Document C.139 · marriage license application · transcription: verbatim
Philadelphia County Orphans' Court marriage license application (Form 40), John Asay Brace and Alberta Stanton, sworn 14 Sept 1900, with the minister's duplicate certificate, licence 127983
- repository
- Philadelphia County Orphans' Court marriage license records, via FamilySearch, Pennsylvania, Civil Marriages, 1677-1950 (collection 2466357), index arks 1:1:Q29M-FPYV and 1:1:Q29M-F5M9, image arks 3:1:S3HT-69BQ-P4T (application) and 3:1:S3HT-69BQ-PN3 (certificate)
- date
- 1900-09-14
People named
| As written | Role | Identified as | What this document says |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alberta Stanton | bride | Alberta (Stanton) Brace 1877–1981 | birth: Wilmington Del residence: 1900, 1355 Ridge Av, Philadelphia marriage: 16 Sep 1900, Philadelphia |
| John Asay Brace | groom |
What this document records
Form
Form 40. State of Pennsylvania, PHILADELPHIA COUNTY, ss.
Groom
John Asay Brace ... requests ... a License for the Marriage of himself to Alberta Stanton ... that he was born in Camden N.J. on the day of age 29 yrs [the date cells hold an age]; that he resides at 2023 Patrick [?] St Phil; occupation Restaurant; that he is not related by blood or marriage to the person whom he desires to marry; that he has not been married before
Bride
that Alberta Stanton whom he is about to marry, was born in Wilmington Del on the day of age 23 [?] yrs; that she resides at 1355 Ridge Av Phil; no occupation; that she has not been married before
Jurat
Sworn and subscribed before me, this 14 day of Sept A.D. 1900, [signature] Ass't Clerk of Orphans' Court. John Asay Brace
Certificate
DUPLICATE. 127983. 'I, Adam Chambers [?], hereby certify that on the Sixteenth day of September one thousand nine hundred at Philadelphia, John Asay Brace and Alberta Stanton were by me united in marriage, in accordance with License issued by the Clerk of the Orphans' Court of Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania' ... Minister of the Gospel. Stamped 'SEP 17 190[0]'.
Reading notes
No parents are named on either form. The bride's age figure is overwritten (23 or 2[?]); the groom's street is uncertain. The Ass't Clerk's signature was not read. Groom born Camden N.J. here; the FamilySearch tree says England (lead only).