VERY Young Marriage, was this legal??

[adicol]

Hi all,.

I have found the birth for my g, g, grandmother Polly Lowther in 1893, in Stokesley, North Yorkshire.
I have also found her Marriage to my g, g, grandfather JOhn Newby Stephenson.
This was in 1904.
Now i aint brill at maths, but even I know she was only 11 at the time!! Nearly 12.
Was this legal..surely not, how did they get to marry when she was so young??
Also I can not locate either of them in the census for 1901.
They married in Easington, County Durham in Dec 1904.
Can anyone help.

Colleen

[Tati]

Hi Colleen,

I'm not sure it's the same person... 

Seems the Polly born in Dec 1893 Stokesley dies in the same quarter...

Tanja 

[adicol]

Have u got the transcript for it...i hope to god its her...my dad will go mad if he thinks that type of stuff was going on lol

[Tati]

Have a look on FreeBMD:

Births December 1893 Stokesley
Polly Lowther
9d 619

Deaths December 1893 Stokesley
Polly Lowther age 0
9d 458

Tanja 
 

[adicol]

Thank you so much for that...i nearly had a heart failure!!
Now i got to find the real polly lowther, i cant locate her birth anywhere.

[Tati]

Have you considered ordering the marriage certificate? Perhaps she was a widow and therefore not to be found under that name?



 

['Tricia]

Do you have a copy of the marriage cert giving father's name?

What is her age on the certificate?

Tricia

[adicol]

Unfortunately I dont have any certs, i only really looked into her today.

['Tricia]

It would be a good idea to send for it, I think

This is the reference number

Polly Lowther
Marriage qrt ending Dec 1904
Easington
Vol 10a
Page 713.

Can be ordered online here

http://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/

and will cost £7

Tricia