Source: Jay County, Indiana, Original Marriage License, "William Broderick to Cynthia Haley, 1895"; County Marriage Returns Collection; Jay County Historical Society, Portland, Indiana.
MARRIAGE LICENSE
State of Indiana, Jay County, ss:
To All Who Shall See These Presents, Greeting:
Know Ye, That any person empowered by law to solemnize Marriages, is hereby authorized to join together, as Husband and Wife,
William Broderick and Cynthia Haley
and for so doing this shall be his sufficient authority.
In Testimony Whereof, I, J A M Adair, Clerk of the Jay Circuit Court, hereunto subscribe my name and affix the seal of said Court, at Portland, Indiana, this 22 day of April 1895
J A M Adair Clerk
STATE OF INDIANA, JAY COUNTY, SS:
This Certifies, That I joined in marriage as Husband and Wife William Broderick and Cynthia Haley on the 22d day of April 1895.
B Reif, pastor, Berne, Ind.
Source: Jay County, Indiana, Original Marriage Return, "William Broderick to Cynthia Haley, 1895"; County Marriage Returns Collection; Jay County Historical Society, Portland, Indiana.
MARRIAGE RETURN
1. Full name of GROOM William Broderick
2. Place of Residence Berne, Ind.
3. Age next birthday 39 years
4. Color [blank]
5. Occupation Mechanic
6. Place of birth Allen Co. Ind.
7. Father's name John Broderick
8. Mother's maiden name Mary Ellen
9. No. of groom's marriages second
10. Full name of BRIDE Cynthia Haley
Maiden name, if a widow Hern
11. Place of residence Hartford City
12. Age next birthday 41 years
13. Color [blank]
14. Place of birth Portland Ind.
15. Father's name Isaac Hern
16. Mother's maiden name Sarah J Curties
17. No. of bride's marriage second
18. Place of marriage Berne Ind.
19. By B. Reif
20. Date of marriage 22 of April 1895
This record of the marriage of William Broderick and Cynthia Haley was located at the Jay County Historical Society in Portland, Indiana.
I do not yet know how Cynthia fits into my Haley family in Jay County. Obviously, she married into the family. Initial searches on databases looking for a marriage of a Hern to Haley were unsuccessful.
I find it interesting that the license and return was taken out in Jay County, the groom lived in Adams County and the bride lived in Blackford County.
The name of the Clerk of the Jay Circuit court was terribly hard to read. I was able to search Google and locate a record of John Alfred McDowell Adair in order to interpret his signature.
