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Estimating a marriage date
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 * Census records 1900 and later often list a marriage year or the age at first marriage.
 * Find the birth year of the first child and estimate that the marriage took place one to two years before that birth.
 * Marriage age for a female's first marriage was about 16-21.
 * Marriage age for a male's first marriage was about 18-25.
 * Marriage age for a male's first marriage was about 18-25.


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