[or-roots] Marriage Certificate Vs Return of Marriage

[Sue Steward]

      Database: Oregon Marriages, 1906-20

     September 23, 2004
      5:51 PM



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            Name County Marriage Date

            Lawalta M Knowles Hood River  14 Jan 1919





      Knowles, Lawalta M & White, Asa Marion 12-31-1919 Marriage Hood River
Genealogical 0648
Oregon Historical Index   Copies available from the Oregon Archives



A couple of people have posted information on her in Ancestry.com
Contact: Richard Dunn
Contact: Scott Jarvie    scottj at byu.edu


1920 Census   Enumerated 5th day of January 1920  Enumeration District 213
Sheet No. 2A
Oregon
Wasco County
Maupin Precinct
Asa M White Head /Owned Home/ Free of mortgage/ Male/ White/ Age last
birthday 35/ Married/ Yes Read & Write/ Birthplace Wisconsin/ Father &
Mother born United States/ Speaks English/ Laborer/ Industry: Steam Railroad
/ Worker

Lawalta M White  Wife /
Female/ White/ Age last birthday 16/ Married/ Attended School anytime since
9/1/1919 Yes / Yes Read & Write/ Birthplace Iowa/ Father's birthplace Iowa/
Mother's birthplace Iowa/ Speaks English/ Trade None

Sue

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "C Thompson" <ashalen at hotmail.com>
To: <or-roots at sosinet.sos.state.or.us>
Sent: Thursday, September 23, 2004 5:33 PM
Subject: Re: [or-roots] Marriage Certificate Vs Return of Marriage


> Thank you for all your help!
>
> I've hit a major brick wall in my research. As I have no idea what
happened
> to my great-grandmother. She left my Grandmother when she was 3 years old.
> We found the birth certificate for my Grandmother, and so we have the name
> of Lawalta Mary Knowles from Iowa, and we found the return of marriage
form
> being married in Hood River in 1917. Even with both those records it does
> not hold Lawalta's exact Date of Birth. We can only estimate that her
> birthdate is in the year 1903. I've even checked the Census and those
don't
> have exact birth dates either. No birth records found in any searches. I
> just don't know where to go next. I figured I'd try looking deeper into
her
> marriage which we have the exact date of and location to see if they
> recorded her birthdate anywhere.
>
> If anyone has any other suggestions I'd love the help!
>
> Thanks again for the responces!
>
> Carisa