Smith Marriage Record

I am ordering microfilm number 1638096 to confirm our recorded marriage information for Amasa Jay Smith and his wife Dora/Isidor in St. James, Watonwan, MN on 29 Feb 1880. Hopefully it will also have information on her real name, her parents, and birth info.

Laura found her on someone else's family tree with rather suspect information, but listing her parents and Gerard A. Dougherty and Mary Harding, who were married in Hancock county, Illinois on July 3, 1856. They appear in 1880 in a Keen, IL census with an 18 year old daughter Deora. This could possibly be her, but not likely, since we see her in a MN census that same year already married to Amasa Jay and with a brother named Jack, who doesn't appear as a son of Gerard.

Carleys and Dolphs

Jennings County, Indiana marriage records on microfilm #1305173 confirm several marriages:

Bartholomew Carley married Salley Dolph on 22 Sept 1822.
Richard Carley married Eunice Dolph on 27 Aug 1826.
The record did not indicate ages for anyone.
I will order the next film (#1305174) to be sure, but the online index accessed through Ancestry.com also lists Sally Carley's marriage to William Nelson on 22 Aug 1839.
(I think this is correct, but the online version had mistakenly entered Bartholomew's year as 1833.)
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There were several other Carleys and Dolphs in the book, who might be helpful in establishing family connections, so they are listed here:
Polly Carley to Caleb Lucas, 19 Jan 1822
Beulah Carley to David McClay, 2 Jun 1823
Mary Dolph to Aron Bullard, 1821
Phebe Dolph to Isaac Harrington, 22 Jul 1824 (Applied)

I couldn't find any death records on ancestry for Bartholomew or Richard, but next time I should check the Jennings County website for resources: http://home.att.net/~Local_History/Jennings-Co-IN.htm
Note that in 1830 Bartholomew was living in Vernon, Geneva, or Columbia township, according to the federal census. Probably Vernon, according to OneWorldTree. (http://trees.ancestry.com/owt/person.aspx?pid=13753141&fsc=no)

I also need to check out the info on familysearch for Salley's sister Eunice, who is also listed as married to a Bartholomew Carley. The only other overlap I see is a son born in 1824 named Lehman or Lyman, but they have distinct spouses. OneWorldTree on Ancestry lists her married to John Lockwood, not Bartholomew Carley.

Sarah Dolph

The happy couple Augustus Carley and Violet Sanford both (apparently) have a grandmother named Sarah Dolph. In familysearch she is combined into one person, with the following timeline:

1806: born to Stephen Solomon and Eunice Dolph (maiden name Lindley) in New York
1823: marries Batholomew Carley in Indiana (see post about Carley marriages)
She has her children Lehman (1824), Stephen (1826), and Eunice (1823) Carley in Indiana
1840: marries William Nelson in Indiana
She has her son James (1841) Nelson in Indiana
She has her children George (1844), Sarah (1845), and Mary (1848) Nelson in Michigan
1859: dies in Boone Co., Iowa
(or 1889, according to some family trees on ancestry)

We started trying to track her down to see if she is actually the same person, married both to Bartholomew and William. Hopefully the microfilm of marriage records we ordered will help: IA marriages, including her daughter Mary to John Sanford.

We found her and William in an 1870 census from Boone, IA. Several pages later one of John Sanford's brothers was found with his wife: a closer look at the other families there should help us see who their neighbors and family were. It was the Cass township.
William and Sarah also show up in 1860 in Cass, which was then located in Lura county. Their four children were all living with them.

Next time: look for census records for the Nelsons, the Carleys, and the Sanfords. If we can find marriage records for Sarah that will be helpful as well, and a death date on Bartholomew would be nice.

Marriage Madness with the Carleys

It all boils down to this: The Carley's and the Dolph's have some complicated relationships. At least, potentially.
To sort it all out, we're requesting microfilm that contains information regarding the marriages between Bartholomew Carley and Sarah Dolph as well as Bartholomew's dad Richard and Eunice Dolph.
Stay tuned to find out: Did Richard Carley--Bartholomew's dad--marry Eunice Dolph--Sarah's mom--late in life? Or is this a young couple who happens to have these same names? And what is the exact relationship between Sarah Dolph and Richard Carley? Are they married, too, as some records suggest?
We'll find out when the microfilm arrives. Until then, happy guessing!

Carley, Sanford Marriages

This is the marriage record I found for the Carleys on Ancestry.com. There was no original image, but the source citation is there.

Name:	Augustus S. Carley
Gender:	Male
Spouse:	Violette S. Sanford
Spouse gender:	Female
Marriage Date:	May 6, 1894
Marriage Location:	Genesee, Latah Co., Idaho
Source:	This record can be found in the marriage book at the County Courthouse located in Latah Co., ID in Volume P-2 on Page 54.

This is the record for Violet's parents. The county record is available on microfilm (see below). I am ordering the film for next time.

Name:	John W. Sanford
Spouse:	Mary Jane Nelson
Marriage Date:	6 Mar 1866
County:	Boone
State:	IA

Boone County is located in central Iowa. The records from the county included in this database span from 9 January 1851 through 1900.
Original data: Boone County, Iowa Marriages, 9 January 1851-1900. County court records located at Boone, Iowa or Family History Library microfilm #1034317-1034320.