| Record Group: | Burlington County |
| Subgroup: | Clerk's Office |
| Series: | Non-Resident Marriage License Applications, 1897-1898 |
| Accession #: | 1996.021 |
| Series #: | CBUCL004 |
| Guide Date: | 10/1998 (CS) |
| Volume: | 0.1 c.f. [1 box] |
Content Note | Contents
Legislative History
The 1897 law further stipulated that marriage officiants complete original and duplicate marriage certificates provided by the clerk. The original was to be given to the bride and groom; the duplicate certificate to be returned to the county clerk. The clerk was then directed to transmit the certificate and a copy of the license to the State Bureau of Vital Statistics for permanent filing.
Legislation in 1910 removed the responsibility for issuing marriage
licenses to non-residents from the county clerks' offices (P.L.
1910, chap. 274). This law directed that after 1 July 1910, non-resident
licenses would be issued by the registrar of vital statistics, clerk
or assessor (whichever appropriate) in the municipality in which
the marriage ceremony was to be performed. This series includes non-resident marriage license applications from Burlington County for the period July 1897 - October 1898. The applications from October 1898 to 1910 have not been found.
The application form asks detailed questions of the prospective
marriage partners and an identifying witness with regard to the
partners' marital history, engagement, personal and family information,
etc. Unfortunately, the County Clerk was not required by law to
retain copies of the corresponding marriage certificates.
It cannot be determined from these records, therefore, whether or
not a marriage actually took place. Researchers should keep in mind,
however, that certificates for any marriages performed in Burlington
County during this time should be found among the records of the
State Bureau of Vital Statistics (available on microfilm in the
Archives search room). |
| 1. | Lawrence Low Furguson [Ferguson] and Annie B. Ferguson, 26 July 1897 [1 item]. |
| 2. | Chauncey Wilmon Wells and Mary R. Prescott, 3 September 1897 [1 item]. |
| 3. | Clarence Foster Montell and Fanny Rogers Wheately, 4 September 1897 [1 item]. |
| 4. | Stephen Charles Richardson and Martha Anna Rollins, 11 September 1897 [1 item]. |
| 5. | George H. Robinette and Lillie Hall, 23 September 1897 [1 item]. |
| 6. | Frank Griscom and Flora Adel Lippincott, 25 September 1897 [1 item]. |
| 7. | Michael J. Bakey and Mary Hoffman, 29 September 1897 [1 item]. |
| 8. | Eugene Converse Mary Clayton Cox, 8 October 1897 [1 item]. |
| 9. | Ward H. Bent and Sara E. Cromwell, 26 October 1897 [1 item]. |
| 10. | Frank Wesley Wiley and Lucy Ann Sooy, 3 November 1897 [1 item]. |
| 11. | James McQueen and Carrie Dine, 19 November 1897 [1 item]. |
| 12. | Richard H. Krum and Estella J. E. Farrow, 14 December 1897 [1 item]. |
| 13. | George Sharwood and Julia Appleton, 20 November 1897 [1 item]. |
| 14. | Nathan H. Schuyler and Jennie Wood, 21 December 1897 [1 item]. |
| 15. | William Dongan and Elizabeth M. McFarland, 29 December 1897 [1 item]. |
| 16. | Charles Wilson and Ida E. Shumen, 22 January 1898 [1 item]. |
| 17. | John Joseph Nugent and Mary Foley, 26 January 1898 [1 item]. |
| 18. | Robert E. Whitney and Louise E. London, 5 February 1898 [1 item]. |
| 19. | Clarence R. Miller and Helen T. Hunt, 16 April 1898 [1 item]. |
| 20. | John Ruckell and Lucy James Hill, 11 June 1898 [1 item]. |
| 21. | Walter Vanhorn and Anna L. Laurence, 1 October 1898 [1 item]. |
| Created April 2004 |
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