Marriage Monday

In all fairness I have been trying to post from each branch of our family tree, but that isn’t always easy as some information is more readily available, and some people more willing to discuss ancestors. Today, I made an amazing find (actually it was yesterday, but who’s counting). Quite some time ago I discovered information for the marriage of Jacob Edgar PEASE to Grace A WINELAND, but all I remember seeing were the dates, names and dates, that’s all genealogy really is, right!?

Wrong, our ancestors had lives as well. They were farmers, laborers, carpenters, housewives, wool makers, and the list goes on. They had stories to tell, and it is my job to discover those stories. So, today when I found the marriage information of Jacob and Grace on FamilySearch.org today I clicked on the link that said, “View Image” and waalah! It was as if I had waved a magic wand and traveled into the past.

Though I have yet to uncover the story of how Jacob and Grace met, I did learn a lot of information from this simple image. Such as Jacob was born in Jennings, Indiana and was a common laborer at the time of applying for a marriage license. He lived in Warsaw, Indiana at that time; his father was a farmer and his mother a housewife. Both of Jacob’s parents, Levi Pease and Ellen (Poole) Pease were born in Indiana and he reports this to be his first marriage.

Grace was born in Noble County, Indiana, and lived in Atwood, Indiana at time of marriage application. Her parents, Richard and Sarah (Scott) Wineland were also born in Indiana. This is also Grace’s first marriage.

An interesting note, this document was witnessed by George and Hattie Hefner.  I find this interesting because it appears that Grace signed her last name as “Hefner” on the application document, though everywhere else her last name is clearly “Wineland.” Baffled, I just sat and studied the document for several minutes before I realized that all of the signatures on the document match. Jacob and Grace never signed their marriage license or certificate. So the court clerk may have accidently written “Grace Hefner” rather than the correct “Grace Wineland.”

Having placed this document through my genealogy wringer, I think it only fair that I give you the most important bit of information. Jacob and Grace were married on 28 June 1919, by Rev. S. U. Hill.

Source:

"Indiana, Marriages, 1811-1959," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1942-21135-12656-94?cc=1410397&wc=M944-944:2078596199 : accessed 17 Nov 2013), Kosciusko > 1919-1920 Volume Z > image 77 of 320.