In a message dated 7/15/00 9:16:51 AM Central Daylight Time, GenWisconsin-D-request@rootsweb.com writes: > Cheryl, > > If you go to: > > http://www.livgenmi.com/1895wi > > you will find that "Little Prairie" located in Walworth County with a > population of 118 in 1895. > > Shari > Wisconsin, USA > > Other helpful hints for Wisconsin research are located on my webpage at: > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~sbosmans/index.html > Hi all, Little Prairie is still in existence.......if that is what you would call it. It basically consists of one bar/tavern as well as about 8-10 houses. It is on Hwy 67, in Walworth County, just northeast of Elkhorn, which is the county seat for Walworth County. It is one of those places where you don't want to blink or you will miss it! <g> Candy

I think legal age of consent for marriage has always been set by the state, whichever state, but some towns and cities had different legal requirements for marriages. For instance, even today you can go to Zion, Illinois, and to Bessemer, Michigan, in the U.P., and just get married. No waiting period and purportedly no blood test. Zion has a good Chinese restaurant, too, on main street, Sheridan Road.

Does anyone have information regarding vital records prior to 1850 in New York--how to get them and the charge?

Marcia, Back in the late fifties my sister was seventeen and she wanted to marry but couldn`t and my mother and the grooms mother and I traveled to Debuque Iowa with them where they got married. Don`t know if thats any help, but maybe it could be. Nancy ----- Original Message ----- From: MAK <makkuehl@yahoo.com> To: <GenWisconsin-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, July 14, 2000 2:14 PM Subject: [GenWisconsin] minor consent required? > Deb, Most of my kin got married prior to 18 - a tradition I did not opt for > (grin). In WI and most of the other states I researched, a guardian had to > give consent for minors prior to marriage. My mother said she had to get a > signature prior to her marriage (she was 15), and when checking my parent's > marriage certificate, it wasn't there, so it was done prior, probably on the > application for marriage. I have been told that those records were normally > transcribed into a ledger kept at the county level. I have yet to find such a > record in WI, but did find it in KS when the marriage was registered it noted > the parents giving consent. > > In some southern states, a bond had to be posted before a couple could marry, > despite age. In those cases, it lists who posted the bond and sometimes > relationship was noted. In the case of posting bond, the person did not have > to be a guardian, but was usually a relative. > > Hope this helps. R/S MAK > > --- GenWisconsin-D-request@rootsweb.com wrote: > > ATTACHMENT part 4 message/rfc822 > > Date: Mon, 10 Jul 2000 07:19:15 -0700 > > From: "deb Christensen" <deb@dm.net> > > To: GenWisconsin-L@rootsweb.com > > Subject: [GenWisconsin] Age of Majority for Marriage in Mid 19th Century WI > > > > Hey, folks, > > > > I just had a thought. > > > > Would a girl of 14 have been able to get married without her parent's > > consent/permission in 1858 or so in Wisconsin? > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Get Yahoo! Mail - Free email you can access from anywhere! > http://mail.yahoo.com/ > > > ==== GenWisconsin Mailing List ==== > > >

i am looking for information on this family. the information is from the 1900 census for black wolf township in winnebago county wisconsin. FREDRICK BLADNOW born sept 1867, age 32 in germany, both parents born in germany. came to us in 1868,occupation farmer MARY wife , born march 1851, age 49, mother of 6 children, born in wisconsin, both parents born in germany JOHN BABLER stepson, born december 1878 in wisconsin, father born in switzerland, mother born in wisconsin. MARTHA BABLER stepdaughter, born oct 1885 in wisconsin, father switzerland ,mother wisconsin MAGGIE(MARGARET A.)BABLER stepdaughter born august 1888 in wisconsin, father switzerland, mother wisconsin. MARGARET BABLER is my great grandmother. the name of her father is supposed to be JACOB BABLER. MARY AND FRED were married sometime in 1890. as far as i now the family is from winnebago county. one daughter married a HELMS, one married a koch and MARGARET married JOHN CARROLL. thank you very much. ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com

Deb, Most of my kin got married prior to 18 - a tradition I did not opt for (grin). In WI and most of the other states I researched, a guardian had to give consent for minors prior to marriage. My mother said she had to get a signature prior to her marriage (she was 15), and when checking my parent's marriage certificate, it wasn't there, so it was done prior, probably on the application for marriage. I have been told that those records were normally transcribed into a ledger kept at the county level. I have yet to find such a record in WI, but did find it in KS when the marriage was registered it noted the parents giving consent. In some southern states, a bond had to be posted before a couple could marry, despite age. In those cases, it lists who posted the bond and sometimes relationship was noted. In the case of posting bond, the person did not have to be a guardian, but was usually a relative. Hope this helps. R/S MAK --- GenWisconsin-D-request@rootsweb.com wrote: > ATTACHMENT part 4 message/rfc822 > Date: Mon, 10 Jul 2000 07:19:15 -0700 > From: "deb Christensen" <deb@dm.net> > To: GenWisconsin-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: [GenWisconsin] Age of Majority for Marriage in Mid 19th Century WI > > Hey, folks, > > I just had a thought. > > Would a girl of 14 have been able to get married without her parent's > consent/permission in 1858 or so in Wisconsin? __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get Yahoo! Mail � Free email you can access from anywhere! http://mail.yahoo.com/

Cheryl, If you go to: http://www.livgenmi.com/1895wi you will find that "Little Prairie" located in Walworth County with a population of 118 in 1895. Shari Wisconsin, USA Other helpful hints for Wisconsin research are located on my webpage at: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~sbosmans/index.html

I have 2 WI marriage cerificates that mention consent for a minor party. One said " one of the contracting parties, being a minor under 21 years of age, the consent of the parents was personally given to the undersigned Justice". This was a male. The other said 'Husband a minor with consent'.

Cathy are your bios just for certain counties?-anything for Taylor Co gordon CKubly9527@aol.com wrote: > Hi Linda, > > There are currently over 3400 WI bios online at the GenExchange. All the > biographies for Marquette County from the Hx of N WI, 1881, are already > posted. (Click on "Biographies" on the page whose URL is listed below.) > > I'll check Green Lake for JAHNS and post any I find, as Green Lake isn't > online yet. > All the bios from these volumes and any available county histories are being > posted. > Using the SEARCH ENGINE on the bio page, you can access bios from all > counties that are posted for a given surname (eventually all counties!). > Keep in touch! > > Best regards, > Cathy Kubly > State Coordinator, WIGenExchange > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > WIGenExchange (select desired county or record type) > http://www.genexchange.org/state.cfm?state=wi > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Help Keep Genealogy Free For Online Genealogists > http://www.genexchange.org/volunteers.cfm#cc > > ==== GenWisconsin Mailing List ====

In a message dated 07/14/2000 8:58:04 AM Central Daylight Time, Anchor7750@aol.com writes: << GARRISON in WOOD and CLARK COUNTIES. Also for MCHUGH in PORTAGE >> Hi Sue, Your names are on the TO DO list! Shouldn't be too long. Thanks for the moral support, by the way. Warm fuzzies are always nice. Glad to be helping! Keep in touch. Best regards, Cathy Kubly State Coordinator, WIGenExchange ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ WIGenExchange (select desired county or record type) http://www.genexchange.org/state.cfm?state=wi ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Help Keep Genealogy Free For Online Genealogists http://www.genexchange.org/volunteers.cfm#cc

Hi Cathy, You are doing a great srevice for us all, thank you. I am looking for GARRISON in WOOD and CLARK COUNTIES. Also for MCHUGH in PORTAGE. Thank you, Sue

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Cathy, Looking for bios on any "Jahns" in Green Lake and Marquette Counties. Thanks, Linda

Janet According to the book "Wisconsin, its Counties, Townships & Villages"...... there is a township of Ellington in Outagamie County and in that township a town "Stephensville" that once was Ellington. ----- Original Message ----- From: <Wstjs@aol.com> To: <GenWisconsin-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, July 13, 2000 5:32 PM Subject: [GenWisconsin] Town of Ellington, Outagamie County > I found one of my line on the 1875 state census living in the town of > Ellington. I cannot find the location on a map. Is this town still in > existance or is it known by another name at present. > > Janet > > > ==== GenWisconsin Mailing List ==== >

Hi Linda, There are currently over 3400 WI bios online at the GenExchange. All the biographies for Marquette County from the Hx of N WI, 1881, are already posted. (Click on "Biographies" on the page whose URL is listed below.) I'll check Green Lake for JAHNS and post any I find, as Green Lake isn't online yet. All the bios from these volumes and any available county histories are being posted. Using the SEARCH ENGINE on the bio page, you can access bios from all counties that are posted for a given surname (eventually all counties!). Keep in touch! Best regards, Cathy Kubly State Coordinator, WIGenExchange ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ WIGenExchange (select desired county or record type) http://www.genexchange.org/state.cfm?state=wi ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Help Keep Genealogy Free For Online Genealogists http://www.genexchange.org/volunteers.cfm#cc

Everyone was so helpful with my W.F. problem. Thank you all for your assistance. I think it is a case of bad handwriting, but I do not have the original document so I can't say for sure. Now I have another dilemma............ Does anyone know where Little Prairie would have been located in Wisconsin? The year would have been circa 1899. Thanks again in advance! Cheryl

Would someone look in the NEB.Soundex census for 1900, 1910, and 1920 for Alonzo DeVoe. Thank you

In a message dated 07/13/2000 5:34:40 PM Central Daylight Time, Wstjs@aol.com writes: << I found one of my line on the 1875 state census living in the town of Ellington. I cannot find the location on a map. Is this town still in existance or is it known by another name at present. >> >From the History of Northern Wisconsin: Outagamie County is divided into eighteen towns, viz., Deer Creek, Maple Creek and Liberty, in the northwest and west; Hortonia and Dale in the sourthwest; Maine and Cicero in the north; Bovina, Black Creek, Ellington and Center, in the central portion... The first towns, formed in 1851, the year that Outagamie was set off from Brown County, were Grand Chute, Ellington, Greenville, Hortonia, Kaukauna and Lansing, the latter being changed to Center in 1853.... Hope this helps you locate it. I can't tell you if Ellington still exists though. Best regards, Cathy Kubly State Coordinator, WIGenExchange ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ WIGenExchange (select desired county or record type) http://www.genexchange.org/state.cfm?state=wi ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Help Keep Genealogy Free For Online Genealogists http://www.genexchange.org/volunteers.cfm#cc

I found one of my line on the 1875 state census living in the town of Ellington. I cannot find the location on a map. Is this town still in existance or is it known by another name at present. Janet

State Historical Society of Wisconsin are research centers contain pre-1907 vital records if one was submitted... The address for Winnebago Co. records is: Forrest R. Polk Library University of Wisconsin -Oshkosh 800 Algoma Blvd. Oshkosh, WI 54901 (* the zip to be sure) or the LDS family history centers have the index for vital records pre-1907. Good Luck!! Robin Amherst, NY (Wisconsin native) Jacroing67@aol.com wrote: > Good morning...... > > I am looking for the death record for Asahel FULLER who died in Winnebago > county, Wi in the year of 1860. Does anyone have access to these records, or > does Wisconsin have death records this far back? > > Jacqueline > jacroing67@aol.com > > ==== GenWisconsin Mailing List ====