I am researching my gr gr grandparents Georg RODENMEYER and Elisabeth HELFRICH marriage place and date without any luck. I came across this entry in a set of books Marriages in St. Louis and it is for my step great great grandmother Helferich, Anna Marie to Rodenmeyer, George on 14 Nov 1848. She died 13 months later, according to an article I read, on December 22, 1849 from the chlorea epidemic along with her parents. Their burial place is unknown as mass graves were being used due to the large number of people dying at one time. Sometime later Georg married her sister Elisabeth and I have hit a brick wall each time I have tried to find their marriage date.     The closest I came was when I spelled the name phonetically I found one that is similar. A Elisabeth Helfig and George Grotemeyer married 12-31-1849.  I went to city hall and found a copy of their license application and tracked down the marriage to Holy Ghost German Evangelical Protestant Church in St. Louis.  The only difference on the Church records that I later saw a copy of is the woman's surname was spelled Helfic. What I would like to find out is if it would have been normal at the time and with German customs to get married 9 days after the death?  Has anyone ever heard of anything like this happening? I have a gut feeling these are the people I am looking for and would appreciate any advice anyone can give me on this. Thank you, Bob Pusateri