Having been married on a military base . . . A wedding on a base would have been performed by a military chaplain (a minister assigned to that base--a big base might have several from different denominations) and would be regulated by and reported to the state or city where the marriage took place. I assume there is also a record kept by the base chapel, just like by any other church. (The base we were married on is now closed, and I have never looked for those chapel records.) Nothing would have been reported back to the home towns. Marian On Fri, May 15, 2015 at 12:21 PM, Barbara Young via <norway@rootsweb.com> wrote: > Hi Lars, > > I haven't been following the thread intensely so don't know if this > could be of help. > I noticed that they were married on what is now Veterans Day, formerly > called Armistice Day commemorating the signing of the Armistice closing > WW I, and since 1954, called Veteran's Day. If he was a service man, > they might have wanted to be married on that day and perhaps on a > military base. > > I am not sure about how marriages would have been handled if they took > place on the base but, as a guess, I would think they would also be > reported to the home towns of the man and woman. > > All the best > Barbara in MA > >

Dear Barbara, Marian and other Listers! Thank you very much for your interesting messages in regard to the marriage record of Robert Donald and Edith. I still believe they were married in St. Paul, MN, but cannot prove it... Could there be a wedding announcement in the local paper? I just found another note saying Robert Donald Walker was in the Marine Corps for a while during WW2 and also after, Can that help find a military record for him? Thanks again for your great assistance with this problem! Very sincerely yours, Lars E. Oyane ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ On May 15, 2015, at 3:53 PM, Marian Hill via wrote: > Having been married on a military base . . . > > A wedding on a base would have been performed by a military chaplain (a > minister assigned to that base--a big base might have several from > different denominations) and would be regulated by and reported to the > state or city where the marriage took place. I assume there is also a > record kept by the base chapel, just like by any other church. (The base we > were married on is now closed, and I have never looked for those chapel > records.) > Nothing would have been reported back to the home towns. > > Marian > > > > On Fri, May 15, 2015 at 12:21 PM, Barbara Young via <norway@rootsweb.com> > wrote: > >> Hi Lars, >> >> I haven't been following the thread intensely so don't know if this >> could be of help. >> I noticed that they were married on what is now Veterans Day, formerly >> called Armistice Day commemorating the signing of the Armistice closing >> WW I, and since 1954, called Veteran's Day. If he was a service man, >> they might have wanted to be married on that day and perhaps on a >> military base. >> >> I am not sure about how marriages would have been handled if they took >> place on the base but, as a guess, I would think they would also be >> reported to the home towns of the man and woman. >> >> All the best >> Barbara in MA >>

Hi Lars, I would think that every scrap of information is always helpful.:} Try the SSDI. The Veteran Admin might be able to help. Getting information will be no problem - it is where to go to find the correct agency, that would be my problem.:} They can tell you where he was stationed at any time (unless classified). There must be folks on the list who know far more than I. Good luck take care Barbara On 5/15/2015 5:43 PM, Lars E. Oyane via wrote: > Dear Barbara, Marian and other Listers! > > Thank you very much for your interesting messages in regard to the marriage record of Robert Donald and Edith. I still believe they were married in St. Paul, MN, but cannot prove it... > > Could there be a wedding announcement in the local paper? > > I just found another note saying Robert Donald Walker was in the Marine Corps for a while during WW2 and also after, Can that help find a military record for him? > > Thanks again for your great assistance with this problem! > > Very sincerely yours, > > Lars E. Oyane > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > On May 15, 2015, at 3:53 PM, Marian Hill via wrote: > >> Having been married on a military base . . . >> >> A wedding on a base would have been performed by a military chaplain (a >> minister assigned to that base--a big base might have several from >> different denominations) and would be regulated by and reported to the >> state or city where the marriage took place. I assume there is also a >> record kept by the base chapel, just like by any other church. (The base we >> were married on is now closed, and I have never looked for those chapel >> records.) >> Nothing would have been reported back to the home towns. >> >> Marian >> >> >> >> On Fri, May 15, 2015 at 12:21 PM, Barbara Young via <norway@rootsweb.com> >> wrote: >> >>> Hi Lars, >>> >>> I haven't been following the thread intensely so don't know if this >>> could be of help. >>> I noticed that they were married on what is now Veterans Day, formerly >>> called Armistice Day commemorating the signing of the Armistice closing >>> WW I, and since 1954, called Veteran's Day. If he was a service man, >>> they might have wanted to be married on that day and perhaps on a >>> military base. >>> >>> I am not sure about how marriages would have been handled if they took >>> place on the base but, as a guess, I would think they would also be >>> reported to the home towns of the man and woman. >>> >>> All the best >>> Barbara in MA >>> > Norwaylist Archiveshttp://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index?list=norway > > RESUBSCRIBE UNSUB > http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/index/intl/NOR/NORWAY.html > > guidelines http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~norway/guidelines.htm > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NORWAY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >