Tuesday, February 27, 2018

Treasure Chest Tuesday - 1865 Marriage Licence for Elijah McKnew and Jane Whittle

This week's Tuesday's Treasure is the 1865 marriage licence and certificate for Elijah McKnew and Jane Whittle in Tuolumne County, California:



The transcription of this marriage licence is:

                          Elijah McKnew and                             Jane Whittle

                                           Marriage Licence
                                                       State of California
                                                County of Tuolumne

I do hereby authorize ^and licence^ any Judge, Justice of the Peace, Clergyman or Preacher
of the Gospel to celebrate and certify the Marriage of   Elijah McKnew         
                                 with   Jane Whittle it appearing to my      
Satisfaction that both the above parties are of legal age.

                                        In Witness Whereof, I have hereunto set
                                        my hand and Official Seal this     7th     
                                        day of   November     1865    
                                                        R.E. Gardiner   County Clerk
                                                         By J. Potter Depty

                              Marriage Certificate

                               I certify that in pursuance of the above License
                Elijah McKnew                 and             Jane Whittle                           
were by me this day united in matrimony.
    twelfth    day of    November    A.D. 1865    
                                                             P.M. Fisher
                                                             Justice of the Peace
                                                             1st Township
                                                             Tuolumne County
                                                                           California

Recorded     Nov 13th   186  at 10 h A.M. by request of P. M. Fisher

The source citation for this record is:

Tuolumne County [Calif.] Recorder, Vital Records, 1850-1906, "Delayed births, vol. 1, 1862-1905 -- Index to marriage certificates (Men), vol. 1, 1852-1875 -- Index to marriage certificates (Men), vol. 2, 1876-1905 -- Index to marriage certificates (Women), vol. 1, 1852-1875 -- Index to marriage certificates (Women), vol. 2, 1875-1905 -- Marriage record, vols. 1-4, 1850- 1862 -- Marriage licenses, vol. 1, 1862-1870 -- Marriage licenses, vol. 2, 1871-1872 -- Marriage licenses, vol. 3, 1873-1878" : Volume 1, page 195, Elijah McKnew and Jane Whittle marriage license and certificate; FamilySearch Catalog digital microfilm US/CAN 1305265 (accessed 24 January 2018).

This record of the marriage of Elijah McKnew (1837-1912) and Jane Whittle (1847-1921) in Tuolumne County, California is an Original Source record.  

Elijah Pickrell McKnew (1836-1912) and Jane Whittle (1847-1921) are my wife's great-grandparents. 


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