YOU MIGHT HAVE THIS ALREADY, BUT OTA PLUMMER MARRIED WILLIAM STULL IN SANGAMON COUNTY 10-3-1900. ACCORDING TO THE ILLINOIS STATE MARRIAGE INDEX WHICH ONLY GOES UP TO 1900. MFB ----- Original Message ----- From: Jackie Sent: Sunday, February 09, 2003 9:50 AM To: ILPEORIA-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [ILPEORIA-L] Out-of-state marriages for Illinois couples Hi Jane, was wondering if you could help me with how to contact surrounding area States for the marriage info. I am looking for. My grandparents were James and Ota Mae Plummer Mackey. Ota Mae probably went by Mae/May. They were in Sangamon Co., IL. on the 1910 census and it states that they had been married for 2 years. I just don't know where to start. The county clerk says there are no records of a marriage for them. Grandma was married at the age of 16 to a William Stull, age 32 and I don't know how long the marriage lasted, can't find a divorce record. They possibly had a son named Herschel born around 1903. Can you direct me where I should look? Thanks. Jackie ----- Original Message ----- From: "Carla and Jeff Leber" <lebrpack@dpc.net> To: <ILPEORIA-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, November 11, 2002 9:17 AM Subject: Re: [ILPEORIA-L] Out-of-state marriages for Illinois couples > Jane - > > Thank you for that wonderful piece of information. My great-grandmother was > last found living in Peoria in 1909 with her father. Her future husband is > nowhere to be found in the Peoria directories, but their first son was born > in Burlington in 1910. You just never know how this may help me find a > piece of the puzzle. No one knows where Eva Edna Liggett and William Moses > Moore was married, but my guess has always been Burlington. I'm going to > have to write some letters today to find out! > > Thanks again - > > Carla > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Jane Kuck" <jkuck@elmnet.net> > To: <ILPEORIA-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Sunday, November 10, 2002 11:02 PM > Subject: [ILPEORIA-L] Out-of-state marriages for Illinois couples > > > > Although this item appeared in the Peoria, IL, Journal Star on 4 Nov 2002, > > I feel that it contains information that may be important to all Illinois > > researchers who have looked in vain for a particular ancestral > > marriage. The item appeared in Bill Adams column, for which he combs old > > newspapers to scout out interesting, unusual and unique stories. This one > > carried a date of November 4, 1939. > > > > "Nearly half the couples to whom marriage licenses were issued at > > Burlington, Iowa, during October were from Peoria and vicinity, it was > > reported. > > > > There were 78 licenses issued, and 35 of the number went to persons living > > near Peoria. During the same month, only 69 were issued in Peoria > > County. Desire to avoid the eight-day waiting period and the pure > marriage > > law is given as the reason for marriages of many Illinois couples in > Iowa." > > > > NOTE: As the marriage laws were statewide, I am sure that these > > circumstances existed in many counties. If a couple lived not to far from > > the state line other states might also have hosted many Illinois > > marriages. So, depending upon the place of residence, one might look in > > border counties in Indiana, Kentucky, Missouri and Wisconsin as well as > Iowa. > > > > Hope that this will help many researchers knock down a few brick walls. > > > > Jane Kuck > > > > > > > > ==== ILPEORIA Mailing List ==== > > Search this list's archived messages! > > http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl > > > > > ==== ILPEORIA Mailing List ==== > List problems? First, read the Welcome Message that you received > when you subscribed. Feel free to contact the list administrator, Cheryl Rothwell, LoganCty@mindspring.com. > > ==== ILPEORIA Mailing List ==== Visit the Peoria County ILGenWeb Home Page! http://www.usgennet.org/~ilpeoria/index.html