THIRTEEN-YEAR-OLD BRIDE.
A thirteen-year-old girl, Marie A. Raviele, the youngest applicant for a marriage license ever recorded iu New York city, recently appeared at the City Clerk’s office with h‘.r finance, Joseph Rubiuo, twenty-one years old, and obtained a license to marry. When the little girl, in short skirts and pigtails, appeared before the city clerk as a prospective bride, that official was dumfouucied. The couple however, produced a document signed by the gill’s parents and attested belore a notary, giving permission for her to wed. The clerk was slid doubtful, believeing that more than the parents’ consent might be necessary iu a case of such tender years. He called up the Corpora;-on Council’s office, aud was tol l that the consent of the parent.-: was sufficient in any age under eight teen. The license was therefore granted. Rubiuo is unable to read or write aud had to make his mark instead of signing his name. Both the young man and his youthful b:ide-to be were born in Italy.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXVI, Issue 1242, 7 May 1914, Page 4
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169THIRTEEN-YEAR-OLD BRIDE. Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXVI, Issue 1242, 7 May 1914, Page 4
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