A little extra marriage detail

[Bee]

Came across this marriage entry in the Norfolk Chronicle 1806
Mr Wm Davies aged 22 and 3 feet 6 inches high, to Miss S Jones aged 16.

[CaroleW]

Wonder if the 3 should be a 5    Certainly a very unusual addition to the announcement

[Kiltpin]

I might have this all wrong, but wasn't there once a requirement for the recording of any infirmity of either of the parties. Something to do with the possibility of the marriage not being consummated?   

Regards 

Chas

[Bee]

The newspaper article clearly stated the height and I did wonder why it was noteworthy.

[Ayashi]

Well, I imagine not many 22 year olds are 3ft 6!

Good for him though, wonder what he did for a living?

[Rosinish]

I think it was likely noted due to his 'dwarfism' which would have been a lot less common then than it is now...not that it's common now either.

Annie

[Top-of-the-hill]

  I have recently been researching a family locally, as my uncle talked about the "dwarf lady" who lived nearby when he was a child. I found out from an obituary in the paper that she had a brother with the same disability (sorry, can't think of a better word) who was a fairly well known singer on the stage as a young man. He married in his 20s, but I know no more about his wife, and he died young leaving 2 or 3 children.

[maddys52]

Interestingly, just before the announcement of the same marriage in the Hampshire/Portsmouth Telegraph, it has:

" ... On Monday se'nnight, Mr. T. Bell, (the Irish Giant, now travelling the country) to Miss M. Stanley of Sheffield. - He having been refused a licence, they were obliged to wait till the bans [sic] were regularly published. At Cardigan, Miss S. Jones, aged 16 years, to Mr. W. Davies, aged 22, in stature 3 feet 6 inches high."

Monday,  May 5, 1806, Hampshire/Portsmouth Telegraph

[Gallicrow]

A while ago I entered a bit of information about the life of Henry Behrens onto Family Search:
https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/GWDL-364

I couldn't find any record for the death of his wife, Emmie, who according to newspaper reports predeceased Henry by a year or two.