EARLY MARRIAGES

FROM THE MAUCH CHUNK NEWSPAPERS OF

1829 TO 1850

 

SURNAMES BITTENBENDER TO CAMPBELL

PERSON MARRIED

RESIDENCE

SPOUSE

SPOUSE’S RESIDENCE

PERFORMED BY

LOCATION

EVENT DATE

NOTICE DATE

NP

NOTES

Bittenbender, Jacob

Orangeville

Boone, Amanda

Bloom

Rev. Dupui

Bloomsburg

1829/06/04

1829/06/17

C

He of firm of McDowell & Bittenbender

Black, Jane

Summit Hill

Moore, James

Crane Iron Works

Rev. Richard Webster

Mauch Chunk

1844/01/02

1844/03/05

CC T

 

Black, Mrs.

Mauch Chunk

Campbell, John

Mauch Chunk

Rev. Crouch

Mauch Chunk

1839/06/07

1839/06/08

C

 

Blake, Jesse

 

Porter, Hannah, Mrs.

White Haven

Baitman Downing, Esq.

White Haven

1836/03/15

1836/04/25

C

Bride was a "doctoress" in White Haven & the d/o Abraham Pike, the "celebrated Indian killer of the Wyoming Valley

Blakslee, Eunice

Mauch Chunk

Crellin, John

White Haven

Rev. Peter Russell

Mauch Chunk

1848/01/03

1848/01/06

CCG

 

Blakslee, Harriet Amelia

White Haven

Washburn, Ephraim F.

White Haven

Rev. Peter Russell

White Haven

1847/03/03

1847/03/11

CCG

Bride d/o Lucius Blakslee

Blakslee, James I.

Mauch Chunk

Ashley, Caroline

Formerly of Susquehanna Co.

Mr. Dewey

Waterloo, Grant Co., Wisconsin

1838/04/10

1838/05/07

C

 

Blakslee, Lucius, Esq.

White Haven

Coykendale, Huldah, Mrs.

Orange County, NY

Rev. D. Harbison

 

1849/11/17

1849/11/22

CCG

Rev. Harbison of Beaver Meadow

Blakslee, William W.

Nesquehoning

Baker, Julia M.

Nesquehoning

Rev. G. H. Blakslee

Dimmick, Susquehanna Co., Pa.

1847/09/22

1847/10/07

CCG

 

Bloom, James

White Haven

Miller, Phila Ann

White Haven

Rev. D. Harbinson

Beaver Meadow

1849/03/29

1849/04/19

CCG

Bride Formerly of Upper Mt. Bethel, Northampton Co.

Boal, Mary

Muncy

Allison, James W.

Hanging Rock, Lawrence Co., Ohio

Rev. S. S. Shedden

 

1837/04/17

1837/04/24

C

Bride d/o James Boal of Muncy

Bobst, Jesse

Nesquehoning

Seigenfuss, Sarah

Nesquehoning

Rev. Peter Russel

Nesquehoning

1846/06/28

1846/07/01

CCG

[Groom's surname spelled "Bopst" in notice]

[Bride's surname more likely spelled Zeigenfuss]

Bobst, Mary Jane

Union Farm

Guildner, William

Summit Hill

James ________, Esq.

Summit Hill

1846/04/06

1846/04/23

CCG

 

Bobst, Sarah

 

Weyhenmeyer, Joseph

 

Rev. Richard Webster

Union Farm

1845/02/23

1845/03/06

CCG

Bride d/o George Bobst

Boden, Thomas

Nesquehoning

Mucklow, Mary Ann

Nesquehoning

Samuel Holland, Esq.

Summit Hill

1832/09/17

1832/09/24

C

 

Bodine, Charles

Hughsville, Lycoming Co.

Christman, Maria

Bloomsburg, Col. Co.

Rev. Mr. Hutchins

Bloomsburg, Col. Co.

1833/01/31

1833/02/16

C

 

Bogh, Jacob

Mauch Chunk

Smith, Elizabeth

Chestnut Hill, Monroe Co.

Rev. E. Augustus Bauer

 

1845/08/23

1845/10/02

CCG

 

Bonum, Alexander

Nesquehoning

Austin, Centhia

Nesquehoning

A. W. Butler, Esq.

 

1849/02/25

1849/03/01

CCG

 

Boone, Amanda

Bloom

Bittenbender, Jacob

Orangeville

Rev. Dupui

Bloomsburg

1829/06/04

1829/06/17

C

He of firm of McDowell & Bittenbender

Bowen, G. Dixon, Rev.

Philadelphia Annual Conference

Miller, Almira Zane

Mauch Chunk

Rev. James Neill

 

1850/11/21

1850/11/28

CCG

Bride eldest d/o Conrad Miller, Esq., of Mauch Chunk

Bowen, Mary Paine

 

Jones, Isaac T.

Philadelphia

Rev. Charles Pitman

 

1834/03/06

1834/03/15

C

Bride d/o Daniel Bowen, formerly of Berwick

Bowman, Elizabeth

Lower Towamensing Twp.

Loem, John

Kreidersville

Rev. Frederick Krecker

 

1847/11/23

1848/01/06

CCG

[Surname of groom and minister as well as exact date uncertain due to poor condition of the newspaper]

Bowman, Henry

White Haven

McMurtres, Sarah

Mauch Chunk

Rev. Henry Sutton

Mauch Chunk

1849/04/30

1849/05/31

CCG

 

Bowman, Joseph

Towamensing Twp.

Haberman, Abby

East Penn Twp.

Rev. E. Augustus Bauer

 

1845/04/13

1845/05/01

CCG

 

Bowman, Mary Ann

?-?-?creek Twp., Col. Co.

Kalbfus, Charles

Baltimore, Md.

Rev. George L-?-?

?-?-?creek Twp., Col. Co.

1829/09/15

1829/09/17

C

Bride d/o John Bowman

Bowman, Rachel

Lehigh Gap

Haintz, Jonathan

Lehigh Gap

Rev. Mr. Dubbs

North Whitehall, Pa.

1836/07/01

1836/07/11

C

 

Boyd, John H.

Baltimore, Md.

Cross, Margaret S.

Baltimore, Md.

Rev. Richard Webster

Mauch Chunk

1850/08/01

1850/08/08

CCG

Bride d/o William S. Cross

Boyd, Maria Josepha

Northumberland

Headley, Samuel F.

Berwick

 

Northumberland

1832/11/28

1832/12/03

C

Reprint taken from the Berwick Gazette

Boyer, Lydia

 

Dodson, George W.

 

Rev. D. D. Lore

Mauch Chunk

1845/03/06

1845/03/13

CCG

 

Boyer, Lydia

Penn Haven

Myers, Henry J.

Penn Haven

Rev. Newton Heston

 

1848/06/05

1848/06/08

CCG

 

Boyle, Catherine

Mauch Chunk Twp.

Boyle, John

Mauch Chunk Twp.

Samuel Holland, Esq.

Summit Hill

1831/02/04

1831/02/14

C

 

Boyle, James

 

McLean, Nancy

 

Jesse K. Pryor, Esq.

Mauch Chunk

1841/08/05

1841/08/09

C

 

Boyle, John

Mauch Chunk Twp.

Boyle, Catherine

Mauch Chunk Twp.

Samuel Holland, Esq.

Summit Hill

1831/02/04

1831/02/14

C

 

Boyle, John A., Rev.

Philadelphia

Richards, Sarah P.

Gloucester Furnace, NJ

Rev. S. Higgins

 

1843/04/26

1843/05/09

CC T

Bride formerly of Maria Iron Works, (Carbon Co.), Pa.

Boyle, Thomas

Mauch Chunk

Wilson, Matilda

Mauch Chunk

Rev. J. W. Mecaskey

 

1847/02/18

1847/02/25

CCG

 

Brady, Bernard

 

Murphy, Bridget

 

John Pryor, Esq.

 

1837/12/21

1838/01/08

C

 

Braughman, Abbilona

Lynn Twp.

Fister, Wm. H.

Mauch Chunk

Rev. John Helfrich

Weisenburg

1839/10/12

1839/11/02

C

 

Breiner, Lucy Ann

W. Penn Twp., Schuylkill Co.

Sudliffa, James

Tamaqua

Rev. E. Augustus Bauer

 

1850/04/22

1850/05/02

CCG

 

Brelsford, Mary

Mauch Chunk

Stroh, William H.

Mauch Chunk

Rev. N. C. Murphy

 

1850/05/29

1850/06/06

CCG

 

Brewster, Samuel

Summit Hill

Ason, Jane, Mrs.

Summit Hill

James Denton, Esq.

Summit Hill

1843/06/27

1843/07/11

CC T

 

Briggs, Lewis

Mauch Chunk

Kocher, Christina

Mauch Chunk

Isaac T. Dodson, Esq.

Mauch Chunk

1833/09/18

1833/09/21

C

 

Briggs, William

Mauch Chunk

Glase, Elizabeth

Mauch Chunk

Isaac T. Dodson, Esq.

 

1847/01/17

1847/01/21

CCG

 

Brink, Elizabeth

Mauch Chunk

Painter, John

Mauch Chunk

Rev. Mr. Crouch

Mauch Chunk

1838/08/23

1838/08/27

C

John Painter was the editor of the Mauch Chunk C at the time

Brink, Nicholas

Mauch Chunk

Beahm, Hannah

Mauch Chunk

Rev. Samuel Hess

Hellertown, Pa.

1843/10/09

1843/10/10

CC T

 

Brislin, Patrick

Mauch Chunk

Sarah McLaughlin

Mauch Chunk

Isaac T. Dodson, Esq.

Mauch Chunk

 

1839/03/11

C

 

Britton, Charles

Abbington, Luz. Co.

Lomison, Elanor

Beaver Meadows

N. R. Penrose, Esq.

 

1834/11/27

1834/11/29

C

 

Brobst, John

Allen Twp., Northampton Co.

Haek, Ma-?-?

Allen Twp., Northampton Co.

 

 

1844/11/17

1844/12/12

CCG

[Bride's first name partly missing due to part of page being cut off]

Brobst, Mary Ann

Mahoning

Jaxheimer, David

Lehighton

Rev. E. Augustus Bauer

East Penn Twp., Carbon Co.

1846/02/01

1846/03/05

CCG

 

Broderick, Eliza

Summit Hill

Davis, George H.

Summit Hill

Rev. Richard Webster

Summit Hill

1839/05/27

1839/06/01

C

Bride d/o James Broderick of Summit Hill; [Not recorded in Presbyterian records]

Broderick, Mary Ann

 

Brodhead, Daniel D.

Summit Hill

Rev. Peter Russell

Bloomingdale, Mauch Chunk Twp.

1847/05/06

1847/05/13

CCG

Bride d/o James Broderick

Broderick, Thomas

Summit Hill

Conner, Elizabeth

Mauch Chunk

Rev. Richard Webster

Mauch Chunk

1841/10/12

1841/10/18

C

Bride d/o Cornelius Conner of Mauch Chunk

Brodhead, Daniel D.

Summit Hill

Broderick, Mary Ann

 

Rev. Peter Russell

Bloomingdale, Mauch Chunk Twp.

1847/05/06

1847/05/13

CCG

Bride d/o James Broderick

Brotz, Francis, MD

Chestnut Hill, Monroe Co.

Hill, Matilda

Chestnut Hill, Monroe Co.

Rev. E. Augustus Bauer

 

1846/06/21

1846/07/01

CCG

[Date of wedding & bride's maiden name uncertain due to poor condition of paper] [Family later located to Columbia Co., Pa.

Brotzman, David

Upper Towamensing Twp.

Heid, Catharine

Upper Towamensing Twp.

Rev. E. Augustus Bauer

 

1849/11/02

1849/11/22

CCG

 

Brown, Caroline

Burlington

Ruhstein, Frederick

 

D. Heberling, Esq.

Near Mauch Chunk

1836/04/02

1836/04/11

C

Groom's occupation was Civil Engineer [Burlington probably refers to Packerton, Carbon Co.]

Brown, Charles

Towamensing Twp.

Richeldorfer, Mary Ann

Towamensing Twp.

Rev. E. Augustus Bauer

 

1847/01/20

1847/01/21

CCG

 

Brown, John

White Haven

Stoddard, Maria

Stoddardsville

Rev. John Dorvance

Stoddardsville, Pa.

1840/12/07

1840/12/19

C

 

Brown, Lydia

Lausanne Twp.

Olover, Arthur

Lausanne Twp.

N. R. Penrose, Esq.

 

1836/03/25

1836/03/28

C

Bride d/o Samuel A. Brown, Esq.

Brown, William

Berwick

Doan, Hannah

Berwick

Rev. Isaiah Bahl

 

1836/06/29

1836/07/04

C

 

Buck, William

Mauch Chunk

Reichardt, Catherine

Easton, Pa.

Rev. J. P. Hecht

Easton, Pa.

1843/08/27

1843/08/29

CC T

 

Bugg, ?-?-?

 

Busy, Charles

Edgefield dist.

 

St. Lakes, Beaufort

1830/03/02

1830/03/18

C

 

Bullock, Joshua

Mauch Chunk

Lippincott, Mary

Mauch Chunk

Rev. Richard Webster

 

1843/04/04

1843/04/11

CC T

Marriage held in a "Friend's Ceremony" [Quaker]

Burke, William

Lausanne Twp.

Turner, Miss

Lausanne Twp.

John Pryor, Esq.

 

1830/04/11

1830/04/15

C

 

Burnes, Fanny

Nesquehoning

Homes, Charles

Nesquehoning

Rev. Richard Webster

Broadway House, Mauch Chunk

1846/12/22

1846/12/25

CCG

 

Burns, Elizabeth

Weatherly

Osborne, John

Weatherly

Amasa Dodson, Esq.

 

1846/07/04

1846/07/09

CCG

 

Bush, John

E. Penn Twp.

Margerum, Catherine

Towamensing Twp.

Jacob S. Wallace, Esq.

Mauch Chunk

1838/01/27

1838/02/05

C

 

Bush, Rachael F.

Windham, Bradford Co., Pa.

McMurtrie, Josiah

Mauch Chunk

Rev. Mr. Hunting

Windham, Bradford Co., Pa.

1846/01/12

1846/01/22

CCG

 

Bush, Rachel

Windham, Bradford Co., Pa.

McMurtrie, Josiah

Mauch Chunk

Rev. Mr. Hunting

Windham, Bradford Co., Pa.

1846/01/12

1846/01/22

CCG

 

Bush, Rosetta

Windham, Bradford Co., Pa.

Sherry, Hiram

Mauch Chunk

Rev. Mr. Hunting

Windham, Bradford Co., Pa.

1845/12/25

1846/01/22

CCG

 

Bush, Sidna S.

Windham, Bradford Co.

Butler, Thomas R.

Mauch Chunk

Rev. W. Huming

Windham, Bradford Co.

1846/12/24

1847/01/07

CCG

 

Busy, Charles

Edgefield dist.

Bugg, ?-?-?

 

 

St. Lakes, Beaufort

1830/03/02

1830/03/18

C

 

Butler, Gertrude

Wilkes Barre

Murray, Thomas

New Hope, Pa.

Rev. Alexander Shiras

Georgetown, D.C.

1846/12/08

1846/12/25

CCG

Bride d/o Stephen Butler of Wilkes Barre

Butler, James R.

Mauch Chunk

Bauman, Eliza

Towamensing Twp.

John Pryor, Esq.

Cherryville, Northampton Co.

1836/10/28

1836/10/31

C

 

Butler, Margaret

Mauch Chunk

Pryor, William

Mauch Chunk

Rev. A. K. Street

Mauch Chunk

1833/11/21

1833/11/23

C

 

Butler, Sarah

Mauch Chunk

Walker, Joseph

Nesquehoning

Rev. George Chandler

Philadelphia

1840/12/03

1840/12/12

C

Bride the eldest d/o Wm. Butler, Sr.

Butler, Thomas R.

Mauch Chunk

Bush, Sidna S.

Windham, Bradford Co.

Rev. W. Huming

Windham, Bradford Co.

1846/12/24

1847/01/07

CCG

 

Butler, William H.

Mauch Chunk

Charlotte Lane

Mauch Chunk

Rev. M. Miles

Wilkes Barre

1849/05/17

1849/05/17

CCG

 

Butterfield, Polly

 

Newton, Addison, Dr.

Springville

 

Auburn, Pa.

 

1845/08/21

CCG

 

Butz, Isaac

Mauch Chunk

Rehrigh, Mary Ann

East Penn Twp.

 

 

1847/06/27

1847/07/08

CCG

 

Caden, Philip

Mauch Chunk

Ward, Catherine

Mauch Chunk

John Pryor, Esq.

Mauch Chunk

1834/05/13

1834/05/17

C

 

Cadogan, Charles

Summit Hill

Solt, Sarah

Mahoning Twp.

Rev. Peter Russel

At her home in Mahoning

1845/02/20

1845/02/27

CCG

 

Campbell, Alexander

Berwick, Pa.

Miller, Nancy

Berwick, Pa.

Rev. George Lane (?)

Berwick, Pa.

1832/05/10

1832/05/14

C

 

Campbell, Brooks

Pittston, Pa.

Worden, Hannah

Pittston, Pa.

Rev. Henry Brownscombe

Tunkhannock, Pa.

1850/08/20

1850/08/29

CCG

 

Campbell, John

Mauch Chunk

Black, Mrs.

Mauch Chunk

Rev. Crouch

Mauch Chunk

1839/06/07

1839/06/08

C

 

Campbell, Sarah

Mauch Chunk

Andres, Abraham

Mauch Chunk

 

Cherryville, Pa.

1840/09/19

1840/09/14

C

 

 

 

 

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Research, transcription & web page by

Jack Sterling

January 2004