Windsor was a very popular place for Americans to get married - especially those from Michigan, and to a lesser extent Ohio. I have seen marriages in Windsor of American residents who lied about their age (i.e. were minors at the time but claimed to be 21) If the witnesses on the marriage reg were not related, and especially if the witnesses were involved in a lot of other marriages, then there was probably not a family reason for marrying in Windsor. Check the other Windsor marriages on adjacent pages to see if the witnesses were "unique" to your marriage. For example, surnames Tolmie, Oliver, Manning appear over & over & over again as witnesses. Perhaps the witnesses were friends who also got married in Windsor at the same time? Mary

Yes, Manning is one of the witnesses. The other is a Susan Johnson from Detroit. I don't recognize the name but it may have been a friend of my grandmother's. Their ages are accurate on the registration, well, almost. He was 3 months shy of 21 but states he's 21 on the registration. She was 20 and it states that to be the case. I suspect her family may have been against the marriage and they "ran away" to Windsor to get married. I was simply hoping for some kind of companion document to compare the information to. Sometime's clerks get busy and write the wrong name in the right column, I just wanted to be sure. Thanks for the suggestions, Mary. Elaine On 6/13/07, Mary Crandall <MICrandall@rogers.com> wrote: > Windsor was a very popular place for Americans to get married - especially > those from Michigan, and to a lesser extent Ohio. > > > > I have seen marriages in Windsor of American residents who lied about their > age (i.e. were minors at the time but claimed to be 21) > > > > If the witnesses on the marriage reg were not related, and especially if the > witnesses were involved in a lot of other marriages, then there was probably > not a family reason for marrying in Windsor. Check the other Windsor > marriages on adjacent pages to see if the witnesses were "unique" to your > marriage. For example, surnames Tolmie, Oliver, Manning appear over & over > & over again as witnesses. > > > > Perhaps the witnesses were friends who also got married in Windsor at the > same time? > > > > Mary