Peg, My granparents were first married in Waukegan Ill. in 1928.(Yet they both lived in Waukesha). I have 2 marriage certificates, the first in Waukegan the second showing married in Waukesha just six days later, My grandmother was only 15 years old at the time so I'm assuming that maybe there was no law of age limit? Yet I can't explain why then 8 days later they were remarried in Waukesha? Interesting! Deanna(Las Vegas) On Sun, 21 Oct 2001 17:19:05 -0500, WIMILWAU-L@rootsweb.com wrote: > After a brief trip, going through filmed copies of the Milwaukee Journal in > the 1920's I realized there were many Wisconsin folks, not all even from > southeast Wisconsin, who were married in Waukegan, ILL. In the 1920's the > Milwaukee Journal listed under the local marriage licenses, those who were > , "Licensed at Waukegan" and on June 22, 1925, 14 couples were > listed. Of those 28 people, 26 were listed as living in Wisconsin cities. > > Was Waukegan Ill a 'hot spot' for marriages in the 20's ? > > Peg > > > > ============================== > Search over 1 Billion names at Ancestry.com! > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist1.asp > _______________________________________________________ Send a cool gift with your E-Card http://www.bluemountain.com/giftcenter/
Deanna, Your grandparents got married without their parents' permission, necessary in Wisconsin, and after the kids returned home, in great wrath and lamenting, the parents gave in and got them married again, in a ceremony everyone thought was more legal. They maybe even got a minister the second time, and had a cake and a reception. Families are fascinating, Ashley Deanna wrote: > Peg, > My granparents were first married in Waukegan Ill. in 1928.(Yet they both > lived in Waukesha). > I have 2 marriage certificates, the first in Waukegan the second showing > married in Waukesha just six days later, > My grandmother was only 15 years old at the time so I'm assuming that maybe > there was no law of age limit? Yet I can't explain why then 8 days later > they were remarried in Waukesha? Interesting! > > Deanna(Las Vegas) > > > > On Sun, 21 Oct 2001 17:19:05 -0500, WIMILWAU-L@rootsweb.com wrote: > > > After a brief trip, going through filmed copies of the Milwaukee Journal > in > > the 1920's I realized there were many Wisconsin folks, not all even from > > southeast Wisconsin, who were married in Waukegan, ILL. In the 1920's the > > > Milwaukee Journal listed under the local marriage licenses, those who > were > > , "Licensed at Waukegan" and on June 22, 1925, 14 couples were > > listed. Of those 28 people, 26 were listed as living in Wisconsin > cities. > > > > Was Waukegan Ill a 'hot spot' for marriages in the 20's ? > > > > Peg > > > > > > > > ============================== > > Search over 1 Billion names at Ancestry.com! > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist1.asp > > > > _______________________________________________________ > Send a cool gift with your E-Card > http://www.bluemountain.com/giftcenter/ > > ============================== > Join the RootsWeb WorldConnect Project: > Linking the world, one GEDCOM at a time. > http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com