One hundred thirty-seven years ago this week, on 25 September 1875, Lena Conrad and John Bowers were wed at the St. James Evangelical Lutheran Church in Philadelphia. Lena Conrad was the eldest child of Nicholas Conrad and Catherine Emminger and my great grandaunt.

I found their marriage record in the Pennsylvania Church and Town Records collection on Ancestry.com. This is a collection from the Historical Society of Pennsylvania and includes church, town, and funeral home records from Pennsylvania and surrounding states. I have also found some of my New Jersey ancestors in there.

Like the other St. James Church records I found for my Conrads, this record is in German. At the top of the full image, it says Verheirathet.  In the online german dictionaries, I have found verheiratet for married, without the ‘h’.  I don’t know if this was an older spelling or a mistake.  Notice also in the partial image below it says ‘mit’ before Lena’s name, which means ‘with’.

Lena Conrad and John Bowers Marriage, 1875. Click to see full page image.

John and Lena stayed at this church and I have also found baptismal records for some of their children in this collection.

On September 20, 1907, my grandfather Orville Wilson Garrison was born in the city of Camden in New Jersey. He grew up in Bridgeton, and his parents were residing there in 1900 and in 1910, but his mother was from Camden. She was likely back in Camden to be with family after her mother passed away there on August 5.

I found two birth certificates for my grandfather in the files I inherited from my grandmother. The first is from the city of Camden and was issued in 1942. The second was from the state of New Jersey and was issued in 1963.

Orville Wilson Garrison Birth Certificate, issued 1942

Orville Wilson Garrison Birth Certificate, issued 1963

I never met my grandfather. He passed away about four months before I was born, just as his grandmother passed away a little over a month before he was born. He would have been 105 if he were alive today.

Descendants
of
James Todd of Scotland
and
Elizabeth Martin of Ireland

1-James Todd(1843-1927)

+Elizabeth Martin(1840-1907)

2-Eliza Jane Todd(1861-1943)

+Thomas Edward Sutton(____-_____)

3-James Todd Sutton(1883-1957)

+Louise(____-_____)

4-Living

+Living

+Ethel(____-_____)

+Louis Kober(1867-_____)

3-Katharine R. Kober(1892-1917)

+Thomas Nuttall(1888-1976)

4-Eliza Jane Nuttall(1912-2003)

+Stanley B. Berger(1907-1998)

5-Living

+Living

5-Living

+Living

4-Thomas Nuttall(1914-1984)

+Veronica Adeline(1909-2002)

5-Living

5-Living

3-Elizabeth Kober(1894-____)

+Albert G. Will(abt1890-____)

4-Albert Kohn Will(1920-2008)

+Annabel Webb(_____-bef2008)

5-Living

+Living

5-Living

+Living

5-Living

5-Living

+Living

5-Living

+Living

3-Mary Kober(1899-____)

+James D. McCauley(abt1882-____)

4-Living

3-Louis Kober, Jr.(1905-1971)

2-Ellen Todd(1866-1931)

+Augustus Bacon(1868-_____)

3-Wilbur Harold Bacon(1892-1976)

+Elsie I. Orrick(abt1895-____)

4-Living

4-Living

4-Living

3-Augustus Bacon, Jr.(1893-____)

+Elva Kohl(abt1892-____)

3-James Bacon(1896-1972)

+Ethel Woolverton(abt1898-____)

4-Living

4-Living

5-Living

5-Living

3-Elizabeth Bacon(1898-1909)

3-Ellen May Bacon(1902-1985)

+Frederick L. Krauss(abt1895-____)

4-Living

3-Ida Lillian Bacon(1904-1942)

+Frank R. Loudenslager(1900-1974)

4-Living

3-Laura Marie Bacon(1906-1980)

+Theodore W. Burger(abt1905-1931)

4-Ellen M. Burger(1929-2007)

+Robert M. Gear(____-bef2007)

5-Living

6-Living

6-Living

5-Living

+John D’Orazio(1895-____)

4-Living

+Living

4-Living

4-Living

2-Robert James Todd(1868-1869)

2-John Alexander Todd(1870-1953)

+Olivia Rush Moore(1869-____)

3-Frank Alexander Todd(1893-1981)

+Nellie Bird

4-John Alexander Todd (1913-1960)

4-Harriet Todd (1916-2004)

+Donald Stevens

5-Living

4-Living

4-Walter Todd (1920-1990)

+Living

5-Living

5-Living

5-Living

4-Living

3-John Alexander Todd (1894-1974)

3-Clayton Moore Todd (1897-1949)

+Mary Jane Cross (1895-____)

4-Clayton W Todd (1919-1993)

+Living

5-Living

5-Living

4-Franklin Todd (1921-1994)

+Living

5-Living

5-Living

5-Living

4-Living

4-Living

3-Robert J Todd (1899-1904)

3-L Honour Todd (1901-1969)

+Mortimer McCabe (1904-____)

4-Living

3-James Todd (1903-____)

3-Susan Lippencott Todd (1904-1998)

+Edward C Conrad (1905-1981)

4-Living

+J William O’Neill (1928-2004)

5-Living

5-Living

5-Living

+Living

6-Living

4-Charles Edward Conrad (1937-1999)

+Carol Lucille Garrison (1938-1999)

5-Living

+Living

6-Living

+Living

7-Living

6-Living

+Living

5-Alexander Conrad That’s me!

3-Elizabeth M Todd (1906-2000)

+Unknown Campbell

4-Honour Campbell (1924-2007)

+Living

5-Living

+Unknown Tilsner

3-Olivia R Todd (1908-1983)

+Henry Schneider (1903-____)

4-Living

+Frank Kardas (1914-1991)

3-Margaret A Todd (1909-1991)

+Walter J Wenner (1910-2004)

4-Living

4-Living

4-Living

3-Thomas C Todd (1912-1968)

3-Eliza E Todd (1915-2000)

+James H Davidson (1914-2004)

4-Living

4-Living

4-Living

4-Living

People are listed as living if they were born 100 years ago or less and I have found no evidence of death.

Last Updated 27 July 2013

Relationship Evidence
	Strong evidence	Birth record, SS-5 application, multiple other evidence
	Some evidence	Death record, vital record indexes, Census records (post-1880)
	Weak or no evidence	Family stories, Census records (pre-1880)

One hundred seventy-three years ago this week, on 14 Sep 1839, Charles R. Carman and Caroline A. Brill were married by Reverend Father Weiland in Philadelphia. They were my third great-grandparents.

I learned of their marriage date from Caroline’s Widow’s Claim for Pension. Charles served as a private in company A of the 81st regiment of Pennsylvania.

Charles Carman and Caroline Brill marriage information from Widow’s Claim for Pension

Caroline was unable to provide a marriage certificate because the record of their marriage was destroyed when the church burned down during the Riots of 1844. There were two churches that were set fire during the riots in Kensington: St. Michael’s and St. Augustine’s.

Charles Carman and Caroline Brill’s marriage record was destroyed during the Riots of 1844 in Philadelphia.

To prove her marriage, Caroline had to submit a Secondary Proof of Marriage form which included affidavits from Eliza Mann and Mary Gray who had known Charles and Caroline for many years and which also listed the names and birth dates of their adult children.

Click on the images above to see full-sized scans of the documents.

Descendants
of
Samuel L Garrison and Lydia Burch of Cumberland County, NJ

1-Samuel L Garrison (abt1806-aft1860)

+Lydia Burch(abt1810-1894)

2-Mary Garrison (abt1829-____)

2-Charles Garrison (abt1834-____)

+Martha A Hankins (1840-____)

3-Anna M Garrison (1856-____)

3-Lydia P Garrison (abt1858-____)

2-James B Garrison (1836-1908)

+Emma M Irelan (1839-1922)

3-Henry F Garrison (1859-____)

3-George E Garrison (1862-____)

+Maggie Bennett (1861-____)

4-Clara C Garrison (1889-____)

+John L Hall (1890-____)

4-Oleta M Garrison (abt1905-____)

3-Irving Garrison (1865-____)

+Ella (1867-____)

4-Willard Garrison (abt1904-____)

3-James B Garrison (1869-1903)

+Cornelia (1873-____)

4-Elsie Garrison (1892-____)

3-Maria Garrison (1870-____)

3-Harriet S Garrison (1872-____)

3-Elizabeth Garrison (1874-____)

+Oliver W Bacon (1879-____)

4-Edith G Bacon (abt1902-____)

+Norman P Kline (abt1901-____)

5-Dorothy Kline (1924-2000)

+Unknown Carrl

5-Living Kline

5-Norman Kline (1931-2002)

3-John S Garrison (1877-aft1930)

+Mamie E Ware (1874-1960)

4-Milford R Garrison (1900-1981)

+Diane Swaggert (1887-1969)

4-Orville W Garrison (1907-1968)

+Naomi E Carman (1905-1999)

5-Carol L Garrison (1938-1999)

+Charles E Conrad (1937-1999)

6-Living

+Living

7-Living

+Living

8-Living

7-Living

6-Alexander ConradThat’s me!

3-William J Garrison (1881-____)

3-Frank C Garrison (1885-____)

+Viola E Marks (abt1891-____)

2-Anna M Garrison (1839-____)

+Daniel H Niplen (abt1840-____)

2-Jonathan Garrison (abt1841-____)

2-Emma M Garrison (abt1844-____)

2-Martha Garrison (abt 1846-____)

2-Jane Garrison (1849-1849)

2-Samuel L Garrison (1850-____)

People are listed as living if they were born 100 years ago or less and I have found no evidence of death.

Relationship Evidence
	Strong evidence	Birth record, SS-5 application, multiple other evidence
	Some evidence	Death record, vital record indexes, Census records (post-1880)
	Weak or no evidence	Family stories, Census records (pre-1880)