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liane49 · 05-04-2013, 02:21 PM

Married at 13 and had 4 kids by the time she was 21? I don't know why she married so early.

Wawwie · 02-22-2014, 03:28 AM

How is it legal to be married at 13?

That's just crazy! Girls are still going through puberty at 13. Some don't even have their periods yet.

Coffeecup · 03-02-2014, 11:16 PM

No I didn't know that about Marla. Good lord she had children fast. She didn't have much of teenagers life of fun times of proms, high school and such.

ThomasE · 03-06-2014, 12:56 AM

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Originally Posted by Wawwie

How is it legal to be married at 13?

That's just crazy! Girls are still going through puberty at 13. Some don't even have their periods yet.

Maybe things were different in the 1940's plus I think it also depends on the state that she was living in at the time.

ILuvCarolBurnett · 06-06-2014, 10:01 PM

I can't possibly imagine someone issuing a marriage license to a 13-year-old. But maybe times were different back then. Maybe it wasn't an "official" union.

Johnny be good! · 08-20-2014, 02:30 PM

Peculiar if you ask me.

hatwink · 08-27-2014, 01:42 PM

She went to high school with Sam Cooke, probably things were different in Illinois, or wherever she was from at that time period.

05-04-2013, 02:21 PM	#1
liane49 Member Senior Member Join Date: Feb 20, 2013 Location: Silver Spring, MD Posts: 1,011	Did you know Marla Gibbs was Married at 13 and had 4 kids by the time she was 21? I don't know why she married so early.

08-20-2014, 02:30 PM	#6
Johnny be good! Member Senior Member Join Date: Feb 18, 2007 Location: Westland, Michigan Posts: 1,633	Peculiar if you ask me.
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02-22-2014, 03:28 AM	#2
Wawwie Member Forum Star Join Date: Jul 26, 2006 Location: New York Posts: 14,376	How is it legal to be married at 13? That's just crazy! Girls are still going through puberty at 13. Some don't even have their periods yet.

03-02-2014, 11:16 PM	#3
Coffeecup coffeecup. Forum 3000 Club Member Join Date: Jan 17, 2003 Location: snoozeville Posts: 3,183	No I didn't know that about Marla. Good lord she had children fast. She didn't have much of teenagers life of fun times of proms, high school and such.

06-06-2014, 10:01 PM	#5
ILuvCarolBurnett Member Frequent Poster Join Date: Apr 20, 2014 Location: Beverly Hills CA Posts: 312	I can't possibly imagine someone issuing a marriage license to a 13-year-old. But maybe times were different back then. Maybe it wasn't an "official" union.

08-27-2014, 01:42 PM	#7
hatwink Member Forum Regular Join Date: Oct 19, 2004 Posts: 773	She went to high school with Sam Cooke, probably things were different in Illinois, or wherever she was from at that time period.