Document C.149 · marriage return · transcription: verbatim
Warren County, New Jersey, county register of marriage returns ("Warren. Marriage Records 1854-1895"), book page 38 - the return of Gabriel Woolverton, Justice of the Peace, dated 3 December 1859. FamilySearch 'New Jersey, County Marriages, 1682-1956', DGS 004541237 Item 3, image 54 of 230 (item view), record 1:1:VW5B-MHM; image ark 3:1:939Z-1ZSN-J5
- repository
- FamilySearch, New Jersey, County Marriages, 1682-1956; DGS 004541237, Item 3. Also indexed by Ancestry 'New Jersey, U.S., Marriage Records, 1670-1965' rec 900245121 (film 004836084), linked from Find a Grave memorial 15208447.
- date
- 1859-12-03
People named
| As written | Role | Identified as | What this document says |
|---|---|---|---|
| George M Cooper | groom | George Monroe Cooper 1830–1913 | |
| Martha Elizabeth Stackhouse | bride | Martha Elizabeth (Stackhouse) Cooper 1838 | |
| Gabriel Woolverton, Justice of the Peace, Warren Co. | officiant |
What this document records
Text
[page] '38' / 'To the Clerk of the County of Warren. I Gabriel Woolverton one of the Justices of the peace of the County of Warren do hereby certify that I have this day Solemnized a marriage according to law between George M Cooper and Martha Elizabeth Stackhouse / Witness my hand this 3d day of December 1859. G. Woolverton.'
Reading notes
No residences, ages or parents. The same leaf carries later returns of 1859-1860 (Rev. Andrew Kelly; Henry D. Swayze J.P.).
Conflict note
The state return of the same marriage, vol. AH p. 171 [C.148], dates it 'Decr 20th' [1859], also by G. Woolverton. Both dates are recorded as written; not resolved here.