BEN TON C 0 U N T Y. H I N G TON
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VOLUME III
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MARRIAGE
RECORDS
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Published
with
the support
of the
WASHINGTON STATE AMERICAN REVOLUTION BICENTENNIAL COMMISSION 1975
~_~-~ • -: :':': }W:WJAQ~·:R;EC9RD!? ,;·:YAKI1YlA COUNTY, WASH •. · : .o;;'::t:; ';.' ::'~~ -" . ~ __u . _ .' .~ .. ',"' In Washington state,. ,marriage records ,are,k~pt :tn' each county,even today, but these records extend as:a companion tci our ~~lumes 0: birth and death'records, only through 1907. The earliest zr..arriage record on file in yakima. County is dated Nov. 25, ,1877, the eC!.rlierrecortis bavingbeen lost 'in the courthouse fire of 1880. 'Between 1877 and 1891, two volume?, in which the returns made by officials who, performed marriages were copied" exist. Applications for licenses for these marriages were recorded in a book of Marriage Affidavits. Beginning in 1891, all marriages supposedly were listed in a IY.ia.rriage Register, compiled from ~arriage, Applications and Certificates of V~rriage, and all ~~rriage Certificates were supposedly copied into yolumes labelled ~arriage Certificates. AllthesevQlutlE1~were used in abstracting these Yakima County £'iarriageRecords. 'In a··number of cases, after 1891, a marriage record only appeared in one sourc,e,'probably sometimes ',because t~e license was obtained in another county and sometimes due to clerical error. A few Marr,iage Certificates were found to 'have been entered out of chronological order •
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of thaearliest may have been recorded J ,Ballou's history of that county, which
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in Y.lickitat County and be listed in was ~Titten before the Klickitat County
We Courthouse of don't no other know fire. church how The to,: records find Catholi~ out, datinG about Diocese.ha8 before marriages 1J77. someprio,r records to Nav. from18~2, 25, ,;. 1877. but we Someknow The'marriage records give the name of the bride and groom, date and place of marriage, name and title of the officiating officer, and names of witnesses. Before 1891, the residence of the bride and groom was seldom:shown.After 1891, the records additionally may show age, birthplace, parents, and. place of residence of the bride and groom and Dote whether either had been previously married. The original records may be seen in person Gr obtaine4 by writing to
the CountY-Auditor, ,~ $2.00 per marriage
Yakima being'required County Courthouse, Yakima, replies). Wash.,' 98901 record for written
(a fee of
In these abstracts, the datea on age, birthplace, parents, residence (when out of county or in a specific area of the county), and previous marriages is en-
r
J's after the name of the bride or ~6om. The titie of the officlosed in cial performing a marriage is noted: ~n for Minister, JP for Justice of the Peace. and JFC for Judge of the Probate Court. An index of such off~y~als, showi~g the sphere of theiractivitie-s, is provided. The reco~ds are arranged alphabetically by name of the groom, a' Brides Index preceeding,the general Surname Index to fa~ilita.te lc-ation records of brides.
ot
The Yakima County ~~rriage records are in good condition, ~ut the' exi~tence of two sources for: the majority of the marriages,pointedout'the problems handwriting and/or unusual names present. During this project, we recopied the records from Nov. 25, 1877 ,to Aug. 19, 1888 which were publ~shed in the Yakima Va~ey Genealogical Society Bulletin, Vol. I, No."] thru·Vol. 2, No. ), eliminatll1g many questions about transcription of !19.mes. In priIitirig our abstracts, the spelling of the bride 's or groom's name' appearing cin the 'Marriage Certifi, cate was almost"always chosen as"the preferred form, the_:alt~rnate f()rm being '"placed in ( ) 's. , Alternative spellings supplied when we questioned bow to ~:read ~ndwrit,~g haV:Q Jl ,!' iri the ,( J'- s. \{(3'believa these~marri8ge ,r'a~ords Hmvever, since return of ref: 8.1"e qUJ.te complete, even between 1877 and 1891,
1"
~:e~s
by minis~ers
and justi~es, of th~, p~ace .was at fairly
'bi .~()me.recc>~s - '._i~~lYeran~ys~Dn!lJ.sters •.
maybeI!D.ss:L."1g,_es~cially , _ ,; .-
f.:,
STARBUCK,BENJAHINR. [25, Iowa., Geo., H. 'Starbuek-"':E. May Lincoln] to ¥lARY .,-- ' ELSIE BRADEN [20, Colo., Zebediah Braden--Ellen Canfield], Sept. 25, 1904:-' Aloysius Parodi, IviG;Carl Washburn, Lulu Washburn, Wit. STARK. (STORK), DAVID,r.25,"Irid~(~· Jos;' stork--M~Ei~ert] to BERTHA'M.GIBSON' r.18, Kan., Wm.Gibson--Nettie HallJ, June ~6, 1907, Cowiche; S. C. Smith, $1-' J. R. Gibson, Ma.ymeGibson; 'Wit. ' , STARK,LEROYH. to OLIVEHARPER,Dec. 13, 1890, No. Yakima; J. T. Eshelman, B. M. Savage, M. J. 02.avage,,Wit~ '!! STARR,DE FORESTr.22, S.D., A. N.' starr -~Mary Rowley] to EDITHE. BROWN' [.18;Neb., J. P. Brown--A. ResierJ, Oct. 30, 1907, No. Yakima: E. W. Catlin, MG; ~~.& Mrs. W. E. Devereasy, Wit. STATON,F. (J. 7) T.to CARRIEROBBINS,Nar. 16, 1884, David Guilland L. E. Pangburn, HG; David Guilland, hatilda S. Gui11and, \V'it.
home;
STAYT,WM:G. r.23, Ill., .John Stayt--Elizabeth HoheJ to ELIZABETH M. STUART r.22, Mich., Hugh Stuart--rMaggie McKay,' MoxeeJ, July 20,1895, Hoxee; J. A. Stayt, I'1G;Wm.A. Stuart, May S. l1arsh, Wit. STEADJYlAN, CHARLES W. r.28, Canada, W. A. steadman-- Ernaline TrumanJ to CATHERINELOUISEPHELAN1.22, ~~ss., James Phelan--Alice Smith tSabin 1)J, Oct. 13, 190], J. A. Taggard, JP; Mrs. Nellie Terrill, Frank Terrill, Wit. STEPHENS,PEARLL. r.27, Ore., Philip Stephens--S~rah Liggett, -2nd mar.] to DIONABATY,H·9,Ore., Robert Baty--Jane Sawtell], July 27, 1902; J. C. MacCrimmon, JP: Mr. & Mrs. W. T. Dixon, ·Wit. STEPHENS,W. R. r,55, Ark., Geo. Stephens-~Elizabeth Petty, 2nd mar.] to. MILLIE P. BROOKS DODGEr52, N.Y., Abram Brooks--Elizabeth Solitery, 2nd mar.], Sept. -21, 1902; W. H. Gilmore~ YG; C. Akers, J. L. Chamberlain, Wit. STEPHENS,WINFIELDS. to NJu~CY J. CLARKE,Dec. 23, 1880; E. E. Britten, Selah, JP; John P. Morton (~lor18n 1), Charles {I. O'Neal, Nancy J.C1ark, Wit •
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STEPHENSON,GEO. K. r,22, Kan., Jos. Stephenson--Mary Britt] to DORAMAYSTUMP 1.17, Mo., Frank Stump--Mary BishopJ, Sept. 19, 1896; B. E. utz, MGi Grace Stephenson, Guy C. Wallace, Wit. STEPHEl\ISON, JM1ESF. [.38, Yuba, Calif.,
Hampton Stephenson--11ary
Clark, -2nd
-
mar.], mar. J toMay22, I\.fADG~ 1901; CHRISTIEr,20, J IC, HacCr-immon; Glenwood, JP; Walter Wash., E~ C. A'jer, M•.Christie--Anna David Rosser,McKern, Wit •. 2nd STEPHF.NSON, JOSEPHG; see: STEVENS(jN~'JOSEPH G•
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I
KA
OF
C 0 U N T Y.
190
1869
H I N G TON
WAS
7
AND
BEN
TON
C 0 U N T Y.
WAS
1 9 0 5 --
19 0 7
H
I N G TON
VOLUME III
--------
-------
MARRIAGE
RECORDS
.
..
Published
with
the support
of the
WASHINGTON STATE AMERICAN REVOLUTION BICENTENNIAL COMMISSION 1975
~_~-~ • -: :':': }W:WJAQ~·:R;EC9RD!? ,;·:YAKI1YlA COUNTY, WASH •. · : .o;;'::t:; ';.' ::'~~ -" . ~ __u . _ .' .~ .. ',"' In Washington state,. ,marriage records ,are,k~pt :tn' each county,even today, but these records extend as:a companion tci our ~~lumes 0: birth and death'records, only through 1907. The earliest zr..arriage record on file in yakima. County is dated Nov. 25, ,1877, the eC!.rlierrecortis bavingbeen lost 'in the courthouse fire of 1880. 'Between 1877 and 1891, two volume?, in which the returns made by officials who, performed marriages were copied" exist. Applications for licenses for these marriages were recorded in a book of Marriage Affidavits. Beginning in 1891, all marriages supposedly were listed in a IY.ia.rriage Register, compiled from ~arriage, Applications and Certificates of V~rriage, and all ~~rriage Certificates were supposedly copied into yolumes labelled ~arriage Certificates. AllthesevQlutlE1~were used in abstracting these Yakima County £'iarriageRecords. 'In a··number of cases, after 1891, a marriage record only appeared in one sourc,e,'probably sometimes ',because t~e license was obtained in another county and sometimes due to clerical error. A few Marr,iage Certificates were found to 'have been entered out of chronological order •
_ "_~_.~"'. (.... ! "_!~;
. !.
of thaearliest may have been recorded J ,Ballou's history of that county, which
i~I
1
I
I
in Y.lickitat County and be listed in was ~Titten before the Klickitat County
We Courthouse of don't no other know fire. church how The to,: records find Catholi~ out, datinG about Diocese.ha8 before marriages 1J77. someprio,r records to Nav. from18~2, 25, ,;. 1877. but we Someknow The'marriage records give the name of the bride and groom, date and place of marriage, name and title of the officiating officer, and names of witnesses. Before 1891, the residence of the bride and groom was seldom:shown.After 1891, the records additionally may show age, birthplace, parents, and. place of residence of the bride and groom and Dote whether either had been previously married. The original records may be seen in person Gr obtaine4 by writing to
the CountY-Auditor, ,~ $2.00 per marriage
Yakima being'required County Courthouse, Yakima, replies). Wash.,' 98901 record for written
(a fee of
In these abstracts, the datea on age, birthplace, parents, residence (when out of county or in a specific area of the county), and previous marriages is en-
r
J's after the name of the bride or ~6om. The titie of the officlosed in cial performing a marriage is noted: ~n for Minister, JP for Justice of the Peace. and JFC for Judge of the Probate Court. An index of such off~y~als, showi~g the sphere of theiractivitie-s, is provided. The reco~ds are arranged alphabetically by name of the groom, a' Brides Index preceeding,the general Surname Index to fa~ilita.te lc-ation records of brides.
ot
The Yakima County ~~rriage records are in good condition, ~ut the' exi~tence of two sources for: the majority of the marriages,pointedout'the problems handwriting and/or unusual names present. During this project, we recopied the records from Nov. 25, 1877 ,to Aug. 19, 1888 which were publ~shed in the Yakima Va~ey Genealogical Society Bulletin, Vol. I, No."] thru·Vol. 2, No. ), eliminatll1g many questions about transcription of !19.mes. In priIitirig our abstracts, the spelling of the bride 's or groom's name' appearing cin the 'Marriage Certifi, cate was almost"always chosen as"the preferred form, the_:alt~rnate f()rm being '"placed in ( ) 's. , Alternative spellings supplied when we questioned bow to ~:read ~ndwrit,~g haV:Q Jl ,!' iri the ,( J'- s. \{(3'believa these~marri8ge ,r'a~ords Hmvever, since return of ref: 8.1"e qUJ.te complete, even between 1877 and 1891,
1"
~:e~s
by minis~ers
and justi~es, of th~, p~ace .was at fairly
'bi .~()me.recc>~s - '._i~~lYeran~ys~Dn!lJ.sters •.
maybeI!D.ss:L."1g,_es~cially , _ ,; .-
f.:,
STARBUCK,BENJAHINR. [25, Iowa., Geo., H. 'Starbuek-"':E. May Lincoln] to ¥lARY .,-- ' ELSIE BRADEN [20, Colo., Zebediah Braden--Ellen Canfield], Sept. 25, 1904:-' Aloysius Parodi, IviG;Carl Washburn, Lulu Washburn, Wit. STARK. (STORK), DAVID,r.25,"Irid~(~· Jos;' stork--M~Ei~ert] to BERTHA'M.GIBSON' r.18, Kan., Wm.Gibson--Nettie HallJ, June ~6, 1907, Cowiche; S. C. Smith, $1-' J. R. Gibson, Ma.ymeGibson; 'Wit. ' , STARK,LEROYH. to OLIVEHARPER,Dec. 13, 1890, No. Yakima; J. T. Eshelman, B. M. Savage, M. J. 02.avage,,Wit~ '!! STARR,DE FORESTr.22, S.D., A. N.' starr -~Mary Rowley] to EDITHE. BROWN' [.18;Neb., J. P. Brown--A. ResierJ, Oct. 30, 1907, No. Yakima: E. W. Catlin, MG; ~~.& Mrs. W. E. Devereasy, Wit. STATON,F. (J. 7) T.to CARRIEROBBINS,Nar. 16, 1884, David Guilland L. E. Pangburn, HG; David Guilland, hatilda S. Gui11and, \V'it.
home;
STAYT,WM:G. r.23, Ill., .John Stayt--Elizabeth HoheJ to ELIZABETH M. STUART r.22, Mich., Hugh Stuart--rMaggie McKay,' MoxeeJ, July 20,1895, Hoxee; J. A. Stayt, I'1G;Wm.A. Stuart, May S. l1arsh, Wit. STEADJYlAN, CHARLES W. r.28, Canada, W. A. steadman-- Ernaline TrumanJ to CATHERINELOUISEPHELAN1.22, ~~ss., James Phelan--Alice Smith tSabin 1)J, Oct. 13, 190], J. A. Taggard, JP; Mrs. Nellie Terrill, Frank Terrill, Wit. STEPHENS,PEARLL. r.27, Ore., Philip Stephens--S~rah Liggett, -2nd mar.] to DIONABATY,H·9,Ore., Robert Baty--Jane Sawtell], July 27, 1902; J. C. MacCrimmon, JP: Mr. & Mrs. W. T. Dixon, ·Wit. STEPHENS,W. R. r,55, Ark., Geo. Stephens-~Elizabeth Petty, 2nd mar.] to. MILLIE P. BROOKS DODGEr52, N.Y., Abram Brooks--Elizabeth Solitery, 2nd mar.], Sept. -21, 1902; W. H. Gilmore~ YG; C. Akers, J. L. Chamberlain, Wit. STEPHENS,WINFIELDS. to NJu~CY J. CLARKE,Dec. 23, 1880; E. E. Britten, Selah, JP; John P. Morton (~lor18n 1), Charles {I. O'Neal, Nancy J.C1ark, Wit •
.
.
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STEPHENSON,GEO. K. r,22, Kan., Jos. Stephenson--Mary Britt] to DORAMAYSTUMP 1.17, Mo., Frank Stump--Mary BishopJ, Sept. 19, 1896; B. E. utz, MGi Grace Stephenson, Guy C. Wallace, Wit. STEPHEl\ISON, JM1ESF. [.38, Yuba, Calif.,
Hampton Stephenson--11ary
Clark, -2nd
-
mar.], mar. J toMay22, I\.fADG~ 1901; CHRISTIEr,20, J IC, HacCr-immon; Glenwood, JP; Walter Wash., E~ C. A'jer, M•.Christie--Anna David Rosser,McKern, Wit •. 2nd STEPHF.NSON, JOSEPHG; see: STEVENS(jN~'JOSEPH G•
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