> 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 > jeanpayton@earthlink.net > > > > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > >