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The governor may in his discretion designate a justice of the peace in each city and town and such further number, not exceeding one for every five thousand inhabitants of a city or town, as he considers expedient, to solemnize marriages, and may for cause at any time revoke such designation. [ Section 31.]
Every justice of the peace, minister, rabbi and clerk or keeper of the records of a meeting wherein marriages among Friends or Quakers are solem- nized shall make and keep a record of each marriage solemnized by him, or in such meeting, and of all facts relative to the marriage which are required to be recorded. He shall also, between the first and tenth days of the month following each marriage solemnized by him, return each certificate to the clerk or registrar who issued the same; and if the marriage was solemnized in a city or town other than the place or places in which the parties to the marriage resided, return a copy of the certificate, or of either certificate if two were issued, to the clerk or registrar of the city or town in which the marriage was solemnized. Each certificate and copy so returned shall contain a statement giving the place and date of marriage, attested by the signature of the person who solemnized the same or of said clerk or keeper of the records of a Friends or Quaker meeting. The person who solemnized the marriage shall add the title of the office by virtue of which the marriage was solemnized, as "justice of the peace", "minister of the gospel", "clergyman", "priest" or "rabbi", and his residence. All certificates or copies so returned shall be recorded by the clerk or registrar who receives them. Whoever neglects to make the record and returns required by the provisions of this section shall for each neglect forfeit not less than twenty nor more than one hundred dollars. [ Section 32.]
No alteration or erasure shall be made by any person on such certificate, until it has been returned to the possession of such clerk or registrar, and then only in such form and to such extent as said clerk or registrar may prescribe. Any such certificate may be recorded after correction in accordance herewith. [ Section 24.]
Whoever performs a ceremony of marriage upon a certificate more than six months after it is issued, and whoever having taken out such certificate and not having used it fails to return it, within six months after it is issued, to the office issuing the same, shall be punished by a fine of not more than ten dollars. [Section 45.]
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FORM B
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
NO.
CERTIFICATE OF MARRIAGE.
(FILL OUT WITH INK. ALL NAMES TO BE IN FULL.)
This certificate must be delivered to the person before whom the marriage is to be con- tracted before he proceeds to solemnize the same.
NO ALTERATION OR ERASURE SHALL BE MADE BY ANY PERSON ON THIS CERTIFICATE, EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN SECTION 24. PENALTY FOR VIOLATION, ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS.
GROOM.
Name. James
nolan
Age,
21
Color,
White
Residence,
ungebor
Occupation,
Box maken
What marriage,
first
(1st, 2d, 3d, etc.)
If a widower or divorced,
Birthplace,
Boston
Mass
Name of father,.
James J. nolan
Maiden name
: Catherine Davis
BRIDE.
Name
Eva
Eglin
(If a widow or divorced, maiden name also to be given.)
Age,
20
.Color, neliste
Residence,
no. Chelmsford
Occupation,
Spooler
What marriage,
First
(1st, 2d, 3d, etc.)
If a widow or divorced,
Birthplace,
Hull Dinas
Name of father, ..
Frank Eglin
Maiden name
1
of mother,
Lizzie Shepherd
of mother,
The intention of marriage by the parties above named was duly entered by me in the records
of the
.of ..
Chelmsfordl
according to law, this
Forth
day of.
abril
1916
Issued,
abril 10
1916.
Edward & Rotting
Clerk.
Certificate of the Officiating Clergyman or Magistrate.
I hereby certify that I joined the above named persons in marriage, at
No. Chelmsford on the.
12×
day of
april
1916.
Name,
Franklintheever
Official station,
Clergyman
Residence,
No. Chelmsford
This certificate, properly attested, must, between the first and tenth days of the month following, be returned to the clerk or registrar who issued the same.
If copies are made, all dates and signatures should be included.
1
117
No.
CERTIFICATE OF THE MARRIAGE OF
...
AND
at
Date
.191
.
Filed
.191 .
Extracts from Chapter 151, Revised Laws, relating to Marriage in Massachusetts.
A marriage may be solemnized in any place within this commonwealth by a minister of the gospel, ordained according to the usage of his denomina- tion, who resides in this commonwealth and continues to perform the functions of his office ; by a rabbi of the Israelitish faith, duly licensed by a congre- gation of said faith established in this commonwealth, who has filed with the clerk or registrar of the city or town in which he resides a certificate of the establishment of the synagogue, the date of his appointment thereto and of the term of his engagement ; by a justice of the peace if he is also clerk or assistant clerk of a city or town, or a registrar or assistant registrar, in the city or town in which he holds such office, or if he is also clerk or assistant clerk of a court, in the city or town in which the court is authorized to be held, or if he has been designated as provided in the following section and has received a certificate of designation and has qualified thereunder, in the city or town in which he resides; and it may be solemnized among Friends or Quakers according to the usage of their societies ; but no person shall solemnize a marriage in this commonwealth unless he is able to read and write the English language. [Section 30.]
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The governor may in his discretion designate a justice of the peace in each city and town and such further number, not exceeding one for every five thousand inhabitants of a city or town, as he considers expedient, to solemnize marriages, and may for cause at any time revoke such designation. [Section 31.]
Every justice of the peace, minister, rabbi and clerk or keeper of the records of a meeting wherein marriages among Friends or Quakers are solem- nized shall make and keep a record of each marriage solemnized by him, or in such meeting, and of all facts relative to the marriage which are required to be recorded. He shall also, between the first and tenth days of the month following each marriage solemnized by him, return each certificate to the clerk or registrar who issued the same; and if the marriage was solemnized in a city or town other than the place or places in which the parties to the marriage resided, return a copy of the certificate, or of either certificate if two were issued, to the clerk or registrar of the city or town in which the marriage was solemnized. Each certificate and copy so returned shall contain a statement giving the place and date of marriage, attested by the signature of the person who solemnized the same or of said clerk or keeper of the records of a Friends or Quaker meeting. The person who solemnized the marriage shall add the title of the office by virtue of which the marriage was solemnized, as "justice of the peace", "minister of the gospel", "clergyman", "priest" or "rabbi", and his residence. All certificates or copies so returned shall be recorded by the clerk or registrar who receives them. Whoever neglects to make the record and returns required by the provisions of this section shall for each neglect forfeit not less than twenty nor more than one hundred dollars. [Section 32.]
No alteration or erasure shall be made by any person on such certificate, until it has been returned to the possession of such clerk or registrar, and then only in such form and to such extent as said clerk or registrar may prescribe. Any such certificate may be recorded after correction in accordance herewith. [Section 24.]
Whoever performs a ceremony of marriage upon a certificate more than six months after it is issued, and whoever having taken out such certificate and not having used it fails to return it, within six months after it is issued, to the office issuing the same, shall be punished by a fine of not more than ten dollars. [Section 45.]
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FORM B
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
NO.
CERTIFICATE OF MARRIAGE.
(FILL OUT WITH INK. ALL NAMES TO BE IN FULL.)
This certificate must be delivered to the person before whom the marriage is to be con- tracted before he proceeds to solemnize the same.
NO ALTERATION OR ERASURE SHALL BE MADE BY ANY PERSON ON THIS CERTIFICATE, EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN SECTION 24. PENALTY FOR VIOLATION, ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS.
GROOM. Harold Frederick Merrill
Age,
28
Color,
White
Residence,
Chelmsford
Occupation,
Butcher
Occupation,
at Home
What marriage,
First
(1st, 2d, 3d, etc.)
If a widower or divorced,
Birthplace,
Chelmsford
Name of father,
Frederick H. Merrill
Maiden name
Clara av. Crooker
of mother,
The intention of marriage by the parties above named was duly entered by me in the records
of the.
Town
of
Chelmsford
according to law, this
Eleventh
day of.
april
1916 .
Issued,
april 17
1916 .
...
Edward & Robbing
Clerk.
Certificate of the Officiating Clergyman or Magistrate.
I hereby certify that I joined the above named persons in marriage, at
Lawell
....
... on the.
69
day of.
atomic 1916.
Name, Samosa UL Craig
Official station,
Wucenter of the Inspel
Residence,
3 Belmont At Lowell
BRIDE.
Name.
Eliza Ruth adams
(If a widow or divorced, maiden name also to be given.)
Age,
26
Color,
White
Residence,
Chelmsford
What marriage,
First
(1st, 2d, 3d, etc.)
If a widow or divorced,
Birthplace,
Lowall Mars
Name of father,
alexander adama
Maiden name
Rachel Hunter
of mother,
108
This certificate, properly attested, must, between the first and tenth days of the month following, be returned to the clerk or registrar who issued the same.
If copies are made, all dates and signatures should be included.
No.
CERTIFICATE OF THE MARRIAGE
OF
AND
at
Date
.191
.
Filed
.191
Extracts from Chapter 151, Revised Laws, relating to Marriage in Massachusetts.
A marriage may be solemnized in any place within this commonwealth by a minister of the gospel, ordained according to the usage of his denomina- tion, who resides in this commonwealth and continues to perform the functions of his office ; by a rabbi of the Israelitish faith, duly licensed by a congre- gation of said faith established in this commonwealth, who has filed with the clerk or registrar of the city or town in which he resides a certificate of the establishment of the synagogue, the date of his appointment thereto and of the term of his engagement ; by a justice of the peace if he is also clerk or assistant clerk of a city or town, or a registrar or assistant registrar, in the city or town in which he holds such office, or if he is also clerk or assistant clerk of a court, in the city or town in which the court is authorized to be held, or if he has been designated as provided in the following section and has received a certificate of designation and has qualified thereunder, in the city or town in which he resides; and it may be solemnized among Friends or Quakers according to the usage of their societies ; but no person shall solemnize a marriage in this commonwealth unless he is able to read and write the English language. [ Section 30.]
The governor may in his discretion designate a justice of the peace in each city and town and such further number, not exceeding one for every five thousand inhabitants of a city or town, as he considers expedient, to solemnize marriages, and may for cause at any time revoke such designation. [Section 31.]
Every justice of the peace, minister, rabbi and clerk or keeper of the records of a meeting wherein marriages among Friends or Quakers are solem- nized shall make and keep a record of each marriage solemnized by him, or in such meeting, and of all facts relative to the marriage which are required to be recorded. He shall also, between the first and tenth days of the montli following each marriage solemnized by him, return each certificate to the clerk or registrar who issued the same; and if the marriage was solemnized in a city or town other than the place or places in which the parties to the marriage resided, return a copy of the certificate, or of either certificate if two were issued, to the clerk or registrar of the city or town in which the marriage was solemnized. Each certificate and copy so returned shall contain a statement giving the place and date of marriage, attested by the signature of the person who solemnized the same or of said clerk or keeper of the records of a Friends or Quaker meeting. The person who solemnized the marriage shall add the title of the office by virtue of which the marriage was solemnized, as "justice of the peace", "minister of the gospel", "clergyman", "priest" or "rabbi", and his residence. All certificates or copies so returned shall be recorded by the clerk or registrar who receives them. Whoever neglects to make the record and returns required by the provisions of this section shall for each neglect forfeit not less than twenty nor more than one hundred dollars. [Section 32.]
· No alteration or erasure shall be made by any person on such certificate, until it has been returned to the possession of such clerk or registrar, and then only in such form and to such extent as said clerk or registrar may prescribe. Any such certificate may be recorded after correction in accordance herewith. [ Section 24.1
Whoever performs a ceremony of marriage upon a certificate more than six months after it is issued, and whoever having taken out such certificate and not having used it fails to return it, within six months after it is issued, to the office issuing the same, shall be punished by a fine of not more than ten dollars. [Section 45.]
FORM B
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
NO.
CERTIFICATE OF MARRIAGE.
(FILL OUT WITH INK. ALL NAMES TO BE IN FULL.)
This certificate must be delivered to the person before whom the marriage is to be con- tracted before he proceeds to solemnize the same.
NO ALTERATION OR ERASURE SHALL BE MADE BY ANY PERSON ON THIS CERTIFICATE, EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN SECTION 24. PENALTY FOR VIOLATION, ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS.
GROOM.
Name
James J. Savage
Age,
38
Color,
Iflite
Residence,
Heat Chelmsford
Occupation,
Farmer
What marriage,
First
(1st, 2d, 3d, etc.)
If a widower or divorced,.
Birthplace,
Hartford mars.
Name of father,
Patrick Savage
Maiden name
Gathering In. Foley
BRIDE.
Name ..
mary E. Flynn
(If a widow or diforced, maiden name also to be given.)
Age,
35
White
Color,
Residence,
Hartford mars.
Occupation,
at Home
What marriage,
First
(1st, 2d, 3d, etc.)
If a widow or divorced,
Birthplace,
Low Il Mare
Name of father,
Maiden name Į
Ellen Degan
of mother,
of mother,
The intention of marriage by the parties above named was duly entered by me in the records
of the.
Down
lof
Chelmsford
according to law, this
20th.
day of
april
1916 .
Issued,
alv. 25
1916.
Edward . Rolling
Clerk.
Certificate of the Officiating Clergyman or Magistrate.
I hereby certify that I joined the above named persons in marriage, at
ha, Chelmsford
.on the
300G
day of
191 6.
Name,
E. T. I Chofield
Official station,
Prist
Residence,
hó, Chelmsford man
This certificate, properly attested, must, between the first and tenth days of the month following, be returned to the clerk or registrar who issued the same.
If copies are made, all dates and signatures should be included.
109
No.
Nitriessas - april
CERTIFICATE OF THE MARRIAGE OF
30-16- Bernard J. Flynn Jay A. Savage
...
AND
at
Date
191
Filed
191
Extracts from Chapter 151, Revised Laws, relating to Marriage in Massachusetts.
A marriage may he solemnized in any place within this commonwealth by a minister of the gospel, ordained according to the usage of his denomina- tion, who resides in this commonwealth and continues to perform the functions of his office ; hy a rahbi of the Israelitish faith, duly licensed hy a congre- gation of said faith established in this commonwealth, who has filed with the clerk or registrar of the city or town in which he resides a certificate of the establishment of the synagogue, the date of his appointment thereto and of the term of his engagement ; by a justice of the peace if he is also clerk or assistant clerk of a city or town, or a registrar or assistant registrar, in the city or town in which he holds such office, or if he is also clerk or assistant clerk of a court, in the city or town in which the court is authorized to he held, or if he has been designated as provided in the following section and has received a certificate of designation and has qualified thereunder, in the city or town in which he resides ; and it may be solemnized among Friends or Quakers according to the usage of their societies ; hut no person shall solemnize a marriage in this commonwealth unless he is able to read and write the English language. [Section 30.]
The governor may in his discretion designate a justice of the peace in each city and town and such further numher, not exceeding one for every five thousand inhabitants of a city or town, as he considers expedient, to solemnize marriages, and may for cause at any time revoke such designation. [ Section 31.] Every justice of the peace, minister, rahhi and clerk or keeper of the records of a meeting wherein marriages among Friends or Quakers are solem- nized shall make and keep a record of each marriage solemnized hy him, or in such meeting, and of all facts relative to the marriage which are required to be recorded. He shall also, between the first and tenth days of the month following each marriage solemnized hy him, return each certificate to the clerk or registrar who issued the same; and if the marriage was solemnized in a city or town other than the place or places in which the parties to the marriage resided, return a copy of the certificate, or of either certificate if two were issued, to the clerk or registrar of the city or town in which the marriage was solemnized. Each certificate and copy so returned shall contain a statement giving the place and date of marriage, attested by the signature of the person who solemnized the same or of said clerk or keeper of the records of a Friends or Quaker meeting. The person who solemnized the marriage shall add the title of the office hy virtue of which the marriage was solemnized, as "justice of the peace", "minister of the gospel", "clergyman", "priest" or "rabbi", and his residence. All certificates or copies so returned shall be recorded by the clerk or registrar who receives them. Whoever neglects to make the record and returns required hy the provisions of this section shall for each neglect forfeit not less than twenty nor more than one hundred dollars. [ Section 32.]
No alteration or erasure shall he made by any person on such certificate, until it has heen returned to the possession of such clerk or registrar, and then only in such form and to such extent as said clerk or registrar may prescribe. Any such certificate may be recorded after correction in accordance herewith. [Section 24 ]
Whoever performs a ceremony of marriage upon a certificate more than six months after it is issued, and whoever having taken out such certificate and not having used it fails to return it, within six months after it is issued, to the office issuing the same, shall he punished hy a fine of not more than ten dollars. [Section 45.]
118
FORM B
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
NO.
CERTIFICATE OF MARRIAGE.
(FILL OUT WITH INK. ALL NAMES TO BE IN FULL.)
This certificate must be delivered to the person before whom the marriage is to be con- tracted before he proceeds to solemnize the same.
NO ALTERATION OR ERASURE SHALL BE MADE BY ANY PERSON ON THIS CERTIFICATE, EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN SECTION 24. PENALTY FOR VIOLATION, ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS.
GROOM.
Name.
Frank Mccluskey
Age,
36
Color,
White
Residence,
north Chelmsford
Occupation,
What marriage,
First
(1st, 2d, 3d, etc.)
(1st, 2d, 3d, etc.)
If a widower or divorced, ..
Birthplace,
Ireland
Name of father,
Patrick mccluskey
Maiden name l
anne Dolan
of mother,
S
BRIDE.
Name ..
Elisabeth Dunnigan
(If a widow/or divorced, maiden name also to be given.)
Age,
33
Color,
Winte
Residence,
north Chelmsford
Occupation,
at Home
What marriage,
Fiviet
If a widow or divorced,
north Chelmsford
Birthplace,
Name of father,
Frank Funniga
Maiden name
mary mc carel
of mother,
The intention of marriage by the parties above named was duly entered by me in the records
of the
of
Chelmsford
according to law, this
24th.
....
.day of.
abril
1916.
Issued,
apr. 29
1916 .
Edward & Robbins
Clerk.
Certificate of the Officiating Clergyman or Magistrate.
I hereby certify that I joined the above named persons in marriage, at
h. Chehasard on the
1 5x
"
day of.
may # **
191 G
Name,
8, 1, Schofield
Official station,
Priest
Residence,
no, Chelmsford
This certificate, properly attested, must, between the first and tenth days of the month following, be returned to the clerk or registrar who issued the same.
If copies are made, all dates and signatures should be included.
No.
Para.
,
CERTIFICATE OF THE MARRIAGE
OF
AND
....
at
Date
191
·
Filed
191 ·
Extracts from Chapter 151, Revised Laws, relating to Marriage in Massachusetts.
A marriage may be solemnized in any place within this commonwealthi by a minister of the gospel, ordained according to the usage of his denomina- tion, who resides in this commonwealth and continues to perform the functions of his office ; by a rabbi of the Israelitish faith, duly licensed by a congre- gation of said faith established in this commonwealth, who has filed with the clerk or registrar of the city or town in which he resides a certificate of the establishment of the synagogue, the date of his appointment thereto and of the term of his engagement ; by a justice of the peace if he is also clerk or assistant clerk of a city or town, or a registrar or assistant registrar, in the city or town in which he holds such office, or if he is also clerk or assistant clerk of a court, in the city or town in which the court is authorized to be held, or if he has been designated as provided in the following section and has received a certificate of designation and has qualified thereunder, in the city or town in which he resides ; and it may be solemnized among Friends or Quakers according to the usage of their societies ; but no person shall solemnize a marriage in this commonwealth unless he is able to read and write the English language. [Section 30.]
The governor may in his discretion designate a justice of the peace in each city and town and such further number, not exceeding one for every five thousand inhabitants of a city or town, as he considers expedient, to solemnize marriages, and may for cause at any time revoke such designation. [Section 31.]
Every justice of the peace, minister, rabbi and clerk or keeper of the records of a meeting wherein marriages among Friends or Quakers are solem- nized shall make and keep a record of each marriage solemnized by him, or in such meeting, and of all facts relative to the marriage which are required to be recorded. He shall also, between the first and tenth days of the month following each marriage solemnized by him, return each certificate to the clerk or registrar who issued the same; and if the marriage was solemnized in a city or town other than the place or places in which the parties to the marriage resided, return a copy of the certificate, or of either certificate if two were issued, to the clerk or registrar of the city or town in which the marriage was solemnized. Each certificate and copy so returned shall contain a statement giving the place and date of marriage, attested by the signature of the person who solemnized the same or of said clerk or keeper of the records of a Friends or Quaker meeting. The person who solemnized the marriage shall add the title of the office by virtue of which the marriage was solemnized, as "justice of the peace", "minister of the gospel", "clergyman", "priest" or "rabbi", and his residence. All certificates or copies so returned shall be recorded by the clerk or registrar who receives them. Whoever neglects to make the record and returns required by the provisions of this section shall for each neglect forfeit not less than twenty nor more than one hundred dollars. [Section 32.]
No alteration or erasure shall be made by any person on such certificate, until it has been returned to the possession of such clerk or registrar, and then only in such form and to such extent as said clerk or registrar may prescribe. Any such certificate may be recorded after correction in accordance herewith. [ Section 24.1
Whoever performs a ceremony of marriage upon a certificate more than six months after it is issued, and whoever having taken out such certificate and not having used it fails to return it, within six months after it is issued, to the office issuing the same, shall be punished by a fine of not more than ten dollars. [Section 45.]
FORM B
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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