Elaine, I couldn't figure out why my great-grandparents were married in West Albany, Minnesota. However, later I found that the mother of the witness for their wedding was really an aunt. So the witness was a cousin. So many times the maiden names of women were not listed, so only years later did I find she was my great-great grandfather's sister. Carol Elaine O'Neill wrote: >Thanks Don. I would assume the name may be in reality Marquardt, but >it was spelled without that second r on the death certificate. And >they were supposed to have been Prussian, so it does make sense. My >Gr-grandparents, and grandfather came over in 1888. >My grandfather wasn't from Windsor, but he and my grandmother got >married there for some reason, instead of in Detroit where they both >lived. I'm lucky I found that marriage certificate.....I never would >have thought to look for it there, but found it on Ancestry when I did >a search for their surnames. > >Thanks again! >Elaine >(who has a son Don in MI) > > > > > >