Joanna Stanton born France (Brit Subject)

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Jo(h)anna HOWARD died in 1859 age 46
In 1851 with her husband John Davies HOWARD in Liverpool (she born France, British Subject)
In 1841 with her husband in Liverpool (she born in Lancashire - NO)
Joanna STANTON married John Davies HOWARD in Liverpool in 1829 - on IGI no father / occupation given

If Joanna was born in 1813 - 1859 minus 46 - she would have been 16 when she was married: was that legal then?

Also, if she was born in 1813, it was during the Napoleonic Wars, when Wellington and the British army were fighting their way up France from Spain. It could be that she was an army baby.

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For reference, this is Joanna on the Censuses:

1841 Census: Piece: 567; Book/Folio: 7/22; Page: 9
Enumeration District: West Derby

Address: Blair Street Chester Place, Toxteth Park, Liverpool

HOWARD, John - M - 35 - Coppersmith - Lancashire
HOWARD, Johanna - F - 25
HOWARD, John - M - 2 - Lancashire
HOWARD, Mary - F - 0 (2 months) - Lancashire
STAUNTON, Samuel - M - 15 - Lancashire

1851 Census: Piece: 2181; Folio: 377; Page: 35
Registration District: Liverpool

Address: 9, Court House, Rathbone Street, Liverpool

HOWARD, John - Head - Married - 45 - Coppersmith - Liverpool
HOWARD, Joanna - Wife - Married - 38 - France British Subject
HOWARD, John - Son - Unmarried - 12 - Scholar - Liverpool
HOWARD, Mary - Daughter - Unmarried - 10 - Scholar - Liverpool
HOWARD, Jane - Daughter - Unmarried - 8 - Scholar - Liverpool
HOWARD, Rachel - Daughter - Unmarried - 1 - Liverpool

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Ancestry has John & Joanna's marriage in their Liverpool, England, Marriages and Banns, 1813-1921 section.

It says:

John Davies Howard of this Parish Coppersmith & a Bachelor and Joanna Stanton of this Parish Spinster were married in this Church by Banns this twelfth day of January in the Year One Thousand Eight Hundred and Twenty Nine,
By me R. Cardwell, curate
This Marriage was Solemnized between us : John Davies Howard; Joanna X Stanton Her Mark
In the Presence of: William Howard; Hannah Boxall

The church was St Paul's, Liverpool.