Shelley: Have you checked at this site? Joseph https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1804002 On 8/23/13 3:54 PM, "Shelley Rodgers" <pirate@value.net> wrote: > >Hannah Maye Robertson was born on July 21, 1895 in Kansas. By 1900, >the family had relocated to San Bernardino, CA > >John Laurencelle (aka John Russell) was born on Sept 1, 1887 in >Montreal, Canada. In the late 1880's, his family had emigrated to the >US to Ohio. By the mid-teens, he was living in Los Angeles county, >most likely Long Beach. On March 27, 1916, he became a naturalized US >citizen (the papers were filed in Los Angeles county). In 1917, he >registered for the World War I draft in Vallejo, CA, where he listed >himself as single. (regarding the surnames ... the family name of >Laurencelle was tentatively changed to Russell by 1900 (as shown by >the 1900 census), so the family would better be able to assimilate >into US society, as they thought Laurencelle sounded too foreign. >However, by 1910, most of the family members reverted to Laurencelle. >John's naturalization papers of 1916 show him as John Laurencelle AKA >John Russell ... but he never actually used the Russell surname.) > >I *believe* they were married in 1917 (or thereabouts). They were >definitely married by March 1919, as that is when their first (twin) >children were born. At that time, they were living in Vallejo, CA >(and remained there until both of their deaths). > >I have been to the Solano county recorders office (the county for >Vallejo, CA) and they very carefully looked at their records for an >expanded timeframe ... 1900 through 1923 ... and there is no record >of Hannah & John being married in Solano county. I was so >disappointed; I was sure they had been married there. > >It occurred to me that perhaps they were actually married in Long >Beach, which is where Hannah was living in 1917. > >I can't find any marriage information online for marriage documents >for Long Beach/Los Angeles county for this timeframe. Would someone >(some angel!) be willing to do some searching for me? > >My bottom line plan is to mail away for the document, but I'd rather >not do that, if I don't need to. > >Any help would be greatly appreciated. > >Sincerely, >Shelley Rodgers > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >CALOSANG-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >quotes in the subject and the body of the message >