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

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