Canadian coincidence????

[KarenM]

In case this is the right marriage for James in Ontario, here is Lizzie Alice's birth:

Elizabeth Craig
Date of Birth:  Sept. 3, 1883
Father:  James Craig
Mother:  Catherine Welsh
Occupation of father:  Machinist
Town of Berlin, County of Waterloo
Reg. NO. 034469


Karen

[greenvalley]

I'm wondering, was it legal to marry someone that young?

[KarenM]

googling seems to be to be the age of consent in Canada was 12 until 1890 when it was raised to 14.

Karen

[J.J.]

EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEk....I was barely mature enough to babysit let alone raise my own...   J..J.

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addition: This needs to be found by several who refuse to believe that the older person in the household is the grandmother as it would have meant she'd had her first child at 15....Wow, it could have happened by 13 for some of these... Tough little ladies...Canada is just recently considering raising the age of consent to 16...