Amanuensis Monday - Marriage Record for David W. Shinn (1852-1928) and Sarah J. Parr (1865-1955) )

Dear FOLKS,

For this week's Amanuensis Monday project I am transcribing the Ohio Marriage Record for my great-grandparents. David Wesley Shinn and Sarah Jane "Sadie" Parr were my mother's maternal grandparents. I never met David, but I did meet Sarah Jane when I was small. I remember her well. She was always hand stitching, like mending clothes, darning socks and making quilts. She liked to sit in a rocking chair and she kept it rocking back and forth.

IMAGE: Noble County, Ohio Marriage Records,
Volume 6 (1879-1889), page 286, showing
David W. Shinn and Sarah J. Parr. [1]

This is a fill-in-the-blanks form from a registration book that contains three different entries on a page. Any of my comments will be surrounded in square brackets [ ].

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286  [ top margin - left corner]

MARRIAGE RECORD.

[left-column labeled - PARTIES]

David W. Shinn

—AND—

Sarah J. Parr

LICENSE

Issued this 3
day of Oct
A.D. 1883 to the above named
parties ______________

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[middle-column labeled - AFFIDAVIT]

THE STATE OF OHIO,   }
NOBLE COUNTY.        } ss

David W. Shinn having made application
for a LICENSE for himself
and Sarah J. Parr and being duly
sworn, says the he
is of the age of 21 years, and has no wife living, and
that she is of the age
of 18 years, a resident of said County, and has no
husband living, and that said parties are not nearer
kin than second cousins.

David W. Shinn

Sworn to and subscribed before me, this 3
day of Oct A.D. 1883

JH Brown
PROBATE JUDGE

by Geo G Jennings
Dept. Clk.

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[right-column labeled - RETURN]

THE STATE OF OHIO,   }
NOBLE COUNTY.        } ss

I HEREBY CERTIFY, That on
the 3 day of Oct
A.D., 1883, I joined in Marriage

Mr. David W. Shinn

—AND—

M Sarah J Parr

Geo. Willis minister

Filed and recorded this 15
day of Dec 1883

ATTEST:
JH Brown
PROBATE JUDGE

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Source:

1. Ohio Probate Court (Noble County) "Marriage Records, 1879-1889," Book Vol 6, page 286, FHL film #930094, Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah; visited October 2010.

This was a fun record to find.  I was visiting Salt Lake City and was spending several days in a row looking through book and microfilm at the Family History Library in 2010. A researcher's nirvana.

It was interesting to see that there were two-months between the marriage event and registering the event as a RETURN. Later this type of document would have the required time to report shortened to perhaps 30 days.

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.

While this document was a fun break from the routine projects, I am reminded that 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; to capture all aspects of the paper in hand. It also gives me a better opportunity to share the document with you.

Thank you for stopping by today and letting me share this with you.

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