Dear Listers: I am hoping that someone on this list will be able to do a look up for me. I have addressed this message to several Lists and I apologize if you receive more than one of this message. This is my story: My grandmother Ethel LAWES b. 1887 in Ontario, Canada travelled to Chicago, Cook Co., Illinois about 1910 and stayed with her sister until she found a job. She was hired by the Fred Harvey Restaurant system which operated out of the Santa Fe Railroad line. As the story goes Fred Harvery hired women to be waitresses to prepare and serve meals to people who were travelling westward from the 1880's to 1950's. She was required to sign a contract stating that she would work for Fred Harvey and that during her contract that she could not marry, could not become pregnant. At the end of their contract the Railroad would take them where they wanted to be dropped off. My Grandfather Herbert Scott BOYER (s) born in Freedom, Owen Co., Indiana in 1882 supposedly was also hired by either the Railroad or the Fred Harvey Restaurant System. He also had signed a contract. Now these two people met while employed by Fred Harvey System or Santa Fe Railroad. At the end of their contract these two people supposedly married about March to June 1912. They travelled to Douglas, Cochise Co., Arizona where my father was born May 11, 1913. I found the home in which they were living, I also found a page from the City Directory of Douglas, Arizona showing that Herbert S. Boyer and Ethel Lawes Boyer (s) were living on 820 13th Street in Douglas. They also had an insurance policy on the home they were living in at the time. I also found out that Herbert was employed at the White House Cafe in Douglas, Arizona When my father was 10 months old my grandmother asked the local priest to take her to the train and make sure they got safely onto the train and left Douglas. She was taking my father and was going back to Inwood, Ontario, Canada where her family was living. She left my grandfather behind. He evidently wasn't a very good husband and father. He had extracurricular activites that were not conducive to a good marriage. My grandmother divorced him. Now Herbert returned home sometime later to his family in Freedom, Owen Co., Indiana where he lived the rest of his life. He married in 1931 to another woman and they had no children. He died in September 1960. My father died in October 1959 and my grandmother died in December 1962. I am looking for a marriage license for Herbert Scott Boyer (s) and Ethel Lawes. Herberts' birthdate was April 26, 1882 and my grandmothers' birth was May 16, 1887. Herberts' parents were William Scott Boyer(s) and Mary Elizabeth Perry. My grandmothers' parents were Henry Lawes and Emily Moore. According to one of Herbert's descendants Herbert never left home for more than two days in his whole life so he thinks I may have the wrong one but I have pictures of him and my grandmother together and my father listed Herbert as his father on his Social Security Application. I have not been able to find another Herbert Scott Boyer(s) born in that time frame anywhere. When I wrote Social Security I was given the information from my fathers application and this matches this Herbert Scott Boyer(s). If there is someone who could do a marriage lookup for me I would be most grateful as I have been looking for many years and I just came across the Santa Fe railroad map showing me where all of the train stations were between 1880 and 1950 and that is why I am writing this message in the hopes that I might be able to locate the marriage record. My grandmother also married a second time to a man from Dupage County, Illinois about 1916-1918 and I have not been able to locate that marriage record either. The second husbands name was William H. HAWBECKER. Thank you in advance for reading this long message and I hope someone is able to help me. Jean Payton [email protected]