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Certificate of Marriage "Happy they ! the happiest of their kind ! Whom gentle stars unite; Their hearts, their fortune, and their being blend." "How blest the sacred tie that binds In union sweet accordante minds ! How swift the heavenly course they run, Whose hearts, whose faith, whose hopes are one." State of Michigan, Oceana County, I certify, that on the 19th day of April A.D. 1869, at Colfax in the county aforesaid, I Albert C Gowdy joined in Marriage, Albert H Freeman of Beaver in the State of Mich aged 26 years, and Achsah Jewell of Colfax in the State of Mich aged 20 years; that the parties did then and there solemnly declare that they took each other as Husband and Wife, and that there were present as witnesses Phileman (I ?) Gilbert of Leavitt and Betsy Gilbert of Leavitt Dated at Colfax this 19th day of April A.D. one thousand eight hundred and sixty-nine. (Signed) Albert C, Gowdy Justice of the Peace" submitted by: Jim Kzinowek |
| Groom | Bride | Marriage Date | Code | Contact |
| Abson, Earl E. | Gray, Elizabeth Kathryn | 10/15/1919 or 10/5/1919 | ||
| Abson, Henry | Gilbert, Ellen L. | 3/18/1865 or 3/10/1865 | ||
| Abson, Walter E. | Ward, Ida Ada | Abt 1899 | ||
| Abson, William H. | Fish, Hannah | abt 1894 | ||
| Allen, Frank | Crandell, Martha A. | 8/13/1883 | ||
| Allen, Theophilus M. | Barton, Lillian | 4/18/1886 | ||
| Andersen, Carl Christian | Negus, Ida Rena | 12/21/1892 | ||
| Andersen, Jorgen | Rasmussen, Berthe Marie | 5/18/1867 | ||
| Anderson, Andrew | Harlson, Anna | 3/15/1893 | ||
| Anderson, Andrew C. | Longnecker, Mattie | 06/18/1902 | ||
| Anderson, Gabril O. | Nelson, Christian O. | 4/5/1888 | ||
| Anderson, Nils | Hendrickson, Sophie | 6/14/1884 | ||
| Anstead, Herbert | Adellah, Sarah | 5/31/1884 | ||
| Aronson, Johanus | Anderson, Ann S. | 2/5/1881 | ||
| Aurin, Jonas | Cotton, Amelia A. | 2/2/1879 | ||
| Aurin, Sim | Sage, Jennie | 10/14/1913 | ||
| Avery, Albert Gardner | Hills, Loranda T. | 12/24/1871 | ||
| Bailey, William Freeman | Davis, Zora Elberta | 4/28/1882 | ||
| Baker, Otis | Marsh, Arvilla | 12/12/1906 | ||
| Baxter, Charles A. | Young, Beckie | 7/22/1899 | ||
| Baxter, Charles William | Strait, Gladys Lillie | 09/05/1920 or 9/20/1920 | ||
| Baxter, George T. | Schmeideknecht, Margaret | 10/6/1894 | ||
| Baxter, William Benjamin | Butler, Alma | 10/06/1906 or 10/9/1906 | ||
| Beadle, David | Graham, Martha | 1/29/1888 | ||
| Beavis, John Bigelow | Lord, Mary M. | 12/10/1870 | ||
| Berg, Jorgen Viggo Dorcheus | Stock, Inger Christine | Abt 1897 | ||
| Bigler, Clark O. | Longnecker, Anna | 6/30/1894 | ||
| Billington, Edson | Weirich, Doris | 05/20/1925 | ||
| Birdsall, Julius Herbert | Bliss, Ida | Abt 1879 | ||
| Birdsall, William Ellsworth | Woodruff, Esther | 01/24/1910 | ||
| Birdsall, William Eugene | Cole, Emma Belle | 8/15/1888 | ||
| Bliss, Charles Henry | Creveston, Tabitha Amanda | 8/8/1880 | ||
| Bliss, Edwin Philetus | Marble, Fanny F. | 1/1/1873 | ||
| Bliss, Warren | Creveston, Rachel I. | Abt 1876 | ||
| Bloore, John | Shiel, Sgnes | 2/4/1868 | ||
| Bunnell, John Arthur | Sherwood, Cecilia Agnes | 7/3/1898 | Agnes Lovell Scott | |
| Burdick, Herbert Francis | Lambelle, Emily J. | 5/3/1876 | ||
| Canning, Bert | Dodge, Lilly | July 19, 1896 | Bonnie Waldier | |
| Caron, Antoine Elzear | Bailey, Anna Luel | 12/24/1903 or 12/27/1903 | ||
| Carpenter, Jason | Loomis, Laurissa | 5/20/1850 | ||
| Cartwright, William Washington | Potter, Clarinda Hannah | 10/1/1898 | ||
| Chaffee, M(e)aville Almon | Turner, Rosella E. | 12/28/1892 | ||
| Charon, Edward | Bosley, Mary Elizabeth | 09/07/1904 | ||
| Chipman, Daniel Chapin | Chipman?, Philine Almira | 9/10/1834 | ||
| Christenson, Laurence | Hart, Ella (Luella) | 11/22/1897 | ||
| Churchill, Walter H. | Carter, Lucada A. | Abt 1869 | ||
| Clark, Walter A. | Sargent, Eliza | 12/19/1867 | ||
| Cochran, Delbert | Gordon, Lottie Sarah | 2/26/1899 | ||
| Congdon, George | Kane, Matie | 1891 | Sharon | |
| Davis, Ben Woodbury | Bigler, Queen Victoria | 09/08/1909 | ||
| Decker, Henry | Longnecker, Florence Adelia | 09/20/1906 | ||
| Demmon, Frank | Marsh, Emma | 12/17/1915 | ||
| Draggoo, Anson Charles | Cady, Mary Ellen | 9/6/1893 | ||
| Drake, Jesse Leroy | Inniger, Ida | 10/18/1924 | ||
| Durham, Charles E. | Marsh, Almeda | 4/27/1895 | ||
| Edward, Francis | Allen, Maria Jane | 11/28/1917 | ||
| Eisenlohr, Chester J. | Houtghton, Pearl Mae | Abt 1913 | ||
| Empey, Allen | Ballou, Hattie May | 12/3/1881 | ||
| Erskine, Aaron Sylvester | Morgan, Julia Ann | 7/28/1879 | ||
| Farmer, James Anson | Holcomb, Alice | 09/01/1900 | ||
| Farmer, James Anson | Randall, Hannah E. | 11/4/1865 | ||
| Farmer, Mavoric J. | Cram, Dorothy Fern | 06/25/1935 | ||
| Farmer, Mavoric J. | Wright, Sarah Elizabeth | 06/24/1925 | ||
| Fleming, Justin Dwight | Crandell, Mary Adelaide | 11/12/1882 | ||
| Fleming, William Leonard | Cushing, Mary | 5/1/1894 | ||
| Fuller, Floren Luther | Demmon, Erma Cyrene | 9/2/1889 | ||
| Gage, N. C. | Arnson, Oveda | 02/02/1913 | ||
| Gauld, Lyman | Bonner, Verda Beatrice | 02/16/1946 | (-) | |
| Gifford, Ira F. | Gifford?, Martha | Abt 1881 | ||
| Gilbert, Henry Harrison | Leonard, Emma Maria | Abt 1870 | ||
| Gilbert, William H. | Rowe, Frances Elvira | 5/17/1877 | (\) | apple12@wmis.net |
| Glover, Samuel B. | Bliss, Mary Maria | 2/21/1878 | ||
| Goodrich, Charles Sumner | Vaughan, Emma Alica | 5/15/1890 | ||
| Hanfin, Peter | Tuttle, Alice M. | Abt 1867 | ||
| Harr, Glen Oliver | Baxter, Freida Arbutus | 06/15/1950 | ||
| Henrickson, Henrik J. | Anderson, Rakel Helle Maria | 4/14/1879 | ||
| Hinds, Ellen Marie | VanVolkenburg, William | 1891 | Donna | |
| Hinds, Emerson Drown | McCauley, Ruth Emma May | 1/4/1891 | Donna | |
| Herrick, Wilmot R. | Sturtevant, Hattie Belle | 12/25/1902 | ||
| Hinds, Emerson Drown | McCauley, Ruth Emma May | 01/04/1891 | HINDS6@aol.com | |
| Holmes, Albert Henry | Darke, Annie | 7/4/1891 | ||
| Holmes, Edward Delos | Darke, Ida | 11/28/1894 | ||
| Host, William | Ware, Pelegia | Abt 1874 | ||
| Houghton, Alba | Houghton?, Subrina | Abt 1886 | ||
| Hulbert, Henry Arnold | Smith, Mary Ann | 12/19/1844 | ||
| Hull, George | Holmes, Nellie | Abt 1897 | ||
| Johnson, M. B. | Matthews, Lenora Evalina | 3/8/1891 | ||
| Kelly, Daniel | Cotton, Amelia L. | 6/29/1870 | ||
| Kelly, Daniel P. | Cotton, Hattie C. | 12/30/1877 | ||
| Knapp, Fred | Hart, Susan A. | 1/3/1893 | ||
| Knapp, Ralph, H. | Quinsey, Edna May | 02/21/1916 | ||
| Lattin, Elmer Guy | Gilbert, Grace Isabelle | 04/13/1901 | ||
| Marsh, George C. | Davis, Elsie E. | 12/27/1911 | ||
| Marsh, James N. | Hart, Fannie | 6/1/1890 | ||
| Matteson, Jason | Arnold, Myrtle | Abt 1878 | ||
| McCarty, Ray (Roy) Neil | Weirch, Dollie | 02/09/1910 | ||
| McGahan, Clinton | Gilbert, Eva Hannah | 1/27/1871 | ||
| Metts, William | Marsh, Lauraett | 10/2/1898 | ||
| Moon, Frank | Adams, Henrietta | 10/25/1852 | ||
| Morse, Samuel J. | Duell, Mina | Abt 1896 | ||
| Nash, Ray | Miller, Carol | 09/30/1948 | (-) | |
| Newark, Alfred William | Gray, Cora E. | Abt 1877 | ||
| Noble, Nelson Clement | Shaw, Jane Ann | 7/22/1869 | ||
| Painter, John Adolphus | Kelly, Marie | 08/20/1920 | ||
| Palmer, William Henry | Godfrey, Frances | Abt 1869 | ||
| Palmer, William Henry | Martin, Elizabeth | 7/14/1877 | ||
| Pechumer, Chris | Curtis, Amy Alice | 08/04/1907 | ||
| Peterson, Evar S. | Anderson, Ida | 04/30/1903 | ||
| Pierce, Harry Daniel | Weldon, Ida Marilla | 7/2/1898 | ||
| Pollard, Llewellyn | Day, Harriet | 5/21/1867 | ||
| Potter, Samuel Joseph | Parker, Mary Ella Alice | 5/12/1884 | ||
| Pugh, Eli | Pugh?, Clara | Abt 1889 | ||
| Raeth, William J. | Curtis, Nettie R. | 11/30/1905 | ||
| Rash, James | Gonser, Mary Elizabeth | 09/14/1918 | ||
| Reeds, Darrell Thomas | Strong, Vinnie Gertrude | 07/29/1934 | ||
| Reichard, Amos H. | Potter, Susan Bertha | 08/19/1901 | ||
| Robbins, Richard Dick | Polley, Mabel M. | 7/14/1896 | ||
| Rogers, Joshua | Westbrook, Julia | 6/29/1879 | ||
| Rowe, George L. | Winters, Mary Ann | Abt 1881 | (\) | apple12@wmis.net |
| Schoenberg, Carl Peter | Robbins, Edna May | 12/31/1927 | ||
| Seager, William | Baxter, Angeline M. | 3/29/1895 | ||
| Shafer, William P. | Whipple, Esther C. | 4/13/1871 | ||
| Shigley, Lafayette F. | Pringle, Ann E. | 10/3/1878 | ||
| Slocum, Lawrence E. | Goodrich, Ruth Lucille | 10/22/1922 | ||
| Smith, Andrew Jackson | Arnold, Ellen | Abt 1853 | ||
| Smith, Humphrey | Morris, Alvira | Abt 1827 | ||
| Smith, Orville | Smith?, Katherine | Abt 1880 | ||
| Souter, Wilfred Emerson | Gilbert, Lois Elizabeth | 11/07/1903 | ||
| Sparks, Albertus | Rathbone, Sarah H. | 6/7/1866 | ||
| Spoor, John L. | Powers, Martha Sarah | 11/26/1863 | (*) | |
| Stout, Bertram George | Hart, Francina C. | 1/12/1897 | ||
| Stout, George Samuel | Stanager, Mary Jane | 1/12/1872 | ||
| Strait, Jasper N. | Woolf, Rachal Ann | Abt 1870 | ||
| Strait, William | Payne, Daisy Maud | Abt 1900 | ||
| Taylor, Ruben Hall | Anderson, Hellen | 12/31/1884 | ||
| Taylor, Thomas Crichton | Armstrong, Mary Ann | abt 1865 | ||
| Thfalon, John | Murphy, Elizabet Ann | 7/7/1871 | ||
| Till, George Wallace | Hoisington, Lovisa Amanda | 11/12/1876 | ||
| Urbanke, Francis Anthony | Eisenlohr, Amanda Isabel | 08/02/1917 | ||
| Waldo, George Patrick | Gleason, Nellie May | 08/22/1903 | ||
| Ward, Leonard A. | Baxter, Catherine A. | 4/8/1888 | ||
| Weirich, Jacob Clayton | Kelly, Gertrude Viola | 09/28/1909 | ||
| Weirich, William Oscar | Umstead, Nora | 02/11/1901 | ||
| Weirich, William Otto | Davis, Florence | Abt 1928 | ||
| Westbrook, John | Ballou, Phebe O. | 9/26/1868 | ||
| Willett, Grover Stevenson | Fleming, Harriet Margaret | 07/17/1918 | ||
| Wires, Unknown | Tuttle, Mary J. | Abt 1864 | ||
| Woodhouse, Howard | Barton, Nellie Evelyn | 11/10/1894 | ||
| Wright, James Kenneth | Gregory, Ellen | 05/21/1902 | ||
| Bride | Groom | Marriage Date | Code | Contact |
| Adams, Henrietta | Moon, Frank | 10/25/1852 | ||
| Adellah, Sarah | Anstead, Herbert | 5/31/1884 | ||
| Allen, Maria Jane | Edward, Francis | 11/28/1917 | ||
| Anderson, Ann S. | Aronson, Johanus | 2/5/1881 | ||
| Anderson, Hellen | Taylor, Ruben Hall | 12/31/1884 | ||
| Anderson, Ida | Peterson, Evar S. | 04/30/1903 | ||
| Anderson, Rakel Helle Maria | Henrickson, Henrik J. | 4/14/1879 | ||
| Armstrong, Mary Ann | Taylor, Thomas Crichton | abt 1865 | ||
| Arnold, Ellen | Smith, Andrew Jackson | Abt 1853 | ||
| Arnold, Myrtle | Matteson, Jason | Abt 1878 | ||
| Arnson, Oveda | Gage, N. C. | 02/02/1913 | ||
| Bailey, Anna Luel | Caron, Antoine Elzear | 12/24/1903 or 12/27/1903 | ||
| Ballou, Hattie May | Empey, Allen | 12/3/1881 | ||
| Ballou, Phebe O. | Westbrook, John | 9/26/1868 | ||
| Barton, Lillian | Allen, Theophilus M. | 4/18/1886 | ||
| Barton, Nellie Evelyn | Woodhouse, Howard | 11/10/1894 | ||
| Baxter, Angeline M. | Seager, William | 3/29/1895 | ||
| Baxter, Catherine A. | Ward, Leonard A. | 4/8/1888 | ||
| Baxter, Freida Arbutus | Harr, Glen Oliver | 06/15/1950 | ||
| Bigler, Queen Victoria | Davis, Ben Woodbury | 09/08/1909 | ||
| Bliss, Ida | Birdsall, Julius Herbert | Abt 1879 | ||
| Bliss, Mary Maria | Glover, Samuel B. | 2/21/1878 | ||
| Bonner, Verda Beatrice | Gauld, Lyman | 02/16/1946 | (-) | |
| Bosley, Mary Elizabeth | Charon, Edward | 09/07/1904 | ||
| Butler, Alma | Baxter, William Benjamin | 10/06/1906 or 10/9/1906 | ||
| Cady, Mary Ellen | Draggoo, Anson Charles | 9/6/1893 | ||
| Carter, Lucada A. | Churchill, Walter H. | Abt 1869 | ||
| Chipman?, Philine Almira | Chipman, Daniel Chapin | 9/10/1834 | ||
| Cole, Emma Belle | Birdsall, William Eugene | 8/15/1888 | ||
| Cotton, Amelia A. | Aurin, Jonas | 2/2/1879 | ||
| Cotton, Amelia L. | Kelly, Daniel | 6/29/1870 | ||
| Cotton, Hattie C. | Kelly, Daniel P. | 12/30/1877 | ||
| Cram, Dorothy Fern | Farmer, Mavoric J. | 06/25/1935 | ||
| Crandell, Martha A. | Allen, Frank | 8/13/1883 | ||
| Crandell, Mary Adelaide | Fleming, Justin Dwight | 11/12/1882 | ||
| Creveston, Rachel I. | Bliss, Warren | Abt 1876 | ||
| Creveston, Tabitha Amanda | Bliss, Charles Henry | 8/8/1880 | ||
| Curtis, Amy Alice | Pechumer, Chris | 08/04/1907 | ||
| Curtis, Nettie R. | Raeth, William J. | 11/30/1905 | ||
| Cushing, Mary | Fleming, William Leonard | 5/1/1894 | ||
| Darke, Annie | Holmes, Albert Henry | 7/4/1891 | ||
| Darke, Ida | Holmes, Edward Delos | 11/28/1894 | ||
| Davis, Elsie E. | Marsh, George C. | 12/27/1911 | ||
| Davis, Florence | Weirich, William Otto | Abt 1928 | ||
| Davis, Zora Elberta | Bailey, William Freeman | 4/28/1882 | ||
| Day, Harriet | Pollard, Llewellyn | 5/21/1867 | ||
| Demmon, Erma Cyrene | Fuller, Floren Luther | 9/2/1889 | ||
| Duell, Mina | Morse, Samuel J. | Abt 1896 | ||
| Eisenlohr, Amanda Isabel | Urbanke, Francis Anthony | 08/02/1917 | ||
| Field, Rebecca | Pute, Case | 08/07/1894 | ||
| Fish, Hannah | Abson, William H. | abt 1894 | ||
| Fleming, Harriet Margaret | Willett, Grover Stevenson | 07/17/1918 | ||
| Gifford?, Martha | Gifford, Ira F. | Abt 1881 | ||
| Gilbert, Ellen L. | Abson, Henry | 3/18/1865 or 3/10/1865 | ||
| Gilbert, Eva Hannah | McGahan, Clinton | 1/27/1871 | ||
| Gilbert, Grace Isabelle | Lattin, Elmer Guy | 04/13/1901 | ||
| Gilbert, Lois Elizabeth | Souter, Wilfred Emerson | 11/07/1903 | ||
| Gleason, Nellie May | Waldo, George Patrick | 08/22/1903 | ||
| Godfrey, Frances | Palmer, William Henry | Abt 1869 | ||
| Gonser, Mary Elizabeth | Rash, James | 09/14/1918 | ||
| Goodrich, Ruth Lucille | Slocum, Lawrence E. | 10/22/1922 | ||
| Gordon, Lottie Sarah | Cochran, Delbert | 2/26/1899 | ||
| Graham, Martha | Beadle, David | 1/29/1888 | ||
| Gray, Cora E. | Newark, Alfred William | Abt 1877 | ||
| Gray, Elizabeth Kathryn | Abson, Earl E. | 10/15/1919 or 10/5/1919 | ||
| Gregory, Ellen | Wright, James Kenneth | 05/21/1902 | ||
| Harlson, Anna | Anderson, Andrew | 3/15/1893 | ||
| Hart, Ella (Luella) | Christenson, Laurence | 11/22/1897 | ||
| Hart, Fannie | Marsh, James N. | 6/1/1890 | ||
| Hart, Francina C. | Stout, Bertram George | 1/12/1897 | ||
| Hart, Susan A. | Knapp, Fred | 1/3/1893 | ||
| Hendrickson, Sophie | Anderson, Nils | 6/14/1884 | ||
| Hills, Loranda T. | Avery, Albert Gardner | 12/24/1871 | ||
| Hoisington, Lovisa Amanda | Till, George Wallace | 11/12/1876 | ||
| Holcomb, Alice | Farmer, James Anson | 09/01/1900 | ||
| Holmes, Nellie | Hull, George | Abt 1897 | ||
| Houghton?, Subrina | Houghton, Alba | Abt 1886 | ||
| Houtghton, Pearl Mae | Eisenlohr, Chester J. | Abt 1913 | ||
| Inniger, Ida | Drake, Jesse Leroy | 10/18/1924 | ||
| Kelly, Gertrude Viola | Weirich, Jacob Clayton | 09/28/1909 | ||
| Kelly, Marie | Painter, John Adolphus | 08/20/1920 | ||
| Lambelle, Emily J. | Burdick, Herbert Francis | 5/3/1876 | ||
| Leonard, Emma Maria | Gilbert, Henry Harrison | Abt 1870 |   |