Ellen Bacon Death Certificate
Transcribed by Alexander Conrad from photocopy of original

Ellen Bacon Death (1931)

Place of Death: Philadelphia
Usual Residence: 2421 Cumberland
Full Name: Ellen Bacon
Sex: female
Color or Race: white
married
Wife of: Augustus Bacon
Date of Birth: June 21st 1867
Age: 63 Years 7 Months 5 Days
Occupation: Housewife
Birthplace: Glasgow, Scotland
Usual Occupation: Housewife
Name of Father: James Todd
Birthplace of Father: Scotland
Name of Mother: Elizabeth Martin
Birthplace of Mother: Ireland
Informant: A. Bacon, 2421 Cumberland St.
Date of death: January 26 1931
Burial date: Jan 30th 1931
Burial place: North Cedar Hill

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Joseph Funston & Mary Nowack Marriage
Transcribed by Alex J. Conrad from microfilm

57311
Jos. T. Funston and Mary Nowack
Affidavit of Applicant for Marriage License
State of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia County

Personally appeared Joseph Thomas Funston who hereby requests the Clerk of the Orphans’ Court, for the said County, to issue a license for the marriage of himself to Mary Nowack and who, being duly sworn according to law, doth depose and say : 
that he was born in Phila., on the 17th day of November A.D. 1847;
that he resides at no. 2314 Hope St., Phila.;
that he is by occupation boxmaker;
that he is not related by blood or marriage to the person whom he desires to marry;
that he has been once married before, and the marriage was dissolved by death – 7 years ago in Phila.
that Mary Nowack whom he is about to marry, was born in Maryland on the —– day of (age 30 years) A.D. 1862;
that she resides at no. 2320 Hope St., Phila, is by occupation none;
that she has been once married before, and marriage was dissolved by death – Dec 25 1891 in Phila.;
that he knows of no reason why the said marriage may not be lawfully made
[Signed Joseph T. Funston]
Sworn and subscribed before me, this 14th day of January A.D. 1893 [signature of clerk]

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Duplicate
No. 57311
I, David H. Lovejoy, a clergyman of the P.E. Church, hereby certify that on the fourteenth day of January one thousand eight hundred and ninety three at Philadelphia Joseph Thomas Funston and Mrs. Mary Helene (Kessler) Nowack were by me united in marriage, in accordance with the License issued by the Clerk of the Orphans’ Court of Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, numbered 57311.
[signed David H. Lovejoy]

Citation for this post:
Conrad, Alex J. “Funston – Nowack Marriage (1893).” Alex’s Family History Blog (15 May 2013). http://www.ctgcgenealogy.com/funston-nowack-marriage-1893/ .

Original Source Citation:
Clerk of the Orphans’ Court, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Marriage licenses no. 57008-57599 1893, FHL Film no. 1299892: license 57311.

My father was color blind. I did not think much about it when I was a child. I thought everyone’s dad had their socks pinned together and labeled with their color: blue, black, brown.

When I was an adult my dad told me this story. He worked for a company in West Conshohocken, Pennsylvania, but often had business in Philadelphia. It was on one of these occasions when he was rushing to an early meeting that he discovered he had inadvertently put on one blue shoe and one black shoe. (His socks matched, though, thanks to Mom and her pins & labels.) He stopped at a shoe store, but it was still early and they were not yet open.

He banged on the door. It would not do to show up at this important business meeting with mismatched shoes. Finally, a clerk came to the front, tapping his watch, then pointing to the closed sign and shaking his head. My father pointed down to his shoes.

The clerk looked down and smiled. He let my dad in and sold him a pair of shoes.

Why this story today? It’s National Two Different Color Shoes Day.

Eliza J. Todd Kober Death Certificate

Eliza J. Kober Death Certificate
Transcribed by Alexander Conrad from photocopy of original

Place of Death: Phila., St. Joseph’s Hospital
Usual Residence: Phila., 3444 Kensington Ave.
Full Name: Mrs. Eliza J. Kober
Sex: F
Color or Race: W
married
Date of Birth: Sept 27 1861
Age: 81 Years 3 Months 24 Days
Birthplace: Ireland
Usual Occupation: Housewife
Name of Father: James Todd
Birthplace of Father: Ireland
Name of Mother: Elizabeth Martin
Birthplace of Mother: Ireland
Informant: Louis Kober, 3444 Kensington ave. [husband or son]
Date of death: 1 20 1943
Burial date: Jan 25 1943
Burial place: North Cedar Hill

Original Source Citation:
Pennsylvania Department of Health, death certificate 1231 (1943), Eliza J. Kober; Division of Vital Records, New Castle.