>Date: Mon, 13 Jul 1998 12:48:04 +0000 >From: [email protected] >To: [email protected] > >Hello, all >My ancestors did not live in Illinois, but my grandparents >were married in Waterloo. I am wondering about the marriage >laws there. Is there a reason why a couple from St. Louis, MO >would have travelled to Waterloo to be married, rather than get >married in Missouri? My grandmother was 17 or 18 at the time, >grandfather was 21 or 22. >Thank you. >Shirley Rankin >Sonoma County, California >[email protected] >______________________________X-Message: #2 >Date: Mon, 13 Jul 1998 21:26:30 EDT >From: [email protected] > >Shirley: >Not that I know of. What was the year? I'll check at the courthouse. >Janet >______________________________X-Message: #3 >Date: Mon, 13 Jul 1998 21:27:22 -0500 >From: Phyllis Veath <[email protected]> > >The only possiblity I could think of is: There was a Lutheran minister >from Germany listed in the Arrowheads to Aerojets and he was somewhat >special. I believe there was information of him being in St. Louis and >he set up Lutheran churches in Monroe. But that would have to be the >right time frame and Lutheran. Thats the only possiblity that I could >imagine. I don't mean to be crude, but did you check the age of the >first child. That sometimes is the reason for moving to other counties. >Phyllis > Thanks for the replies. I should have mentioned the year was 1928, and the family was Catholic. Shirley :) The Rankin Family History Project is on-line at http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/r/a/n/S-A-Rankin/