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Duplicate marriage certificate — William A. Boentgen and Emma Wesemann, Philadelphia, 7 May 1890 (license 34155)
Transcript
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The record
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Transcription (as read)
"No. 34155. I, F. P. Bruder [first initials doubtful: F. P., T. P. or H. P.], hereby certify that on the 7th day of May, one thousand eight hundred [and eighty, struck through] ninety, at Philadelphia, Wm. A. Boentgen and Emma Wesemann were by me united in marriage, in accordance with License issued by the Clerk of the Orphans' Court of Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, numbered 34155. [Signed] F. P. Bruder, Minister of the Gospel [Justice of the Peace, or Alderman, struck]." Receipt stamp "MAY 28 1890."
Notes
Married 7 May 1890 (the index's 3 May is the affidavit). The officiant's name is a POSSIBLE reading.