In researching the Bishops of Burlington County, New Jersey, I came across a marriage for William R Bishop in 1860 to Mary Lee at the State's online index.
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Search results for a marriage between William Bishop and Mary Lee.
Online index 1848-1878 available for free from The New Jersey State Archives. |
I wondered if this was the same marriage, recorded three times, or an error in the index, or
something else. I obtained the original ledger entries from Trenton. (If you are unable to visit Trenton, you can
write to the Archives or order the microfilm through your local
FamilySearch Center.)
I located the three recordings and it does indeed appear that this was the same marriage recorded in three separate locations in Burlington County. I do not know why the marriage was recorded thrice. Names of parents are provided in two of the recordings, giving possible leads on people born in the early 1800s- from a record made in 1860. (The year in the index is correct, as this index is not the same
index available through
FamilySearch or
Ancestry.)
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Book C2, page 190.
Marriage of William R Bishop to Mary L Lee, 16 February 1860,
recorded in Northampton, Burlington County, New Jersey.
Parents are merely listed by their surnames. |
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Book C2, page 241.
Marriage of William R Bishop to Mary L Lee, 16 February 1860,
recorded in Burlington, Burlington County, New Jersey.
Parents are listed as William and Eliza R Bishop and Samuel and Jane C Lee. |
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Book C2, page 194.
Marriage of William R Bishop to Mary Louisa Lee, 16 February 1860,
recorded in Westhampton, Burlington County, New Jersey.
Parents are listed as William and Mary Bishop and Samuel and Jane Lee.. |
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