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Subject: Re: [TMG] Commonlaw Marriage
Date: Sat, 1 Dec 2001 16:41:15 EST


Hi Richard,

Yes , I was answering your letter.

Isn't 30 years for a male and 25 years for a female pretty old for a first
marriage?

When a female is 18, she is already considered an old maid. :) and some cases
called that in the application. At age 18 a woman does not need her parents
consent to marry. A man is usually refereed to in his parents wills in this
way "he will receive his share when he becomes 21 or marries" and very few
males waited till the age of 30 to take a wife and start a family.

Where I have proof, I have hardy any that are that old when 1st married, so I
use the younger ages, until I get a Bible record or some other document.

I have several illegitimate, and a couple of common-laws. Some are documented
by court records (lawsuits, where the illegitimate children are suing for
their share after their mothers death).

The children do not usually know whether or not their parents were legally
married cause of course they weren't there, they just have their word for it.
Common-law was legal after 7 years in most states in the early days.

Cheers,
Grace S. Green
http://GRACEGENES.tripod.com






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