I've tried here
to duplicate the look of how the register books for marriages
in Henry County were set up, at least for the year 1878. This
is transcribed from a copy made from the microfilm of the actual register.
Many of these films are held at the Illinois Regional
Archives Depository. I obtained theses two pages
(this would be a double page laid side by side on the
original) for the nominal fee of .50 !!!
I have transcribed
it exactly as it appeared to me. Items illegible or of
serious question are marked with ? or --- indicating missing letters.
As you can see, these pages give far more information than you might expect. This particular sample came from IRAD in Macomb Illinois from Microfilm roll # 1435, 943.
A later page taken from the 1898 record book has the same columns and information except that nothing was filled in on any of the 2nd column regarding Affidavit filing.
You never know when
a "bonus" will pop up on one of these sheets...as I was transcribing this
one, which contains the marriage of my great grandparents, Richard Woodward
and Eliza Lamb, I noted the marriage directly above theirs for Margaret
France and James Bagley. Last week I received an email from
someone working on the Whitehouse family (Eliza Lamb's mother as you will
note is a Whitehouse) and a connection to them of the France family, and
here all along is that marriage record right in front of me!!!!!!
| 1. No. of License
2. Date of License |
1. By whom affidavit,
if any, is made
2. By whom consent to marriage given |
1 Full Name of groom
2 Place of residence 3 Occupation |
1. Age next birthday
2. race or Color 3. Place of Birth |
1. Father's Name
2. Mother's Maiden Name 3. No. of Groom's marriage |
1. Full Name of Bride
2. Maiden Name, if a widow 3. Place of Residence |
1. Age Next Birthday
2. Race or Color 3 Place of Birth |
1. Father's name
2. Mother's Maiden Name 3. No. of Bride's Marriage |
1. Where and when married
2. Witnesses 3. By whom certified, Name and Office |
1. Date of Return
2. When Registered |
| 1. 328
2. Nov 21 |
1. Ludwig Palzer
2. |
1. Ludwig Patzer
2 Geneseo? 3 Laborer |
1. 35 years
2 White 3 Rogeleu? Prussia |
1 Michael Palzer
2 Mary Stock----? 3. 2 |
1. Eva Rehbein
2. 3. Geneseo |
1. 38 years
2. White 3.Olcherko? Prussia |
1. John Rehbien
2 Mary (Nuchel?) 3. 1 |
1. Geneseo Nov. 22
1878
2.F. Rehbein & E. Rehbein 3. Augustus Fu??le, M. g. |
1. Nov 22, 1878
2. Nov. 30 1878 |
| 1. 329
2. Nov 27 |
1. F. G. Anderson
2. |
1. Frank A. Anderson
2. Andover 3. Farmer |
1. 23 yers
2. White 3. Andover, Ill. |
1. C. G. Anderson
2. Anna Bertah Swan 3. 1st |
1. Ida Kough
2. 3 Munson |
1. 21 years
2 White 3 Penn. |
1Jacob Kough
2 Rachael Refaine?? 3 1st |
1. Munson Ills Nov.
28th 1878
2. Hans Bergloff & Mary Anderson 3. A. J. Stead, M.G. |
1.Dec 3 1878
2. Dec 23 , 1878 |
| 1. 330
2. Nov 28 |
1 S. A. ???pey
2. |
1. John Kibler
2. Geneseo Ills 3. Blacksmith |
1. 24 years
2. white 3. Ohio |
1. Geo. Kibler
2. Lydia Wilhelm 3. 1st |
1. S. M. McFadden
2. 3. Geneseo |
1. 19 years
2. White 3. Joliet Ills |
1. E. McFadden 2. Sylvine Harrington 3. 1st |
1. Geneseo, Ills Nov
28, 1878
2 Lillie E. Stead, Sylvie Munson 3. A. J. Stead, M.G. |
1. Nov 18 1878
2. Dec 23, 1878 |
| 1. 331
2. Nov 30 |
1. R. A. Kilgore
2. |
1. Robert A. Kilgore
2. Alpha Ills 3. Farmer |
1. 24 years
2. White 3. Indiana |
1. Joseph Kilgore
2. Elenor Moore 3. 1 |
1. Ellen Noe
2. 3. Alpha Ills |
1. 19 years
2. white 3. Indiana |
1. Lyander Noe
2. Julia Crone 3. 1 |
1. Woodhull on Dec
2, 1878
2. James Skinner & E. V. Crawford 3. J. W. Crawford, M. G. |
1. Dec 1 1878
2. Dec 10, 1878 |
| 1. 332
2. Nov 25 |
1. James Bagley
2. |
James Bagley
2. Kewanee 3. Miner |
1. 25 years
2. White 3. Lancashire England |
1.Wm. Bagley
2.Catherine Atkinson 3. 1 |
1. Margaret France
2. 3. Kewanee |
1. 20 years
2.White 3. Atlantic Ocean |
1. Thomas France
2. Alice Carter 3. 1st |
1. Kewanee Nov. 28,
1878
2. Robert Holt John Chisnall 3. John S. Patterson, M.G. |
1. Nov 29, 1878
2. Dec 2, 1878 |
| 1. 333
2. Nov 26 |
1. Rich'd Woodward
2. |
1. Richard Woodward
2.Kewanee 3. Farmer |
1. 23 years
2. White 3.Henry Co Ills |
1. Wm. H. Woodward
2.Matilda Norton 3.1 |
1. Eliza Lamb
2. 3 Kewanee |
1. 22 years
2. White 3. Dudley England |
1.Wm.Lamb
2.Rosanna Whitehouse 3. 1 |
1. Kewanee on Nov 28,
1878
2.Thos & Martha Whitehouse 3. John S. Patterson M. G. |
1. Nov 29 1878
2. Dec 2, 1878 |
| 1. 334
2. Nov 28 |
1. John H. Wilsey
2. |
1. John H Wilsey
2. Annawan 3. Farmer |
1. 25 years
2. white 3.New York |
1. Manville Wilsey
2. Lucy Hutchinson 3. 1 |
1. Frank? Linahan
2. 3. Annawan |
1. 20 years
2. white 3. Ills |
1. Arch'd Linahan
2. Margaret Cotler 3. 1 |
1. Annawan on
Dec 2,1878
2. 3. Raphael Kinney M. G |
1. Dec 2, 1878
2. Jany 3, 1879 |