On this day in 1815, my fifth great grandparents Addi Ayars and Mary Severs were married in Burlington County, New Jersey by Amos Pearce, Justice of the Peace.

Image from New Jersey, County Marriages, 1682-1956 on FamilySearch

Addi Ayars was the great-great grandson of Robert Ayars who settled in New Jersey by way of Rhode Island around 1705 and who was likely a Seventh Day Baptist, by far the most interesting religion I have found in my family tree to date.

Hillcrest Memorial Park
Hurffville, New Jersey

Photograph by Find-A-Grave user James Mason Fritz

Garrisons Gravestone.
Click to view Orville W. Garrison memorial on Find-A-Grave.com.

GARRISON

Orville W.
1907 – 1968
[Freemason symbol between years]

Naomi E.
1905 – 1999
[Order of Eastern Star symbol between years]

Original Source Citation:
Find A Grave, Find A Grave, database and images (http://findagrave.com : accessed 9 November 2013), Orville W. Garrison, Memorial # 16195964.

First United Methodist Church marriages
Bridgeton, New Jersey

John Garrison & Mamie Ware marriage, 1899. Click to see full page.

Dec 13 1899

Groom: John S. Garrison
Residence: 163 Fayette St
Place of birth: USA
Occupation: Brass finisher
Age: 23

Bride: Mamie E. Ware
Residence: 741 Mt. Vernon, Camden, NJ
Place of birth: USA
Age: 25

Officiating Minister: Chas. H. Elder [not positive about last name]

Original Source Citation:
Historical Society of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), First United Methodist Church marriages, Bridgeton, NJ, image 698, John S. Garrison & Mamie E. Ware; digital images, Ancestry.com. Pennsylvania, Historic Church and Town Records, 1708-1985 (http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=2451 : accessed 14 March 2014).

Kaighn Avenue Methodist Episcopal Church Baptisms, 1911-12.
Camden, New Jersey

Orville Wilson Garrison, baptism. Click to see full page.

Orville Wilson Garrison, Infant

Date of Birth: Sept 20, 1907

Residence: 919 S. Fifth

Date of Baptism: June 9, 1912

[The sponsors, method, minister, place and notes seem all to be blank for him. Orville is below the last line on the left side of the page and that space is blank on the right.]

Original Source Citation:
Historical Society of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), Kaighn Avenue Methodist Episcopal, Camden, NJ, Orville Wilson Garrison; digital images, Ancestry.com. Pennsylvania, Historic Church and Town Records, 1708-1985 (http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=2451 : accessed 13 September 2012)

Death certificate for Rebecca V. Coleman, sister of Mary V. Coleman. She was married first to James P. Middleton, then to Archibald Cochran.
Transcribed by Alexander Conrad from a photocopy

Click to see full size

State of New Jersey
Report of Death

1. Full name of deceased: Mrs. Rebecca V. Cochran
2. Age: 84 years
3. Color: White; Occupation: None
4. Widow
5. Birthplace: Camden N.J.
6. Last place of residence: 530 N. 7th St.
7. How long resident in this state: Lifetime
8. Place of death: 530 N. 7th St, Camden City, N.J.
9. Father’s name: Jacob Coleman
Country of birth: U.S.A.
10. Mother’s name: Rebecca Coleman
Country of birth: U.S.A.
11. I hereby certify that I attended the deceased during the last illness and that she died on the 31 day of January 1901; and that the cause of death was Pneumonia.
Length of sickness: 5 dys
Medical Attendant: W.G. DuBois, 219 Broadway, Camden
Name of Undertaker: Frank Middleton
Residence of Undertaker: Camden NJ
Place of Burial: [Old Camden Cem] (faded and difficult to read)

Original Source Citation:
New Jersey, State Department of Health, death certificate (1901), Rebecca V. Cochran; Office of Vital Statistics and Registry, Trenton. (Repository: New Jersey State Archives)