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I'm studying a marriage record from Province de Québec today and just need to check my understanding of a fils mineur at marriage. This caught my attention because everything I can find about the groom says he was either 19 or 20 years old when he got married.

Did I misunderstand the marriage record? Or is this a clerical glitch?

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  • Is the fils the groom? Or does the marriage record state that the groom has a son (in which case it makes perfect sense that the son is a minor)? Posting an excerpt of the record would help. – guillaume31 Dec 13 '23 at 08:49
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    It's the way they state the groom and his parents. Usually, entre ... fils mineur de... – Robert Chapin Dec 14 '23 at 01:24

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I might have found an answer on my own.

The Government of Canada website has a civil law history section that mentions the age of majority was 21 years during 1782 to 1971, and before that it was 25 years. So there is a historical subtlety to the meaning.

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