Document C.148 · marriage register · transcription: verbatim
New Jersey return of marriages, Township of Hope, Warren Co., 1 June 1859 - 1 June 1860, register vol. AH page 171, entry for George M Cooper and Martha E Stackhouse
- repository
- New Jersey State Archives marriage returns, via Ancestry, New Jersey, U.S., Birth, Marriage and Death Records, 1711-1878 (coll. 62483), record 90746610 ('Martha Stackhous', spouse 'George M Cooperts'), image 004210793_00185 (DGS 4210793, Warren marriages/deaths vol. AH)
People named
| As written | Role | Identified as | What this document says |
|---|---|---|---|
| George M Cooper | groom | George Monroe Cooper 1830–1913 | marriage: 20 Dec 1859, Hope Twp, Warren Co., NJ |
| Martha E Stackhouse | bride | ||
| James Stackhouse | father of bride |
What this document records
Header
'[Ret]urn of Marriages in the township of Hope county of Warren State of New Jersey, from the first day of June 1859 to the first day of June 1860'. Page number 171. Certified 'I do hereby certify the foregoing to be a true statement of the Marriages recorded by me for the year ending June 1st 1860', [signature illegible], Clerk.
Rows
{'date_of_marriage': 'Decr 20th [1859 - the year heads the date column]', 'age_m': 23, 'age_f': 21, 'single_or_widowed': 'Single', 'by_whom_married': 'G. Woolverton', 'residence_of_officiant': 'Hope', 'official_station': 'Justice', 'where_married': '" [Hope]', 'names_of_parties': 'George M Cooper to Martha E Stackhouse', 'residence': '[blank]', 'names_of_parents': 'James Stackhouse', 'occupation': 'Farmer', 'time_of_record': '" [June 10th 1860]'}
Note
The parents column names only the bride's father; NO parent of the groom is given. The groom's age is written 23 (read at 5x).