I'd love to see the article too, as the name I am researching married in Milwaukee in 1890 but lived in Chicago. The name was also mispelled! regards, Jackie ----- Original Message ----- From: "Beth Walsh" <bw.walsh5@sbcglobal.net> To: <il-cook-chicago@rootsweb.com>; <dalenkatie@earthlink.net> Sent: Thursday, April 30, 2009 4:07 AM Subject: Re: [IL-COOK-CHICAGO] Chicago couples married in Milwaukee 1894 > > I'd be interested in this, as my grandparents also got married in > Milwaukee. They eloped - took an excursion boat up there from Chicago. > This was in 1895. And yes, my grandfather's last name was also mis-spelled > in the register book! > > Beth > > > --- On Wed, 4/29/09, Dale & Katie <dalenkatie@earthlink.net> wrote: > >> From: Dale & Katie <dalenkatie@earthlink.net> >> Subject: Re: [IL-COOK-CHICAGO] Chicago couples married in Milwaukee 1894 >> To: il-cook-chicago@rootsweb.com >> Date: Wednesday, April 29, 2009, 5:05 AM >> Robert Schiller, >> >> Thanks so much for sharing this article. Could you please >> share the article >> itself with the List? >> >> I wonder if this only applies to Milwaukee or it was trendy >> to marry in >> Wisconsin? My gr-grandparents were married in Waukegan >> (Lake County) in >> 1891 and I always assumed that there was something more >> logical to it--to >> save a few $ makes sense to me. By the way, the clerk >> misspelled by >> gr-grandmother's name too! >> >> Katie >> >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> IL-COOK-CHICAGO-request@rootsweb.com with the word >> 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and >> the body of the message > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > IL-COOK-CHICAGO-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >