From: hayesstw@telkomsa.net   
      
   On Sun, 28 Sep 2025 08:18:51 +0100, Charles Ellson   
    wrote:   
      
   >On Sun, 28 Sep 2025 07:41:00 +0100, "J. P. Gilliver"   
   > wrote:   
   >>I was aware of those limits; I was quite surprised when I first   
   >>discovered that it wasn't raised from 14/12 until as recently as 1929.   
   >>Although in my own tree I've found very few - none I think - under 16,   
   >>and only a handful 16 or 17 (I'd expected more).   
   >>   
   >I have found a couple of 15s in England and Wales but only recorded as   
   >minors. Mo brides under 15 so far.   
      
   My wife's great great grandmother, Mary MORTON, was married at the age   
   of 13 in St Botolph's, Colchester. She and two of her sisters were   
   married at the same ceremony to German soldiers, and they all   
   immediately emigrated to what was then called British Kaffraria. We've   
   sometimes wondered how they managed to communicate with each other.   
      
                        Family History System            29 Sep 2025   
                        Merged Group Reports   
      
   NAME: MORTON, George, Born 24 Feb 1806 in Colchester, Essex, ENG,   
     Died Jun 1880 in Colchester, ESS, ENG at age 74; FATHER:   
     MORTON, George, Born 21 Dec 1788, Died 20 Jun 1859 at age 70;   
     MOTHER: SPENCER, Alice, Born ??? 1783, Died 7 Aug 1844 at age   
     61; Gardener of St Botolph's, Colchester, Essex, at time of   
     daughter's marriage. Said by great granddaughter Lilian Mary   
     Cathcart born Decker to have had a relation "Lady Mount" who   
     was a lady-in-waiting to Queen Victoria.   
      
   MARRIED, to NEVARD, Elizabeth, Born ??? 1806 in Boxted, Essex,   
     England, Died ???; FATHER: NEVARD, Arthur; MOTHER: CASON,   
     Elizabeth   
      
   CHILDREN:   
    1. F  MORTON, Elizabeth Mount, born ??? 1826 in Colchester, ESS,   
          ENG, died 12 Jul 1906 in King William's Town; Married 31   
          Oct 1856 to HOFFMANN, Johann Wilhelm; 1 child   
    2. F  MORTON, Rebecca, born ??? 1828 in Essex, England, died   
          Nov 1845 in Colchester, ESS, ENG   
    3. M  MORTON, George Frederick, born 14 Oct 1830 in Colchester,   
          Essex, ENG, died 5 May 1877 in Lambeth, SRY, ENG; Married   
          May 1856 to GALL, Esther Leggett; 9 children   
    4. F  MORTON, Esther Alice, born 11 May 1833 in Colchester, ESS,   
          ENG, died Sep 1866 in Colchester, ESS, ENG; Married Dec   
          1857 to THAYER, George Henry; 2 children   
    5. F  MORTON, Alice, born ??? 1837 in Colchester, ESS, ENG,   
          died Aug 1917 in Tendring, ESS, ENG; Married ??? 1854 to   
          SMITH, Samuel S.; 8 children   
    6. F  MORTON, Emma, born ??? 1841 in Colchester, Essex, ENG,   
          died ???; Married 31 Oct 1856 to CASDORFF, George David   
          Julius   
    7. F  MORTON, Mary Nevard, born May 1843? in Colchester, Essex,   
          died 11 Aug 1918 in Overport, Durban; Married ??? 1870 to   
          BURGERSHEIM, Ernst; 1 child   
    8. M  MORTON, Thomas William, born Feb 1848 in Colchester,   
          Essex, ENG, died ???   
    9. F  MORTON, Catherine Amelia, born ??? 1850 in Colchester,   
          Essex, ENG, died Feb 1907 in Colchester, ESS, ENG;   
          Married Nov 1871 to TOPSFIELD, John William   
      
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   NAME: MORTON, Mary Nevard, Born May 1843? in Colchester, Essex,   
     Died 11 Aug 1918 in Overport, Durban at age 75; FATHER: MORTON,   
     George, Born 24 Feb 1806, Died Jun 1880 at age 74; MOTHER:   
     NEVARD, Elizabeth, Born ??? 1806, Died ???; Kept the Bungalow   
     Hotel at Butterworth, and later stayed at the Waverley Hotel,   
     between Tarkastad and Queenstown. She brought up some of her   
     grandchildren after the death of her son.   
      
   MARRIED ??? 1870 in King William's Town, to BURGERSHEIM, Ernst,   
     Born ??? 1837? in Stralsund, Prussia, Died 10 Jun 1881 in   
     Tylden, Cape Colony at age 44   
      
   MARRIED 31 Oct 1856 in Colchester, Essex, ENG, to DECKER,   
     Friedrich August, Born 25 Apr 1835 in Auerstedt, Prussia, Died   
     8 Mar 1868 in King William's Town at age 32; FATHER: DECKER,   
     Karl August, Born 1 Jun 1800, Died 19 Apr 1866 at age 65;   
     MOTHER: KRIEGER, Anna Luise, Born 11 May 1803, Died 3 Jun 1848   
     at age 45; Married in the parish Church, parish of St Botolph,   
     Colchester. Witnesses: George Morton, Jun. and George White. Bo   
     th minors at time of marriage.; Joined the British German   
     Legion during the Crimean War. Staying at Colchester Camp at   
     the time of his marriage. Died at Mr S. Guessendorf's house in   
     King William's Town; no property, buried by public   
     subscription. Death notice 9462/73 Cape Town.   
      
   CHILDREN:   
    1. M  DECKER, Edwin Robert Morton, born 29 Aug 1861 in King   
          William's Town, died 20 Mar 1908 in Cofimvaba; Married to   
          FALKENBERG, Justine Marie Louise; 9 children   
      
      
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