I posted the fact that I found my parents marriage because of I accidently found their marriage license in my own home and they were married actually in Vinita, Oklahoma. This was in 1930. In your information post speaking of the idea of surrounding counties and towns being "marriage mills", just as in California many turn to Nevada, especially Las Vegas, can you tell me how far back your statement would apply. I mean, was it the norm back in the 1800's or started after the turn of the century, or even later into the 1910's or 20's? I also would suppose that where they "fled to" to get married was always across the state line due to more relaxed marriage laws rather than to another county in Missouri? I need to find another one I am having difficulty with. Lovetra katharan plemmons wrote: > Something that people who do not live in the Joplin area may not know, is > that Miami, Oklahoma, and the surrounding towns are a marriage mill...People > from all over the 4 state area will run down to Miami to get married rather > than take the time to do it in the local area....There are wedding chapels > all over and the Joplin paper advertises places where the blood test and > marriage will only take a couple of hours.... > > _________________________________________________________________ > Send and receive Hotmail on your mobile device: http://mobile.msn.com
In going through old Cherokee Nation marriages as well as early statehood marriages we have found people from all over the U.S. coming to the area to marry. Seems they would catch the train and come to Indian Territory or the new state to marry--be it an elopement, for the romance of being married in Indian country, or whatever reason they might have. We have them from as far away as New York and PA. Connie ----- Original Message ----- From: <lovetra@sbcglobal.net> To: <MOJASPER-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, January 21, 2002 9:38 PM Subject: Re: [MOJASPER] Marriages in Carthage or Joplin, Census look up for 1880 > I posted the fact that I found my parents marriage because of I accidently found > their marriage license in my own home and they were married actually in Vinita, > Oklahoma. This was in 1930. > > In your information post speaking of the idea of surrounding counties and towns > being "marriage mills", just as in California many turn to Nevada, especially > Las Vegas, can you tell me how far back your statement would apply. I mean, was > it the norm back in the 1800's or started after the turn of the century, or > even later into the 1910's or 20's? > > I also would suppose that where they "fled to" to get married was always across > the state line due to more relaxed marriage laws rather than to another county > in Missouri? I need to find another one I am having difficulty with. > > Lovetra > > katharan plemmons wrote: > > > Something that people who do not live in the Joplin area may not know, is > > that Miami, Oklahoma, and the surrounding towns are a marriage mill...People > > from all over the 4 state area will run down to Miami to get married rather > > than take the time to do it in the local area....There are wedding chapels > > all over and the Joplin paper advertises places where the blood test and > > marriage will only take a couple of hours.... > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > Send and receive Hotmail on your mobile device: http://mobile.msn.com > >