[Genealib] Gretna Green - Ohio site that drew in KY couples to marry - 1857 - performed over 3, 000 weddings

[Kemp, Tom]

Articles about "Gretna Green" where high numbers of couples would go to
get married.

 

This 1857 article is about Aberdeen, OH - a spot that attracted over
3,000 KY couples to get married by a justice of the peace - Esquire
Sheldon. Aberdeen is "across the river from Maysville, KY". 

 

The full article appeared in the New Hampshire Patriot & State Gazette
of 16 Sep 1857. 

Contact me if you'd like a copy of the original article. 

 

In searching on GenealogyBank I found thousands of articles from the
1600s to recent times that commented on the Gretna Green pattern all
over the US and the UK. 

 

Tom 

 

Thomas Jay Kemp

Director, Genealogy Products

NewsBank Inc. 

www.GenealogyBank.com 

 

TKemp at NewsBank.com 

Cell: 860.218.5479

 

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