Thanks, the form appears to have been submitted successfully. The address to which it said it was sent was one I tried directly and got a bounce. Hopefully, I misspelled it in my attempt. -----Original Message----- From: ohcuyaho-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:ohcuyaho-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Robert Jerin Sent: Monday, February 01, 2010 3:59 PM To: ohcuyaho@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [OHCUYAHO] Why Marry in Cleveland? Have you contacted The Diocesan Archives? They have an online form for information requests. I know they are very helpful. At the bottom of the web you will see a link to an online form http://dioceseofcleveland.org/communications/archiveform.htm I don't know that you will find any more info than that which you have already. Robert Jerin Croatian Heritage Museum Cleveland Ohio http://www.croatianmuseum.com/index.php    --- On Mon, 2/1/10, Curt Rowe <amroots@zetcho.com> wrote: > From: Curt Rowe <amroots@zetcho.com> > Subject: Re: [OHCUYAHO] Why Marry in Cleveland? > To: ohcuyaho@rootsweb.com > Date: Monday, February 1, 2010, 6:37 PM > I just got the marriage affidavit > from Cuyahoga County described below. > Unfortunately, it doesn't tell me anything more that the > marriage > certificate or that I already know. It attests that the > groom is at least 21 > and the bride is at least 18, that they aren't currently > married to anyone > else, and that they are no closer than 2nd cousins in > relation. It contains > the date of the license and the date of the marriage on the > return.  I did > get the grooms signature. It's also signed by the person > who married them > and the clerk.  If the groom or bride were under age, > there may be a > different affidavit. > > I still trying to get through to the cathedral where they > were married, but > my emails have bounced or haven't been responded to. > > -----Original Message----- > From: ohcuyaho-bounces@rootsweb.com > [mailto:ohcuyaho-bounces@rootsweb.com] > On Behalf Of Nancy Archdekin > Sent: Tuesday, January 26, 2010 11:52 AM > To: ohcuyaho@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [OHCUYAHO] Why Marry in Cleveland? > > I'd also suggest you look at the city directories, but > don't put 100% > faith on the years they are included in the directories. I > found > myself still listed in one directory 3 years after I moved > 1000 miles away. > > You might also check for newspaper accounts of their > marriage - in > Cleveland and in their hometowns. These may offer a clue as > to why > they married where they did. If those aren't available > check for an > article reporting an anniversary (25th, 50th) in a local > newspaper. > > If you don't already have it, you might check the actual > entry in the > church records to see if there was a notation regarding > their places > of residence. See > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~officer/CuyOhFAQ.html#CATH > OLIC. > > Have you checked for a marriage license record in Cuyahoga > County? > This should also include their residences at the time the > license was > issued. An index to licenses from 1810 through April 1998 > can be > found at http://probate.cuyahogacounty.us/ml/. > More details regarding > this index and how to obtain a free copy of the record can > be found > at > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~officer/CuyOhMarIndx.html. > > I did a search and found a William W Rowe and a Katherine F > Davis in the > index. > > Nancy > > At 01:09 PM 1/26/2010, you wrote: > >Hi, > > > > > > > >I just joined the list to see you could help me figure > something out.  No > >disrespect to Cleveland, but is there any reason to > travel some distance to > >get married there? I have a copy of the original > marriage license for my > >great grandfather William Walter Rowe and his bride > Catherine Davis.  They > >were married at Saint John's Cathedral in Cleveland on > 2 Aug 1892.  William > >was born in Canada emigrated to the U.S. in 1875.  > I'm reasonably sure it > >was to Michigan. Catherine was from Wisconsin.  A > year later, their first > >child was born in Detroit and they appear there in the > 1900 census having > >three more children born there. > > > > > > > >One possible answer is that William had a brother, > David Rowe, living > there. > >The latter appears in the 1900 and 1910 census for > Cleveland and also > >emigrated in 1875.  I'm currently trying to find > more evidence that they > >were brothers as the linkage is quite tenuous at the > moment. > > > > > > > >Catherine's parents were Irish so she may have been > Catholic.  Was Saint > >John's a big draw for marriages? > > > > > > > >My Aunt tells me Catherine studied piano at Juilliard, > which is in New York > >city.  Is there any well known music schools in > Cleveland in the event she > >has the school wrong? > > > > > > > >Finally, is there anything I can look at for residence > in the city in > >1890-92 like a tax list?  Only if we had the 1890 > census. > > > > > > > >Thanks for any help, > > > >Curt Rowe > > > > > > > > > >------------------------------- > >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > >OHCUYAHO-request@rootsweb.com > with the word 'unsubscribe' without > >the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > OHCUYAHO-request@rootsweb.com > with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to OHCUYAHO-request@rootsweb.com > with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the > subject and the body of the message > ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to OHCUYAHO-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message