LOL ! I didn't realize my error in my previous posting. I meant Jackson Mo. too instead of Sikeston. Of course Jackson is just on the other side of Cape Girardeau, Mo. Marianne Dillow --- On Sun, 9/21/08, SLKyle@aol.com <SLKyle@aol.com> wrote: > From: SLKyle@aol.com <SLKyle@aol.com> > Subject: Re: [ILUNION] Marriages > To: ilunion@rootsweb.com > Date: Sunday, September 21, 2008, 1:26 PM > Several of my Jackson & Union Co. family members were > married in Jackson, > Cape Girardeau Co., MO and some in Piggott, AR. > > Sherry > > > In a message dated 9/19/2008 12:26:50 P.M. Central Daylight > Time, > mdillow31@verizon.net writes: > > 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. > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ILUNION-request@rootsweb.com with the word > 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and > the > body of the message > > > > > > **************Looking for simple solutions to your > real-life financial > challenges? Check out WalletPop for the latest news and > information, tips and > calculators. > (http://www.walletpop.com/?NCID=emlcntuswall00000001) > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ILUNION-request@rootsweb.com with the word > 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and > the body of the message