Hi,
I have been researching my family tree recently I am often coming across old Irish marriage certificates where the term "Of full age" is used instead of giving a precise age. I tried to Google this and found a number of conflicting answers. The most obvious answer is that the term was used to describe the age of anyone aged twenty one or over at the time of marriage, but some other have suggested that registrars often used the term for anyone marrying with the consent of their parents, even if they were younger than twenty one at the time. Can anyone tell me if this is indeed the case?
Thanks!
Peter
I have been researching my family tree recently I am often coming across old Irish marriage certificates where the term "Of full age" is used instead of giving a precise age. I tried to Google this and found a number of conflicting answers. The most obvious answer is that the term was used to describe the age of anyone aged twenty one or over at the time of marriage, but some other have suggested that registrars often used the term for anyone marrying with the consent of their parents, even if they were younger than twenty one at the time. Can anyone tell me if this is indeed the case?
Thanks!
Peter
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