by + or - 3 years but on average it comes out at 1821 ish which also coinsides with her death on the Isle of Wight at 63 in 1884. So my problem is if she was say under 21 at her marriage then 1821 would make her 17 but my date of 1816 would make her 21 coming on 22. This is the only birth I can find for a Jane Keats with fathers name being Richard Keats in the Dorset area unless anyone can find another one, so any help and guidance would be greatly appreciated.
Cheers
Steve
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Burke, Mythen - Co Wexford, Ireland
Hendey,Hayward,Stevenson,Wells,Scott,Hutchings, Wren - Hampshire
Cox, Keats, Lyde, Roberts, Bishop, Snelling - Dorset
Dickinson - Bristol
Russell -Salisbury
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Necromancer
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I've updated my profile ......
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Legal for a female was 12 - but with parents permisiion required.
'Of full age' means 21 or over - when you didnt need parental permission - not that younger people didnt lie of course 
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nanny jan
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"Russian" John
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Hi,
How confident are you of her birthdate?
The IGI has a "submitted" record of her christening on 25 August 1816 at Osmington; this might not be accurate.
Not all were christened as infants.
Nanny Jan
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Howard , Viney , Kingsman, Pain/e, Rainer/ Rayner, Barham, George, Wakeling (Catherine), Vicary (Frederick) all LDN area/suburbs Ottley/ MDX,
Henman/ KNT Gandy/LDN before 1830 Burgess/LDN
Barham/SFK Rainer/CAN (Toronto)
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Westy
RootsChat Extra
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Lily Hendey 1934
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I have a christening record from the Dorset record centre and also the same from Ancestry. When I went to Dorchester I searched all the parish's mentioned but only found the one record with parents Richard and Mary so that must be correct if I have the right person........
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Burke, Mythen - Co Wexford, Ireland
Hendey,Hayward,Stevenson,Wells,Scott,Hutchings, Wren - Hampshire
Cox, Keats, Lyde, Roberts, Bishop, Snelling - Dorset
Dickinson - Bristol
Russell -Salisbury
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nanny jan
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Posts: 5095
"Russian" John
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Hi,
Her christening date is probably not the date of her birth; age is rarely shown unless the person was an adult.
Nanny Jan
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Howard , Viney , Kingsman, Pain/e, Rainer/ Rayner, Barham, George, Wakeling (Catherine), Vicary (Frederick) all LDN area/suburbs Ottley/ MDX,
Henman/ KNT Gandy/LDN before 1830 Burgess/LDN
Barham/SFK Rainer/CAN (Toronto)
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