Marriage Records

Brown-Ford Certificate

MVP UMC     A Currier & Ives print over the marriage certificate of Walter Brown and Mary Ford, Oct 1 1874, Mount Vernon Place United Methodist Church, DC.

Announcements

Miss Janie RITCHIE will be married to Mr. Alan BOYD, on the 10th of August, at the residence of the mother of the bride-elect, at Frederick, Md. Mr. Boyd is the confidential secretary of the Secretary of the Interior. After his marriage he and his bride will make their home for some months in Indian Territory, where he is engagged on some government work. [The Morning Times, August 01, 1895, page 5]

Mr. Giles I. CUFFEY and Miss Sarah S. WELLS were married last Wednesday evening by Father DOUGHERTY, at the bride's residence, 1631 O street northwest. Many valuable and useful presents were received by the happy pair, who left on a wedding tour at 11pm. The reception will take place on Thanksgiving Day at Portsmouth, Va., the home of the groom. They will reside in the future in this city. Source: The Colored American, November 25, 1899, page 1, courtesy of ChroniclingAmerica

Miss Mary Virginia AULDRIDGE was married at Epiphany Chapel at nine o'clock yesterday morning to Mr. Frank Edward GASS. The marriage was very quiet, but one in which the friends of the bride and groom took a great interest as was testified in the most substantial manner by the set of handsome china presented to the groom by his friends in the Smithsonian Institute. The bride ore a blue traveling gown and after the ceremony left the city with her husband for a bridal trip to Atlantic City. [The Morning Times, August 01, 1895, page 5]