Hi Lila, You're right, if it was for some personal reason they chose it, I may never know. I wanted to know if there is compelling reason to marry there. If they got married at Niagra Falls, I wouldn't be guessing why. Curt -----Original Message----- From: ohcuyaho-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:ohcuyaho-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Lila Garner Sent: Tuesday, January 26, 2010 11:18 AM To: ohcuyaho@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [OHCUYAHO] Why Marry in Cleveland? There are city directories for Cleveland. Some are at Ancestry.com but I don't know the years off the top of my head. As to why they went to Cleveland, some things simply cannot be explained. The couple I search got married in Lake County when both lived in Cleveland/Cuyahoga. We will never know why. Lila > From: amroots@zetcho.com > To: OHCUYAHO@rootsweb.com > Date: Tue, 26 Jan 2010 11:09:47 -0800 > Subject: [OHCUYAHO] Why Marry in Cleveland? > > 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