I am participating
in the Blogging from A to Z Challenge (April 2016), where we write 26 blog posts featuring each letter of the alphabet.
H is for the Marriage
of Susan V. Hork to Andrew E. Hart
Today’s post is a two-for-one. Susan Veronica Hork, the
sister of my grandfather, William Cyril Hork, married Andrew Edward Hart on 20
May 1900.[1]
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| Ravalli County Marriage Record for the marriage of Andrew Edward Hart to Susan Veronica Hork, 1900 |
She had just turned 23 years old on April 30. He was also
23 years old. It is not known how they met. They stated on their marriage
record they were both living in Hamilton, Ravalli County, but neither of them can
be found in the 1900 census.
Her brother, Albert, and sister, Carolyn, were the
witnesses to the marriage, performed by Father J.B. Carroll, S.J. Albert and
Carolyn also lived in Hamilton.
What is interesting is the marriage license and
certificate were recorded in Ravalli County where Hamilton is located. I also
have a church marriage record from St. Francis Xavier Church in Missoula for
this couple. This marriage record is in Latin and does state the couple were both living in Hamilton.
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| St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church - marriage entry for Andrew E. Hart & Susan Veronica Hork, 1900 |
So did the priest marry the couple in Hamilton and
recorded it in his Missoula church records? Or did he marry the couple in
Missoula, but the civil papers were also recorded in Ravalli County office? The married couple got the license to be
married from the clerk in Ravalli County. Perhaps they were the ones to return
it to the clerk.
The couple had three children, a girl and two boys, and
Susan died young on 14 January 1922. She was just 44 years old.
[1] Ravalli
County, Marriages, v. 1 1893-1904, p 360, No. 354, Andrew Edward Hart to Susan Veronica
Hork, 1900, FHL Film 1905836.
Copyright © 2016 by Lisa Suzanne Gorrell, My Trails into the Past. All Rights Reserved.
I have no answer to the question, but my 4X great-grandparents' marriage is recorded in 2 counties. The story I get from experts is that the minister was a circuit minister who served several communities at the same time. He would marry people, but it might be months before he returned to the county seat to record the marriages. Evidently he forgot and recorded in 2 counties just to be sure.
ReplyDeleteWendy at Jollett Etc.
That's interesting, Wendy. I'm sure that happened often in more remote places. Thanks for stopping by.
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