My parents married in Sikeston, Mo. although they were from Union County. I asked the question why they were married there and they said it was something people did back at that time. That was 1942. Of course Sikeston is only a few miles from Cape Girardeau, Mo. Marianne Dillow --- On Fri, 9/19/08, Terry Noble <teanob@gmail.com> wrote: > From: Terry Noble <teanob@gmail.com> > Subject: Re: [ILUNION] Marriages > To: ilunion@rootsweb.com > Date: Friday, September 19, 2008, 7:46 AM > I am sure that is part of it. My mother was from Johnson > county and my > father from Union county. They were married in Cape > Girardeau, MO. Can't > remember the exact reason and they are gone now but I am > sure it was easier > and quicker. > > Terry Noble > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "G Hobbs" <gghobbs@embarqmail.com> > To: <rmfriend@sbcglobal.net>; > <ilunion@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Thursday, September 18, 2008 11:05 PM > Subject: Re: [ILUNION] Marriages > > > > Mary and Patti, > > That's really good advice. I have found several > Randolph, Jackson, Union, > > Williamson and Alexander family members who went to MO > to get married and > > I > > think, Patti, you may have hit on the reason - they > probably didn't have > > to > > have blood tests in order to marry there and it could > be that the process > > was a little more streamlined. I don't know if > there was/is a waiting > > period > > in either state. > > Gwen Goff Hobbs > > Cooper TX > > Goff and Hobbs Connections > > > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~guinevere60/index.html > > Lost in Genealogy Blog > > http://lostingenealogy.blogspot.com/ > > My first blog so be patient and kind... > > These webpages have more information and include > photos > > Goff and Hobbs and Everything in Between > > > http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=guinevere60 > > This website shows the interconnections of all the > direct branches of our > > Goff and Hobbs families and only include sources. This > is definitely a > > work > > in progress and, right now, needs to be updated. > > > > I live in my own little world, but that's okay, > they like me here. > > > >