[Genealib] Marriages at Ellis Island

[Nancy Maxwell]

Phyllis:

That's a good question! I'll have to look into it. It just may have become a federal issue when the Feds took charge.

Nancy

>>> "Phyllis Rickard" <prickard at monroe.lib.mi.us> 4/4/2008 3:38 PM >>>
This is fascinating! Were these rules in place prior to Ellis Island? Would 
a woman who came through Castle Garden have been subject to the same rules?

My gr-grandmother (from Switzerland) came by herself and married my 
gr-grandfather (also from Switzerland) after she got here. They were married 
in Archbold, OH in 1885. Her brother and my gr-grandfather were supposed to 
have come together. I have never been able to find any of them on any of the 
lists. All would have been single at arrival.

Phyllis Rickard
AV / Outreach Librarian
Lenawee County Library
Adrian, MI
prickard at monroe.lib.mi.us 

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Nancy Maxwell" <nmaxwell at grapevinetexas.gov>
To: "Librarians Serving Genealogists" <genealib at mailman.acomp.usf.edu>
Sent: Thursday, April 03, 2008 2:55 PM
Subject: Re: [Genealib] Marriages at Ellis Island


> Anne:
>
> My grandfather's sister married at Ellis Island in July 1907. Her husband 
> was from Massachusetts, and I was able to get the certificate from Boston.
>
> Yes, it's true that an unaccompanied woman - married or not - couldn't 
> leave without an adult male accompanying her. Unaccompanied women and 
> minor children can be found on the "List of Detained Aliens" that 
> accompanies the passenger list. It may be at the front or back of the 
> list. Once I knew that this was the standard procedure regarding any 
> detainee, I used Steve Morse's "Missing Manifests" tool to get to the 
> manifest, then checked just prior to, or after, the actual manifest for 
> the detainees list.
>
> There were several reasons for the detention list; unaccompanied women and 
> children was just one of them.
>
> Regards,
> Nancy
>
>
>
>
>
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>
>>>> Anne Shaughnessy <annes_1961 at yahoo.com> 4/3/2008 1:19 PM >>>
> Hello,
>  I am trying to help an 89-year-old patron find more information about her 
> father's second marriage.  She said she was 6 years old when it happened 
> so the marriage occured somewhere around 1925.  Her father corresponded 
> with a woman from Germany who came over to the U.S. to marry him.  They 
> married at Ellis Island.  I did some searching and found a few mentions of 
> this situation via the Internet.  Is it true that there was a rule that an 
> un-married woman could not leave with a man who wasn't related to her?  If 
> this did happen, where would the records be kept?  How could the man have 
> gotten a marriage license so quickly?  Who has jurisdiction over these 
> records?  I realize these are a lot of questions and I ask for your 
> patience.  Any clues or ideas would be most appreciated.
>
>  Thank you.
>  Anne Shaughnessy
>  Mount Prospect (Illinois) Public Library
>
>
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