Whitman-Gratke marriage, 30 Mar 1889

WHITMAN, GRATKE, MARSHALL, GRAF, DUNHAM, PAUL

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Date: 4/28/2008 at 15:16:45

Record #1357

THE STATE OF IOWA, Delaware County, ss:
I, John Marshall, Jr. do solemnly swear that I am acquainted with Ira Whitman, of Manchester, Delaware County, Iowa, and that he is at least 40 years of age; and that I am acquainted with Annie L. Gratke of Strawberry, Clayton County,
Iowa, that she is at least 19 years of age, that neither party is married at the present time; that both parties are legally competent to enter into the marriage contract; that I believe there are no legal objections to their marriage, and that I am a disinterested witness in this application for license. John Marshall, Jr.

Subscribed an sworn to before me, this 29nd day of March A. D. 1889. Abner Dunham, Deputy Clerk of the Court.

License Issued for the Marriage of Ira Whitman and Annie L. Gratke on the testimony of John Marshall, Jr.

CERTIFICATE OF MARRIAGE.
To The Circuit Court of Delaware County:
This certifies, That on the 29nd day of March A.D. 1889, at Manchester in said county of Delaware, according to laws and by authority, I duly Joined in Marriage Ira Whitman and Annie L. Gratke.

Given under my hand, the 30th day of March A. D. 1889 ... G. Graf, Pastor Luthern Church

Returned and filed on the 6th day of April A. D. 1889.... F. H. Paul, Clerk

~ source: Marriage Records 1844-1930,Clerk of the District Court, Book D, Page 294, Record #1357; LDS microfilm #1065153