Hi Nancy, Thanks for the tips. I tried the email address for the church archivist, but it bounced. I've requested the correct one. I'll post the correct one if I get it. I did find the same entry in the marriage license record as you did and sent off the request. That's the first time I've found any record of this marriage. I looked for online city directories, but didn't find anything yet. I may have to make a trip to our local genealogy library in San Francisco. Thanks for the excellent information, Curt -----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