This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/yYB.2ACI/14068.2.1 Message Board Post: I wish I knew the answer. I don't know the names of siblings or parents for either DeCoursey or Fitzgerald. Generally the marriage takes place where the female lives but I can't find her in any census of the area. I know nothing of them prior to the marriage other than that both originally came for Northern Ireland and the marriage was Catholic. They left Ohio almost immediately and were found in or near Decatur, Illinois for the rest of their lives where he worked on a railroad. The only other thing is a family story that the spelling of the name was changed to DeCourcy when they moved to Decatur. I assume that the change was from DeCoursey as that is what is listed on the marriage papers. There are no witnesses listed! Kind of leaves me with the feeling that they might have met somewhere else and married on their way to Illinois. The marriage took place 20 Sep 1854 in Franklin Co, Ohio; 1st child was born in Decatur, Illinois, 20 Aug 1855.