Delaware County PA Archives Marriages.....Ethel M. GEISEL & Ira J. MacNAMEE (1905) Contributed to PAGenWeb Archives by Nancy Annie Odegard - Nurse73NAO@aol.com ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/pafiles.htm ************************************************ Delaware Co. PAGenWeb Archives - Vital Records - Marriages (1905) Contributed to PAGenWeb Archives by Nancy Annie Odegard - Nurse73NAO@aol.com APPLICATION, CONSENT, AND MARRIAGE LICENSE, ETHEL M. GEISEL & IRA J. MacNAMEE (1905) No. 10653 APPLICATION FOR MARRIAGE STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA DELAWARE COUNTY, Personally appeared IRA J. MacNAMEE who hereby requests the Clerk of the Orphans' Court, for the said County, to issue a License for the Marriage of HIMSELF to ETHEL M. GEISEL and who, being duly AFFIRMED according to law, dolt depose and say: that HE was born in DELAWARE on the 2nd of JULY A.D. 1876; that he resides at CHESTER; occupation CONDUCTOR; that he is NOT related by blood or marriage to the person he desires to marry; that he has NOT been married before. that ETHEL M. GEISEL whom HE is about to marry, was born in PHILA on the 22nd day of JANUARY A.D. 1888; that she resides at CHESTER; occupation STENOGRAPHER; that she has NOT been married before. signed: IRA J. MacNAMEE that he knows of no reason why the said marriage may not be lawfully made. AFFIRMED and subscribed before me, this 11th day of JULY A.D. 1905 signed: W. J. TAZEWELL *If Marriage was dissolved by Divorce, state when, where, and on what grounds, Divorce was obtained. No. 10653 CONSENT TO MARRIAGE OF A CHILD OR WARD DELAWARE COUNTY I, MARY H. YOUNG residing at CHESTER do hereby certify that I am the MOTHER of ETHEL M GEISEL residing a CHESTER, who is now 17 years of age. That I have been informed of the intended marriage of my said DAUGHTER to IRA J. MacNAMEE and hereby give my consent to said marriage. signed: M. H. YOUNG Acknowledge before me, this 11th day of JULY A.D. 1905 signed: W. J. TAZEWELL No. 10653 MARRIAGE CERTIFICATE I, REV. HENRY ALFKE hereby certify that on the, NINETEENTH day of JULY 1905, at CHESTER PA. IRA J. MacNAMEE and ETHEL M. GEISEL, were by me united in marriage, in accordance with License issued by the Clerk of the Orphans' Court of Delaware County, Pennsylvania, numbered 10653. signed: REV. H. ALFKE, Minister of the Gospel Note: Miss ETHEL M. GEISEL was the youngest daughter of FRANKLIN GEISEL and MARY HOOPES BAILY. On 5 June 1888, FRANK GEISEL died of typhoid fever, leaving his young widow Mary Hoopes BAILY (d/o John H. BAILY & Martha J. LAWTON), with four small children: FRANK, Jr.; LAWTON B.; MABEL L.; and ETHEL M. GEISEL. Widow Mary Hoopes (nee BAILY) GEISEL, married a second time to Dr. EDWARD J. YOUNG, a veterinarian in Chester City; three children: MILDRED M.; EDWARD EARL; and RUTH YOUNG. HENRY ALFKE, was the minister at the North Chester Baptist Church, 2331 Providence Avenue, Chester City, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, from 21 December 1902 to 11 April 1906.