| During the earliest years
of Hall County, Nebraska, officials recorded marriages in various record
books. In the preceeding 130 + years, these records have been scattered.
In November 1871, Hall County began to record marriages using the standardized
form of large ledgers familiar to local researchers. The Hall County
Clerk's Office in Grand Island, NE holds all such post 1871 marriage records
ledgers.
However, the 34 marriages
recorded in Hall County between 1860-1870 can be found in two separate
volumes of official county records. The Hall County Clerk's Office
maintains one volume with the earliest minutes of the Hall
County Board of Supervisors and records for eight of the earliest Hall
County marriages.
The Nebraska
State Historical Society holds the second volume in which the largest
number of early Hall County marriages are recorded. This volume
of court records contains 31 marriages dating from 1860-1870.
The Nebraska State Historical Society inventoried this volume as: "probate
and justice docket #A-1" in series two, Hall County probate records of
RG260.
There is some duplication
between the two volumes, but the yearly marriage totals are as follows:
|
Year
|
Number of Marriages
|
|
1860
|
1
|
|
1861
|
1
|
|
1862
|
5
|
|
1863
|
6
|
|
1864
|
5
|
|
1865
|
2
|
|
1866
|
0
|
|
1867
|
1
|
|
1868
|
10
|
|
1869
|
2
|
|
1870
|
1
|
|
total
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34
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From probate judges to justices of the
peace, several different county officals recorded entries into these volumes.
Therefore, handwriting varies and names are not consistently spelled.
Some entries have faded to be nearly invisible, while others have bled
through the page. Also, marriages are entered as recorded -- not
as performed. Years skip around as local justices of the peace offically
recorded past marriages. An unusual record found within these volumes is
an 1870 marriage from Wyoming Territory in what is now Sweetwater County,
WY -- some 500 miles west of Hall County.
Details from the Hall County Probate Record
have been extracted, if available, for:
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Date of Marriage
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Location
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Probate Judge or Justice of the Peace who
performed the ceremony
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Page Number of the Volume
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Name of the groom (age, residence)
-
Name of the bride (age, residence)
Hall
County Probate and Justice
Docket
#A1
(Nebraska
State Historical Society)
January 7, 1869
Grand Island, NE by
Enos Beall [page 138]
Harris, Levi
(age 25, Hall County)
Hefen, Mary
(age 18, Hall County)
March 8, 1868
Grand Island, NE by
William H. Platt [page 138]
Windolph, John L.
(age 31, Grand Island)
Jenneman, Magdalene
(age unknown, Grand Island)
July 8, 1868
Grand Island, NE by
Enos Beall [page 139]
Giffend, Lewis Franklin
(age unknown, Hall County)
Whitsell, Mrs. Mary
Ellen (age unknown, Hall County)
October 10, 1868
Grand Island, NE by
Enos Beall [page 139]
Cornelius, John
Christain (age unknown, Hall County)
Voiltel, Eliza
(age unknown, Hall County)
December 18, 1868
Grand Island, NE by
Enos Beall [page 139]
Lillienthal, Henry
(age
24, Hall County)
Guelzow, Marie
(age 22, Hall County)
December 2, 1868
Grand Island, NE by
Enos Beall [page 140]
Hanson, Peter
(age 31, Hall County)
Neilsen, Anna Marie
(age 20, Hall County)
December 3, 1868
Grand Island, NE by
Enos Beall [page 140]
Tabinette, George
(age unknown, Hall County)
Shule, Margaretta
(age unknown, Hall County)
December 12, 1868
Grand Island, NE by
Enos Beall [page 140]
Bishoff, John
(age 36, Hall County)
Hauss, Elizabeth
(age 15, residence unknown)
April 30, 1868
Grand Island, NE by
Enos Beall [page 141]
Cornelius, George
(age unknown, Grand Island)
Reauerts, Gertrude
(age unknown, Hall County)
December 13, 1867
location unknown by
Enos Beall [page 141]
Merdes, Gottfried
(age unknown, residence unknown)
Mekser, Mary
(age unknown, residence unknown)
November 27, 1868
Grand Island by Enos
Beall [page 141]
Schourup, Gustave
Adolph (age 30, Hall County)
Peterson, Frederikke
(age 25, Grand Island)
November 11, 1860
Marshal Townsley residence,
Wood River, NE by Fred Hedde [page 142]
Eldridge, William
George (age unknown, Hall County)
Shinton, Sarah L.
(age unknown, Hall County)
December 25, 1861
Edwards Huff's residence,
Buffalo County, NE by R. C. Barnard [page 143]
Huff, Edwards
(age unknown, Buffalo County, NE)
Satley, Emma E.
(age unknown, Buffalo County, NE)
September 1, 1862
Peter Steuben's residence,
Hall County by R. C. Barnard [page 143]
Ewaldt, Cai H.
(age unknown, Hall County)
Steuben, Eliza
(age unknown, Hall County)
October 19, 1862
Mrs. Ellen Smith's
residence, Hall County by R. C. Barnard [page 144]
Miller, Daniel M.
(age unknown, Hall County)
Smith, Martha M.
(age unknown, Hall County)
December 31, 1862
Patrick Moore's residence,
Hall County by R. C. Barnard [page 144]
Oliver, Edward
(age unknown, Buffalo County, NE)
Owen, Sarah
(age unknown, Buffalo County, NE)
February 23, 1863
R. H. Knapp's residence,
Hall County by R. C. Barnard [page 145]
Burroughs, Wallace
(age unknown, Merrick County, NE)
Cummins, Jane
(age unknown, Merrick County, NE)
April 26, 1863
Enos Beall's residence,
Hall County by R. C. Barnard [page 145]
Evans, Frederick
T. (age unknown, Hall County)
Beall, Theresa
(age unknown, Hall County)
May 7, 1863
William Stolley's residence,
Hall County by R. C. Barnard [page 145]
Vierigg, James
(age unknown, Hall County)
Martin, Sarah
(age unknown, Hall County)
December 30, 1863
G. H. v. Wasmer's residence,
Hall County by J. D. Schuller [page 146]
Koenig, Henri Arnold
(age
unknown, Hall County)
Wasmer, Agathe Marie
Henriette von (age unknown, Hall County)
March 1, 1864
location unknown by
Fred Hedde [page 146]
Schoel, Henry
(age unknown, Hall County)
Bekker, Maria
(age unknown, Hall County)
March 1, 1864 (duplicate
record, see other entry)
location unknown by
Fred Hedde [page 146]
Bekker, Charles
(age
unknown, Hall County)
Danker, Elisabeth
(age unknown,Hall County)
December 8, 1862
location unknown by
Joannes Wallicks [page 147]
Wragge, Hans
(age unknown, Hall County)
Stoltenberg, Abel
(age unknown, Hall County)
December 8, 1862
location unknown by
Joannes Wallicks [page 147]
Stoltenberg, Claus
(age unknown, Hall County)
Paustian, Esther
(age unknown, Hall County)
July 9, 1863
location unknown by
Joannes Wallichs [page 147]
Shaaf, Henri (age
unknown, residence unknown)
Gutschow, Sophia
(age
unknown, residence unknown)
March 20, 1864 (duplicate
record, see other entry)
location unknown by
Fred Hedde [page 147]
Stouts, John H.
(age
unknown, Buffalo County, NE)
Wilson, Sophia
(age unknown, Buffalo County, NE)
November 12, [1863] (duplicate
record, see other entry)
location unknown by
Fred Hedde [page 148]
Harrison, James
(age unknown, Merrick County, NE)
Shoemaker, Lucinda
(age unknown, Merrick County, NE)
May 5, 1864 (duplicate
record, see other entry)
license only from J.
D. Schuller [page 148]
Hurly, Cornelius
(age
unknown, Buffalo County, NE)
Owens, Elisabeth
(age unknown, Buffalo County, NE)
November 4, 1864 (duplicate
record, see other entry)
location unknown by
Fred Hedde [page 149]
Wallichs, Johannes
H. (age unknown, Hall County)
Jahn, Gretje
(age unknown, Hall County)
April 1, 1865 (duplicate
record, see other entry)
license only from Fred
Evans [page 149]
Shinner, Haneball
(age unknown, Hall County)
Mitchell, Mary J.
(age
unknown, Hall County)
August 27, 1866
license only; from
Fred Evans [page 151]
Pederston, Christial
A. (age unknown, Hall County)
Nelson, Anna
(age unknown, Hall County)
January 17, 1868
Wood River, NE by Enos
Beall [page 153]
Baasch, Adolf
(age 29, Hall County)
Scheel, Sophi
(age 29, Hall County)
March 18, 1869
Grand Island, NE by
Enos Beall [page 153]
Atwood, J. L.
(age 30, Fort Kearney, NE)
Andrews, Mrs. Julia
E. (age 35, Fort Kearney, NE)
June 14, [1870]
Wyoming Territory by
Thos. F. Main [page 153; filed February 3, 1871]
White, James
(age unknown, Black Buttes, Wyoming Territory)
Hasking, Mary Ann
(age unknown, Black Buttes, Wyoming Territory)
Hall
County Board of Supervisor's Minutes
(Hall
County Clerk's Office, Grand Island, NE)
The second volume, held by the Hall County
clerk’s office, also contains early Hall County marriages in addition to
the earliest minutes of the Hall County board of supervisors. Eight
marriages are recorded, however, five are duplicate entries to those recorded
in the previous volume held by the Nebraska State Historical Society.
This volume of Hall County Board of Supervisor's minutes include two marriages
for which licenses were found in the previous volume. The volume
is not paginated.
November 12th,
1863 (duplicate
record, see other entry)
Today were married by me James Harrison
and Lucinda Shoemaker in the presence of Henry
Leach and Amanda Hurley. License
given, in absence of probate judge, by County Clerk
F. Evans, on November 12th 1863
March 1st 1864 (duplicate
record, see other entry)
Today were by me married Henry Schoel
and
Mary
Becker in presence of Caroline Hedde and
Henry
Bauman [sp?] as witnesses and further were married Charles Becker
and Elisabeth Danker in presence of the same witnesses. License
in both cases granted by Probate Judge Dav. Schuller.
March 20th 1864 (duplicate
record, see other entry)
Today by me were married John H Shouls
[sp?] and Sophia Wilson both of Buffalo County,
in presence of Caroline Hedde and Henry
Schoel as witnesses. License was issued by
Dav Schuller Probate Judge of Hall County onMarch
17th 1864.
Fred
Hedde
Justice of the Peace
May
15th 1864 (duplicate
record, see other entry)
Today were married by me in the house
of Mr. Knapp of Wood
River in Hall County Cornelius Hurley and Mrs. Elizabeth
Owens of Buffalo County, in the presence
of Sarah Oliver and George
Barne as witnesses, in accordance with a license issued May
5th 1864 by Judge Schuller.
Frederick
Hedde
Justice of the Peace
November 4th
1864 (duplicate
record, see other entry)
Today were married by me Johannes A.
Wallichs and Gretje Jahn [sp?] in the presence of Hans
Wrage and Hans Knuth as witnesses.
Frederick
Hedde
Justice of the Peace
April
2nd 1865 (duplicate
record, see other entry)
Today were married by me Hascall [sp?]
Skinner and Marry J. Mitchell in the presence of Phineas
Murdock and J. W. Richman as witnesses.
W.
Behrens
Justice of the Peace
May 26th 1865
Today were married by me Max Stelk
and Antje Ruger in the presence of Hans Arp
and P. Stelk at witnesses.
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