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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 II.
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
/16
COPY OF CERTIFICATE OF INTENTION OF MARRIAGE.
This form is for the use of the person officiating when the parties to the marriage are not residents of the city or town in which the marriage is solemnized, and is to be filled out, properly attested and returned, to the registrar or clerk of the city or town in which the marriage took place, on or before the tenth day of the month next following. (See law on back of this blank.)
No.
369
(FILL OUT WITH INK.
ALL NAMES TO BE IN FULL.)
ILLEGAL ALTERATIONS OR ERASURES ARE PROHIBITED.
Brunm.
Name, John Herbert Bartlett
Age, ...
27
Color,
Residence
82 Elmit, forell
Occupation, U.S. Cartridge Co
What marriage,
Frist
(1st, 2d, 3d, etc.)
Ifa widower or divorced,
Birthplace,
Sowell, Mass
Name of father, Herbert J. Bartlett
Maiden name 1 Sadie M. Ham
Bride.
Name,
Mina D. Chase
(If a widow or divorced, maiden name also to be given.)
Age,
19
Color,
Residence,
12 Howard St foule
Occupation,
at Home
What marriage,
First
(1st, 2d, 3d, etc.)
If a widow or divorced.
Birthplace,
Tyngsboro Mass
Name of father, .
Bynow Chase
Maiden name ¿
of mother,
S
Della Sargent
of mother,
The intention of marriage by the parties above-named was duly entered by me in the records of the city of Sowell according to law, this
20 th
day of. may
19/6.
(Signed)
Stephen
Flynn- City Clerk.
Certifirate of Marriage.
To the Tom Clerk of [City or Town.]
I hereby certify, that the foregoing is a tfue copy of the Certificate of Intention of Marriage
issued May 25 19/6, by. Stephen Flynn, City Clerk
Massachusetts, and that the parties named therein were joined in marriage of Lowell
by me, at.
No. Chelmsford
this
25 -day of
May
19 / Z
Signature :
Residence,
No. Chelmsford
Official Station,
Congyman
ALL DATES AND SIGNATURES TO BE INCLUDED.
No.
COPY OF CERTIFICATE OF THE MARRIAGE
OF
AND
at
Date
19
Filed
19
.
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 denomination, 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 congregation 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 solemnized 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.]
AAAAAAAA AN
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
William Riley Ball
Age,
60
Color,
White
Residence,
north Chelmsford mas
Occupation,
millwright
Occupation,
at Home
What marriage,
Second
(1st, 2d, 3d, etc.)
If a widower or divorced,
Vidown
If a widow or divorced,
Birthplace,
Machuca 71, 7%.
Name of father,
arvis B. Ball
Maiden name l
Sarah- norton
Maiden name l
Ellen & barri
of mother,
$
of mother,
The intention of marriage by the parties above named was duly entered by me in the records
of the.
100000
of
Chelmsford
according to law, this
13th.
„day of.
7ay
1916.
Issued,
Janne 1
1916.
Edward J. Rothing
Clerk.
Certificate of the Officiating Clergyman or Magistrate.
I hereby certify that I joined the above named persons in marriage, at
Chelmsford
on the
First
day of.
June
.. 1916 .
Name,
Oderand . Roffing
Witnessed by Christina a Robbins mary Es Read
Official station, Joun Click & Justice of the Peace
Residence,
Chelmsford mars
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.
BRIDE.
Name Emma F. Bunchled trye
(If a widow or divorced, maiden name also to be given.)
Age,
50
Ichite
Color,
Residence,
north Chelmsford Mass
What marriage,
Second
(1st, 2d, 3d, etc.)
Divorced
Birthplace,
Lancaster n. If.
Name of father,
John Dunckles
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 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 hercwith. [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.]
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE.
HILLSBOROUGH, SS.
Co all People to Whom these Presents shall come:
KNOW YE, that at the Superior Court holden at Manchester in said county, on the first Tuesday of May, Anno Domini 191 001
In the matter of a libel for divorce. Emma 7. Frie
of ...
Nashura in said county, libelant, against
Charles H. Frye libelee ;
It was ordered, adjudged, and decreed by the court that the said Emma F. Freyje be divorced from the said Charles F. Frye that the bonds of matrimony between them be dissolved, and the marriage contract annulled.
-
(401 b)
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said court at Nashua, in said county of Hillsborough, on the first day of. June Anno Domini 1916 1
Thossa Luce.
. . . . . Those Luce
.
CLERK.
No. 908
CERTIFICATE OF DIVORCE
Emma F. Frye ..... V. Charles F. Frye
May Term, 191 6
118
FORM B
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
Paul austin Scribner
Age,
25
Color,
White
Residence,
no Chelmsford
Occupation,
Clerk
What marriage,
First
(1st, 2d, 3d, etc.)
If a widower or divorced,
Birthplace,
no. Chelmsford
Name of father,
Charles F. Scribner
Maiden name l
Bertha 6. Bearce
BRIDE.
Name
Susie May Cambridge
(If a widow or divorced, mafgen name also to be given.)
Age,
23
Color,
White
Residen
309 Hertford St. Lowall mage
Occupation,
at Home
What marriage,
First
(1st, 2d, 3d, etc.)
If a widow or divorced,
Birthplace,
Lowell Mass.
Name of father,
terd & Cambridge
Maiden name
Nettie a. Blaisdell
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
27th.
.. day of
may
1916 .
Issued,
June 1
1916 .
Edward f. Bobbing
.Clerk.
Certificate of the Officiating Clergyman or Magistrate.
I hereby certify that I joined, the above named persons in marriage, at
Lowell
on the
.day of.
1916
Name,
Karbon@grave
Official station,
Residence,
613 Fellowway Medford Muss
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.
-
of mother,
5
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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 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.]
119
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.
John I Potter
Age,
32
Color,
White
Residence,
no. Chelmsford
Occupation,
machinist
What marriage,
First
(1st, 2d, 3d, etc.)
If a widower or divorced,.
Birthplace,
Tyngsboro Mass
Name of father,
Charles Potter
Maiden name
¿Lavina Roberto
BRIDE.
Name
Flora B. Knox
(If a widow or divorced, maiden name also to be given.)
Age,
29
Color,
White
Residence,
20. Chelmsford
Occupation,
wister
What marriage,
First
(1st, 2d, 3d, etc.)
If a widow or divorced,
Birthplace,
Westford
Name of father,
James Knox
Maiden name
of mother,
annie mc naughton
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
27th
.day of.
may
1916 .
Issued,
June 1
1916 .
Edward . Raffina
Clerk.
Certificate of the Officiating Clergyman or Magistrate.
I hereby certify that I joined the above named persons in marriage, at
Jawell Mass
.. on the
14th
day of.
1916.
Name,
Nathaniel W. Martheny
Official station,
Minister of the gospel
Residence,
15 Ellsworthalt. Lavell, Mask
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.
of mother,
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 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 ]
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