Dear FOLKS,
Here it is the beginning of a new work week for many people and I want to start this week off by transcribing a document that is important to my family research.
Here it is the beginning of a new work week for many people and I want to start this week off by transcribing a document that is important to my family research.
Amanuensis Monday is a weekly blog theme that was started by John Newmark, the author of TransylvanianDutch blog. John defines Amanuensis as "A person employed to write what another dictates or to copy what has been written by another." I also appreciate the good work and format examples of San Diego genealogist Randy Seaver of the blog Genea-musings. Thanks guys.
Transcribing helps me to learn what a document contains. I have learned over time that I have a tendency to "skim" over an item; a bad trait for a researcher who needs to learn even the smallest details documented records contain. Transcribing helps me to slow down and "smell the roses."
The document I am transcribing today is the Marriage License and Certificate for Ole Amenson and Lena G. Paulson that occurred on 19 September 1873 in Waseca County, Minnesota. Ole who would later use the name of Olaus O. Ostrom and his wife Toline "Lena" G. Paulson were my 2x great-grandparents. Scanned copy of microfilmed document was found in the Waseca County Marriages, Book A, Page 207. I have had this document in my research files for many years, but I can't remember where I obtained it.
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| IMAGE: Scanned microfilmed copy of the Marriage License and Certificate for Ole Amenson and Lena G. Paulson, dated 19 September 1873. From the family research files of Darlene M. Steffens.[1] |
This form is primarily completed by handwritten "fill in the blanks" entries. I will present the handwritten information in italics to help provide clarity. Fields that are left blank on the original will also be left blank on the transcription. My comments will show with square brackets [ ].
[document wrapper for file identification]
9-19-1873
MARRIAGE LICENSE AND CERTIFICATE
Ole Amenson
to Lena G. Paulson
A copy of my credentials of ordination is recorded in the Clerk's Office of the District Court for the County of [blank], State of Minnesota.
Filed Sept 19th, A.D. 1873 and duly recorded in Book A page 207 of Marriage Records. James Hayden, Clerk.
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[the full document begins here]
STATE OF MINNESOTA,
District Court for the County of Waseca } SS.
To any Person lawfully authorized to Solemnize Marriages within said State:
KNOW YE, That License is hereby granted, to join together as Husband and Wife, Ole Amenson of the county of Waseca and State of Minnesota and Lena G. Paulson of the county of Waseca and State of Minnesota, being satisfied by the affirmation of said Ole Amenson that there is no legal impediment thereto.
THEREFORE, This shall be your sufficient authority for solemnizing the marriage of said parties, and making return thereof as provided by law.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of said District Court, as Waseca this 19th day of Sept 1873. James Hayden Clerk.
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STATE OF MINNESOTA County of Waseca } SS.
I hereby certify that on the 19th day of Sept in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventy three at Waseca in said county, I, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace did join in the holy bonds of Matrimony, according to the laws of this State, Ole Amenson of the County of Waseca and State of Minnesota and Lena G. Paulson, of the County of Waseca State of Minnesota, in presence of Ole A Diskson and Paul G Paulson } Witnesses. James Hayden Justice of the Peace
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Notes:
With the groom going by the name of Ole Amenson, it made this document difficult to find. I would eventually find them by scanning an index inside a Minnesota genealogical society's newsletter where I noticed the name of the bride matched what I knew. This name variation also helped me to find them in the 1880 U.S. Census in Vivian township, Waseca County, Minnesota.
The witness who signed this document as Paul G. Paulson was Toline's older brother. I have no information on the witness named Ole A. Dirkson [possibly Dickson]. I have looked through some searches to find Ole, but nothing was available to date.
The groom and his bride, Olaus "Ole" and Toline, are the common direct ancestors between my cousin Ed Ostrom and me. Ed is the person behind my Ed's Day Wednesdays articles. Olaus and Toline are Ed's great-grandparents and they are (as mentioned earlier) my 2x great-grandparents. This generational difference actually makes Ed my second cousins 1x removed, but it is so much easier to claim that he was my "cousin." I hope you agree and understand my choice.
Some readers have asked that I share where the connection between Cousin Ed and me begins and it is here with Olaus Ostrom and Toline "Lena" G. Paulson, our Norwegian immigrants.
Source:
1). Ole Amenson and Lena G. Paulson, marriage license and certificate (dated 19 September 1873), County of Waseca, State of Minnesota, scanned microfilm copy privately held by Darlene M. Steffens [ADDRESS FOR PRIVATE USE].
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Updated 10 January 2018 to change the name of the first witness H.A. Dickson to Ole A. Dickson, who we now know was a cousin of Olaus' and born as Ole Andreas Didricksen. Shortly after his arrival, Ole would Americanize his surname to Dixon.
Updated 10 January 2018 to change the name of the first witness H.A. Dickson to Ole A. Dickson, who we now know was a cousin of Olaus' and born as Ole Andreas Didricksen. Shortly after his arrival, Ole would Americanize his surname to Dixon.
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