Thanks for the overwhelming and rapid helpful response, ALL ...
This was the original ad from the Bendigo paper:
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Bendigo Advertiser, Monday 6 November 1865, page 2
MARRIAGE.
On the 4th inst., by special license, at the Church of England, by the
Rev Mr Croxton, Mr Thomas Hellier, of Bristol, to Ellen, only daughter
of Mr John O'Connor, of London.
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What that doesn't say is that:
Thomas had migrated from Bristol to Australia and was born in Taunton in
1829
Ellen was born in Melbourne in 1844 ... and her maiden name was
O'Connell according to BDM indexes.
That would put her age at 21 but possibly just under (1844-1865) so that
could be the problem.
They certainly were married in Bendigo and were going to hang around
town after the wedding.
As an aside, my folks wouldn't agree to my marriage at such a young age
way back when, and I had to front the beak at the Cheltenham
Magistrate's Court for permission ... the age of consent dropped from 21
to 18 a short while after!
Cheers, ROB!
rnelson@xxxxxxxxxxxx
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