Harrison v. Harrison

It appears from the records in this case that the respondent and petitioner were married in Egypt on the 31st of July, 1920. The petitioner’s daughter informs me that her mother is presently seventy-three years old. According to the records in this court, the respondent is fifty-one years old. It would appear, therefore, that at the time of the marriage between this petitioner and respondent, he was approximately twenty years of age and the lady whom he had taken to wife was at that time forty-three years old, more than twice the age of respondent.

Marriage by men twice the age of their wives…