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I Said: “In the 1800’s if you were not married by 16 you were an “old maid”, life spans were shorter then.”

U Said: That just isn’t true, the average age for getting married for women was about 22.

an interesting opinion, I have read my Great great grandmothers journals and she talks about women who are 16 and 17 as being old maids, statistics now With standing, it was a commonly held belief, go watch so Little house on the prairie or something, to learn about early American culture. (I believe they talked about being married by 16 too).

U Said: “This study examined marriage patterns between ethnic groups in six counties in Texas in 1850, 1860, 1880, 1900, and 1910. Data were obtained from the census for 3 counties near the border and 3 counties in mostly livestock-raising areas. Average marriage ages in Texas were higher for men than for women and declined over time from over 26 years to 25.2 years from 1850 to 1910. Women’s average marriage age increased from over 20 years in 1850 to 22 years in 1910.”

Six whole counties? in Texas? That's no more statistically accurate for Illinois than my gr, gr grandma's Journal, at least she lived in Illinois LOL!.

Whatever, it was a different time and different customs, ignore that at the peril of looking silly.

>>>“This study examined marriage patterns between ethnic groups in six counties in Texas in 1850, 1860, 1880, 1900, and 1910. Data were obtained from the census for 3 counties near the border and 3 counties in mostly livestock-raising areas. Average marriage ages in Texas were higher for men than for women and declined over time from over 26 years to 25.2 years from 1850 to 1910. Women’s average marriage age increased from over 20 years in 1850 to 22 years in 1910.”<<< "Six whole counties? in Texas? That's no more statistically accurate for Illinois than my gr, gr grandma's Journal, at least she lived in Illinois LOL!. Whatever, it was a different time and different customs, ignore that at the peril of looking silly."" ============================================================ It makes you look silly to just skip over those facts to cling to your personal opinion, especially when my very next post was this chart from a different source.