How would they have gotten there? Also, heard that Niagra Falls was a good place. When I lived in Oak Park, IL, the in-thing was Crown Point in Indiana. Why were our parents so secretative? Thanks, Janet ----- Original Message ----- From: [email protected] Sent: Sunday, January 19, 2003 8:45 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [GenWisc] Marriages in 1930's In a message dated 01/19/2003 12:14:40 AM Central Standard Time, [email protected] writes: > > brickwall - when and where my parents (Lucille Mary Jane Joyce or Lucille > Mary Jane Perry, or Lucille Joyce Perry married Willson Dorr Bradley) were > married. In the time period 1932-1935 my dad was living in Kenosha, WI. Don't rule out Las Vegas.... that is where I finally found one.... People really do "run off" and get married. ==== GenWisconsin Mailing List ==== Mailing list moderator: Brenda K. Wolfgram Moore email: [email protected]
It was very common for people from Kenosha during that era to take the interurban to Waukegan to get married......it may have been the Vegas of the twenties around southeastern Wisconsin. Bob Fay On 19 Jan 2003 at 11:26, Janet Brosius wrote: > How would they have gotten there? Also, heard that Niagra Falls was a > good place. When I lived in Oak Park, IL, the in-thing was Crown Point > in Indiana. Why were our parents so secretative? Thanks, Janet > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: [email protected] > Sent: Sunday, January 19, 2003 8:45 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [GenWisc] Marriages in 1930's > > In a message dated 01/19/2003 12:14:40 AM Central Standard Time, > [email protected] writes: > > > > > brickwall - when and where my parents (Lucille Mary Jane Joyce or > > > Lucille > > Mary Jane Perry, or Lucille Joyce Perry married Willson Dorr > > Bradley) were married. In the time period 1932-1935 my dad was > > living in Kenosha, WI. > > Don't rule out Las Vegas.... that is where I finally found one.... > People really do "run off" and get married. > > > ==== GenWisconsin Mailing List ==== > Mailing list moderator: Brenda K. Wolfgram Moore > email: [email protected] > > > ==== GenWisconsin Mailing List ==== > Mailing list moderator: Brenda K. Wolfgram Moore > email: [email protected] > >
They probably would have driven down there. Most folks at least had access to a car, if not owned their own. Lynne Janet Brosius wrote: >How would they have gotten there? Also, heard that Niagra Falls was a good place. When I lived in Oak Park, IL, the in-thing was Crown Point in Indiana. Why were our parents so secretative? Thanks, Janet > > >