Thanks for your suggestion. That's probably the next step. Do you think they'll check for the record in more than one town? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Donna Rhyne" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, August 04, 2007 1:42 PM Subject: Re: [RIGENWEB] Missing Marriage Record LEVESQUE/BELL > Have you checked with the RI Archives? > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Sheila Stewart" <[email protected]> > To: "Dot Schulz , [email protected]" <[email protected]>; > <[email protected]> > Cc: "Emil Schulz" <[email protected]> > Sent: Saturday, August 04, 2007 1:40 PM > Subject: Re: [RIGENWEB] Missing Marriage Record LEVESQUE/BELL > > >> They could have been married in New York. Philomene was born there. I > looked >> on Ancestry and it might have found her in 1880 Census. Her father was >> Eugene and she was born around 1873 and living in Plattsburg, Clinton, NY > in >> 1880. Other census info shows there was an 7-8 year age difference >> between >> Philomene and Elisee, too so it made some sense to me. >> >> Or, they could have married in nearby Massachusetts! >> Sheila >> >> >> > From: Dot Schulz <[email protected]> >> > Reply-To: Dot Schulz <[email protected]>, "[email protected]" >> > <[email protected]> >> > Date: Fri, 3 Aug 2007 22:04:52 -0400 >> > To: <[email protected]> >> > Cc: Emil Schulz <[email protected]> >> > Subject: [RIGENWEB] Missing Marriage Record LEVESQUE/BELL >> > >> > I'm trying to help my sister-in-law find a marriage record for her >> > grandparents. We have found their census reports in R.I. for 1910, > 1920, >> > and 1930. We have found her grandfather's naturalization papers which > state >> > he came to the U.S. from Canada in September of 1880 by way of Lowell, > Mass. >> > and then R.I. when he was 11 years old. He was living in Lincoln, >> > R.I. >> > when he applied for citizenship at age 21. His name is ELISEE >> > LEVESQUE, >> > born July 30, 1869 in Canada. His wife's name is PHILOMENE BELL, born >> > 1862-1863 in New York state. They were married about 1887. >> > >> > My sister-in-law has contacted the Woonsocket town clerk but they had >> > no >> > records but told her to contact the Central Falls clerk, which she did. >> > They have records for Lincoln and Manville (where three of their sons > were >> > born). Unfortunately, Elisee and Philomene's marriage record was not >> > to > be >> > found. >> > >> > Does anyone have any other suggestions to find an elusive marriage > record in >> > R.I.? Thanks for your help! >> > >> > >> >