Nicholas Conrad – Sophia Levens Marriage (1905)

Issued Mar 16 1905
No. 183838

Nicholas Conrad
AND
Sophie Levins

Affidavit of Applicant for Marriage License

State of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia County, ss.

Personally appeared Nicholas Conrad who hereby requests the Clerk of the Orphans’ Court, for the said County, to issue a License for the marriage of himself to Sophie Levins and who, being duly sworn according to law, doth depose and say: that he was born in Phila, Pa, on the 22nd day of Febry A.D. 1867; that he resides at 1729 N. 4th st., Phila; that he —– occupation Mill Hand; that he is not related by blood or marriage to the person whom he desires to marry; that he has never been married before; that Sophie Levins whom he is about to marry, was born in Centralia, Pa on the 26th day of Febry A.D. 1866, that she resides at 2035 E. Allegheny ave, Phila, —– occupation servant; that she has never been married before; that he knows of no reason why the said marriage may not be lawfully made.
[signed by] Nicholas Conrad
Sworn and subscribed before me this 16th day of Mch A.D. 1905
J—– Goebel, Clerk of Orphans’ Court

DUPLICATE
No. 183838
Filed Mar 23 1905

I, Rev. Martin S. Stockett hereby certify that on the sixteenth day of March one thousand nine hundred and five, at Philadelphia, Nicholas Conrad and Sophia Levins were by me united in marriage, in accordance with License issued by the Clerk of the Orphans’ Court of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, numbered 183838
[signed by] Martin S. Stockett

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Original Citation:
Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, marriage license no. 183838 (1905), Nicholas Conrad & Sophie Levins; Clerk of the Orphan’s Court, City Hall, Philadelphia.

After obtaining Margaret McElhenny Levens’ death certificate which listed her parents as Alexander McElheny and Sophia Hazelet, I found this marriage record in the Historical Society of Pennsylvania’s Pennsylvania Historic Church and Town Records database on Ancestry.com. The below is from the church records of St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church in Philadelphia.

McElhenny-Hazlet Marriage 1833
click image to see full page

McIlhenney, Alexander & Hazlet, Sophia > married 24th December 1833 by Jas. Montgomery

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Original source citation:
Historical Society of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church Births & Marriages, Reel 1079, p. 25, Alexander McIlhenney & Sophia Hazlet, 24 December 1833; digital images, Ancestry.com. Pennsylvania, Historic Church and Town Records, 1708-1985 (http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=2451 : accessed 4 January 2013).

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.

One hundred fifty-seven years ago this week, my great-great grandparents James Levens and Margaret McElhenny were married.

My great grandmother Sophia Levens was raised in Centralia, Pennsylvania, a mining town, but came to Philadelphia sometime before 1900. I learned that her mother was also from Philadelphia when I found the book Schulkill County, Pennsylvania: Genealogy – Family History – Biography, volume II:

James Levens, father of Mrs. Ebert, was a native of Ireland and emigrated to America, landing at Philadelphia, where he made his home for a time. Going to Port Richmond, near Philadelphia, he there married Margaret McElheny…

James Levens and Margaret McElhenny were married on October 8, 1855 at the Protestant Episcopal Church of the Messiah in Port Richmond, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania by Rev. J Rudderow. This is yet another record I found in the Historical Society of Pennsylvania’s Pennsylvania Church and Town Records database available on Ancestry.

James Levens & Margaret McElhenny marriage, 8 Oct 1855. Click to see full image.

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.