Hi,
The above link shows the great difference in age between Noah and his second wife, Louisa, but my research has revealed that the 'tabloid' press mentality was evident at the time. The Worcestershire Chronicle and Provincial Railway Gazette reported their marriage in its issue of 13 December 1848 under the heading 'Extraordinary'. The report refers to n 18 year old lass (Louisa) being led to the alter in Rowley Regis Church by her 73 year old Uncle (Noah). However, while the report includes best wishes for their marriage, it pointedly adds that the union was the subject of public merriment

I am pleased to see that their union endured and lasted long enough to produce at least three children!!!

H.