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Consent to Marriage - J. Raymond Barger and Katie Boentgen, Philadelphia, 1910
Transcript
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The record
Consenting parent: Mary Barger, residing at 1225 [?] So. 20th St., Phila.
Relationship: mother of J. Raymond Barger, residing at the same address, now 20 years of age
Intended marriage of her son to: Katie Boentgen
Added note: "Father has deserted his family and done nothing for their support about (2) years."
Given before the Clerk of Orphans' Court on the 26th day of March 1910; signature of the clerk R. E. Ferguson
Signed: Mary Barger
Chapter 4 confirms this identification: Katie is Kathryn (Katherine) Boentgen, born 6 October 1893, daughter of Emma Caroline Wesemann Boentgen (later Brosius); her marriage to J. Raymond Barger is dated 26 March 1910, matching this consent, and her daughter Effie Katherine Barger's own birth register independently names both parents.