The following marriage licenses were found in
the Luzerne County courthouse.


The Recorder of Wills is responsible for maintaining these public records.
The first docket begins with October 1885.

Docket # 1
Married
10 Dec 1885
Groom's NameAgeBride's NameAge
Patrick Jennings26yr 9mo 24dMary Keating23yr 9 d

Docket # 2
Married
24 May 1886
Groom's NameBornBride's NameBorn
James P. Terry9 Nov 1855Rose Terry4 Jun 1867

Docket # 2
Married
29 May 1886
Groom's NameBornBride's NameBorn
William Edward Cobley26 Oct 1827Margaret Powell1835

Docket # 2
Married
1 Jun 1886
Groom's NameBornBride's NameBorn
Samuel ChamberlainJan 1848Viola Bronson1857

Docket # 3
Married
7 Aug 1886
Groom's NameBornBride's NameBorn
Rush McDanielsJul 1866Ida L. SutliffJun 1868

Docket # 3
Married
26 Sep 1886
Groom's NameBornBride's NameBorn
William Shaw27 Mar 1859Elizabeth Snyder7 Sep 1865

Docket # 5
Married
29 June 1887
Groom's NameBornBride's NameBorn
D. M. Hobbes1 Jan 1858Ida J. SutliffDec 1865

Docket # 6
Married
31 Aug 1887
Groom's NameBornBride's NameBorn
Frank Bulford20 Oct 1855Ella Duckworth21 Feb 1869

Docket # 8
Married
13 Jun 1888
Groom's NameBornBride's NameBorn
John B. Richard7 Sep 1867Edith L. Major23 Sep 1868

Docket # 8
Married
14 Jun 1888
Groom's NameBornBride's NameBorn
Ira J. Mandeville29 Apr 1865Ida Leckie14 May 1865

Docket # 9
Married
21 Aug 1888
Groom's NameBornBride's NameBorn
William Carle10 Apr 1862Emma Brown18 Feb 1867

Docket # 9 -- No Return Filed
License issued
22 Sep 1888
Groom's NameBornBride's NameBorn
Anthony Gray12 Apr 1864Elizabeth Ann Evans1 Jan 1869

Docket # 10
Married
1 Jan 1889
Groom's NameBornBride's NameBorn
B. J. Cobleigh1863Margaret EdwardsNov 1867

Docket # 10
Married
8 Jan 1889
Groom's NameBornBride's NameBorn
J. D. Welsh21 Jul 1844Elizabeth Kirkendall5 Mar 1846

Docket # 10
Married
20 Feb 1889
Groom's NameBornBride's NameBorn
Walter B. IdeOct 1865E. B. Major1869

Docket # 11
Married
4 Apr 1889
Groom's NameBornBride's NameBorn
W. R. Neely12 May 1863Frances L. Major1 Jun 1866

Docket # 11
Married
22 May 1889
Groom's NameBornBride's NameBorn
W. W. Whitmer27 Oct 1866Esther J. Bronson1 Apr 1865

Docket # 12
Married
22 Jun 1889
Groom's NameBornBride's NameBorn
William StoneJune 1868Mary Ann Duckworth1874

Docket # 12
Married
29 June 1889
Groom's NameBornBride's NameBorn
Wiliam Moore20 April 1866Flora BennettNov 1862

Docket # 12
Married
30 Aug 1889
Groom's NameBornBride's NameBorn
Walter H. Major1862Harriet Imlay15 Apr 1867

Docket # 13
Married
24 Dec 1889
Groom's NameBornBride's NameBorn
Charles Walsh1870Lizzie KlinetobOct 1868

Docket # 14
Married
5 Feb 1890
Groom's NameBornBride's NameBorn
A. Wheelock1853Lizzie Major

Docket # 14
Married
13 Feb 1890
Groom's NameBornBride's NameBorn
Isaac B. MajorEmma J. Beck

Docket # 14
Married
8 Apr 1890
Groom's NameBornBride's NameBorn
Ira William Whitesell6 Oct 1847Juliet Grace King14 Oct 1869

Docket # 15
Married
25 Jun 1890
Groom's NameBornBride's NameBorn
William J. Trembath16 Dec 1859Sarah B. Colley17 Aug 1866

Docket # 15
Married
3 Jul 1890
Groom's NameBornBride's NameBorn
Fletcher Whitesell3 Jan 1869Ella Hummel15 Jul 1873

Docket # 15
Married
4 Aug 1890
Groom's NameBornBride's NameBorn
D. B. Campbell10 Sep 1867Alice Major3 Nov 1869

Docket # 15
Married
26 Oct 1890
Groom's NameBornBride's NameBorn
J. W. Kocher1848G. E. McNeel1863

Docket # 15
Married
12 Feb 1891
Groom's NameBornBride's NameBorn
Daniel Evans28 Mar 1874Mary Thorn11 Aug 1869

Docket # 16
Married
15 Apr 1891
Groom's NameBornBride's NameBorn
Marshall E. Major8 Jan 1865Mary Merrifield6 Mar 1870

Docket # 16
Married
1 Jun 1891
Groom's NameBornBride's NameBorn
Bertey C. Rice9 Jun 1872Clara B. MajorJul 1872

Docket # 16
Married
29 Aug 1891
Groom's NameBornBride's NameBorn
C. E. Fisk23 Mar 1868S. L. Whitesell29 Jul 1868

Docket # 16
Married
4 Nov 1891
Groom's NameBornBride's NameBorn
William O. Ide25 Feb 1809Hattie Mekeel29 Nov 1869

Docket # 16
Married
4 Nov 1891
Groom's NameBornBride's NameBorn
Albert W. Frantz4 Feb 1870Bertha E. Major12 Nov 1869

Docket # 17
Married
12 Mar 1892
Groom's NameBornBride's NameBorn
Louis J. Whitesell1862L. E. Wheeler1860

Docket # 17
Married
16 Mar 1892
Groom's NameBornBride's NameBorn
W. H. Wesley, Jr.28 Apr 1860Annie E. Leonard18 Apr 1863

Docket # 17
Married
25 Sep 1892
Groom's NameBornBride's NameBorn
Frank G. Benscoter9 May 1870Ida E. Cragle12 Jan 1873

Docket # 17
Married
9 Nov 1892
Groom's NameBornBride's NameBorn
H. S. Major1866Estella Lyons1867

Docket # 18
Married
11 Oct 1893
Groom's NameBornBride's NameBorn
P. L. Bronson1854Harriet E. Ide1850

Docket # 18
Married
24 Oct 1893
Groom's NameBornBride's NameBorn
Thomas F. Major, Jr.18 Nov 1870Susie Polly1873

Docket # 19
Married
22 Nov 1893
Groom's NameBornBride's NameBorn
R. D. Major29 Oct 1873Dora Johnson3 Oct 1872

Docket # 19
Married
18 Apr 1894
Groom's NameBornBride's NameBorn
W. M. Major18 Jul 1863Ella J. Wagner1 Mar 1874

Docket # 19
Married
21 Jun 1894
Groom's NameBornBride's NameBorn
Elijah Major17 Jul 1874Emma Gruver16 Nov 1874

Docket # 19
Married
7 July 1894
Groom's NameBornBride's NameBorn
William D. Ellis31 Mar 1877Millie A. Welsh8 Oct 1874

Docket # 19
Married
20 Sep 1894
Groom's NameBornBride's NameBorn
Franklin Oliver19 Nov 1872Lillian Bronson18 Feb 1876

Docket # 20
Married
26 Feb 1895
Groom's NameBornBride's NameBorn
E. C. Larish19 Sep 1873Hattie Major11 Dec 1873

Docket # 20
Married
5 Jun 1895
Groom's NameBornBride's NameBorn
Edward Major2 Jun 1895Nellie M. Pursel1872

Docket # 20
Married
26 Jun 1895
Groom's NameBornBride's NameBorn
Asher Leslie Major22 Dec 1870Eva B. Smith13 May 1870

Docket # 20
Married
20 Aug 1895
Groom's NameBornBride's NameBorn
Isiah Trumbower30 May 1874Ida R. Moore20 Nov 1868

Docket # 21
Married
20 May 1896
Groom's NameBornBride's NameBorn
William Whitesell11 Mar 1874Dollie Tinklepaugh14 May 1872

Docket # 21
Married
27 May 1896
Groom's NameBornBride's NameBorn
R. W. Chapin22 Mar 1873Rose Bulford6 Feb 1878

Docket # 21
Married
10 Jun 1896
Groom's NameBornBride's NameBorn
Elmer E. Mandeville17 Aug 1866Cora Tubbs15 Aug 1873

Docket # 21
Married
2 Nov 1896
Groom's NameBornBride's NameBorn
Harry Whitesell10 Nov 1874Grace Stahl4 Apr 1872

Docket # 21
Married
17 Nov 1896
Groom's NameBornBride's NameBorn
George Shupp5 Jun 1875Clara Whitesell13 Jun 1871

Docket # 21
Married
8 Dec 1896
Groom's NameBornBride's NameBorn
Pierce Butler31 Mar 1855Mary BeardsleeNov 1834

Docket # 22
Married
24 Dec 1896
Groom's NameBornBride's NameBorn
C. C. Major4 Jan 1869Jennie M. Pace26 Oct 1873

Docket # 22
Married
1 Jan 1897
Groom's NameBornBride's NameBorn
James McMath8 Aug 1866Maggie Major6 Aug 1875

Docket # 22
Married
19 Aug 1897
Groom's NameBornBride's NameBorn
Henry Smith3 Jun 1873Florence Major24 Oct 1874

Docket # 22
Married
23 Sep 1897
Groom's NameBornBride's NameBorn
Nelson J. Whipp26 Jun 1875Lillian Major5 Aug 1877

Docket # 22
Married
20 Apr 1898
Groom's NameBornBride's NameBorn
Henry Major14 Nov 1875Margaret Smale14 Sep 1879

Docket # 23
Married
8 Sep 1898
Groom's NameBornBride's NameBorn
Arthur Smallcomb28 Mar 1877Anna Major3 Jun 1875

Docket # 23
Married
9 Nov 1898
Groom's NameBornBride's NameBorn
Alexander D. Major18 Dec 1873Myrtle N. Davis14 Apr 1877

Docket # 23
Married
14 Dec 1898
Groom's NameBornBride's NameBorn
Fred J. Harlos30 Sep 1870Ethel Mekeel16 Aug 1879

Docket # 23
Married
12 Apr 1898
Groom's NameBornBride's NameBorn
Emerson Shotwell21 Dec 1870Rosa D. King16 Sep 1875

Docket # 23 -- (No return filed)
License issued
24 Jun 1898
Groom's NameBornBride's NameBorn
Louis W. Curtis16 Dec 1873Sadie E. Whitesell17 Oct 1865

Docket # 23
Married
17 Aug 1898
Groom's NameBornBride's NameBorn
Isaac Gregory7 Sep 1875Agnes Meixell15 Jan 1878

Docket # 23
Married
22 Aug 1898
Groom's NameBornBride's NameBorn
George Cobleigh5 Apr 1874Margaret Rodgers28 Nov 1877

Docket # 23
Married
5 Oct 1898
Groom's NameBornBride's NameBorn
Arthur L. Booth13 Jun 1872Hattie M. Whitesell30 Mar 1875

Docket # 23
Married
9 Nov 1898
Groom's NameBornBride's NameBorn
Z. R. Shaver11 Nov 1875Grace Taylor21 Aug 1871

Docket # 23
Married
15 Jul 1899
Groom's NameBornBride's NameBorn
Levi Welsh18 Oct 1850Eve Sager5 Jun 1863

Docket # 23
Married
2 Aug 1899
Groom's NameBornBride's NameBorn
John B. Stok14 Oct 1869Katie Moore15 Nov 1877

Docket # 23
Married
9 Nov 1899
Groom's NameBornBride's NameBorn
Andrew Whitesell26 Feb 1858Sarah J. Honeywell18 Mar 1860

Docket # 24
Married
9 Jan 1900
Groom's NameBornBride's NameBorn
William M. Reynolds3 Aug 1872Stella Bulford7 Apr 1883

Docket # 24
Married
11 Apr 1900
Groom's NameBornBride's NameBorn
Wilbur W. Major27 Oct 1872Ada E. Ferguson1 Oct 1874

Docket # 24
Married
3 Oct 1900
Groom's NameBornBride's NameBorn
Archie L. Major22 Jan 1877Ellen M. Hoover13 Oct 1880

Docket # 24
Married
4 Sep 1900
Groom's NameBornBride's NameBorn
Joseph Bulford30 Jun 1876Amanda Mission6 Aug 1876

Docket # 24
Married
16 Nov 1900
Groom's NameBornBride's NameBorn
Luther H. Shaver2 Jan 1876B. J. Green16 Aug 1879

Docket # 24
Married
29 Nov 1900
Groom's NameBornBride's NameBorn
William J. Shotwell26 Jan 1879Mary Eliz Mitchell6 Jan 1881

Docket # 24
Married
19 Dec 1900
Groom's NameBornBride's NameBorn
Herbert J. Hoover7 May 1877Maud Hoover7 Aug 1879

Docket # 24
Married
23 Jan 1901
Groom's NameBornBride's NameBorn
Theodore Shotwell5 Apr 1878Ellen Kennedy28 Mar 1876

Docket # 24
Married
30 Jan 1901
Groom's NameBornBride's NameBorn
Fred R. Hartman8 Dec 1876Emma C. Johns12 Mar 1875

Docket # 25
Married
5 Jul 1901
Groom's NameBornBride's NameBorn
Frank J. Sickler21 July 1875Nellie M. Whitesell13 Jul 1877

Docket # 25
Married
27 Aug 1901
Groom's NameBornBride's NameBorn
George E. Major15 Apr 1882Margaret E. Lamoreaux14 May 1888

Docket # 25
Married
2 Oct 1901
Groom's NameBornBride's NameBorn
Abie W. KlineFeb 1876Estella Bronson4 Dec 1879

Docket # 25
Married
13 Nov 1901
Groom's NameBornBride's NameBorn
Glen S. Wilsey29 Oct 1866Mary E. Mandeville8 Aug 1862

Docket # 25
Married
23 Dec 1901
Groom's NameBornBride's NameBorn
Fred Irving Rosengrant28 May 1874Rhoda Luella Whitesell14 Jul 1875

Docket # 25
Married
12 Jan 1902
Groom's NameBornBride's NameBorn
C. W. Moss8 Oct 1865Sarah M. Bulford10 Mar 1881

Docket # 25
Married
24 Feb 1902
Groom's NameBornBride's NameBorn
Payne MajorGertrude Bertram

Docket # 25
Married
14 Apr 1902
Groom's NameBornBride's NameBorn
P. H. Snyder6 Jun 1873Annie M. Bulford7 Jun 1882

Docket # 25
Married
12 May 1902
Groom's NameBornBride's NameBorn
Harry Bulford29 Dec 1881Mary Morgan24 Sep 1884

Docket # 25
Married
1 Jul 1902
Groom's NameBornBride's NameBorn
I. H. Hartman15 Oct 1888Lena M. Sorber4 Oct 1883

Docket # 26
Married
3 Sep 1902
Groom's NameBornBride's NameBorn
Charles J. Smith23 Mar 1879Bertha J. Whitesell3 Sep 1902

Docket # 26
Married
25 Mar 1903
Groom's NameBornBride's NameBorn
William O. Smith5 Jul 1873Lila C. Welch24 Feb 1879

Docket # 26
Married
10 Jun 1903
Groom's NameBornBride's NameBorn
E. Victor Whiteman4 March 1877Myra Gray29 Apr 1878

Docket # 26
Married
24 Jun 1903
Groom's NameBornBride's NameBorn
Corey Foss11 Feb 1881Louise Cobleigh18 Mar 1876

Docket # 26
Married
7 Oct 1903
Groom's NameBornBride's NameBorn
Fred K. Riley30 Apr 1868Nora Bulford4 May 1880

Docket # 26
Married
18 Sep 1903
Groom's NameBornBride's NameBorn
John B. Hoover6 Sep 1879Hattie Major11 Dec 1874

Docket # 27
Married
2 Dec 1903
Groom's NameBornBride's NameBorn
Thomas Alexander Bonham18 Sep 1880Vera Emalyn Trumbower10 Jul 1887

Docket # 27
Married
6 Jan 1904
Groom's NameBornBride's NameBorn
Arthur Cobleigh23 Aug 1880Addie Roberts24 Apr 1883

Docket # 27
Married
3 Aug 1904
Groom's NameBornBride's NameBorn
Harry Hinkle11 Jul 1883Hattie Meixell30 Jun 1883

Docket # 27
Married
4 Aug 1904
Groom's NameBornBride's NameBorn
Philip Meixell1 Sep 1877Jennie Lutz24 Dec 1887

Docket # 27
Married
12 Oct 1904
Groom's NameBornBride's NameBorn
Lewis A. Shaver6 Dec 1880E. Maud Major5 Oct 1878

Docket # 28
Married
18 Jan 1905
Groom's NameBornBride's NameBorn
Owen Whitesell6 May 1881Myrtle Devens26 Jun 1883

Docket # 28
Married
8 Feb 1905
Groom's NameBornBride's NameBorn
Andrew Steltz28 Nov 1883Daisy Cobleigh2 Jun 1884

Docket # 28
Married
6 Jun 1905
Groom's NameBornBride's NameBorn
Oliver W. Cobleigh3 Aug 1882Mary A. Bulford5 Dec 1887

Docket # 28
Married
6 Jul 1905
Groom's NameBornBride's NameBorn
Lee Brader19 Feb 1883Nellie Whitesell22 Jul 1881

Docket # 28
Married
20 Jul 1905
Groom's NameBornBride's NameBorn
William Thomas Gale22 Nov 1860Elizabeth MajorDec 1862

Docket # 28
Married
18 Aug 1905
Groom's NameBornBride's NameBorn
Jacob Hoover4 Dec 1876Ella Pollock29 Jun 1884

Docket # 28
Married
1 Nov 1905
Groom's NameBornBride's NameBorn
Stanley S. Case2 Aug 1881Hannah Mekeel16 Sep 1885

Docket # 28
Married
15 Nov 1905
Groom's NameBornBride's NameBorn
Fred J. Sippel8 Jun 1876E. Mae Bronson19 Apr 1884

Docket # 28
Married
24 Jan 1906
Groom's NameBornBride's NameBorn
William J. Tucker27 Jul 1885Elizabeth Brownson14 Jan 1887

Docket # 29
Married
18 Jul 1906
Groom's NameBornBride's NameBorn
William J. Moore22 Jan 1879Katie Lydon17 Jun 1882

Docket # 29
Married
25 Aug 1906
Groom's NameBornBride's NameBorn
R. S. Welsh13 Apr 1874Jennie M. Michael12 May 1884

Docket # 29
Married
7 Nov 1906
Groom's NameBornBride's NameBorn
Charles G. Welsh31 Dec 1882Nora P. Dodson29 May 1885

Docket # 29
Married
23 Aug 1906
Groom's NameBornBride's NameBorn
T. S. Bertram30 Nov 1882Nellie Major22 Oct 1880

Docket # 29
Married
28 Nov 1906
Groom's NameBornBride's NameBorn
Edwin E. Cobleigh18 Jul 1878Mabel E. Rhoades3 Jul 1884

Docket # 29
Married
4 Mar 1907
Groom's NameBornBride's NameBorn
W. H. H. Amerman, Jr.4 Sep 1873Helen B. Mandeville15 Oct 1885

Docket # 29
Married
8 Jun 1907
Groom's NameBornBride's NameBorn
Walter Evans17 Oct 1867Carrie Boyle7 Oct 1878

Docket # 29
Married
11 Jun 1907
Groom's NameBornBride's NameBorn
Arthur S. Cragle14 Nov 1886Cora B. Nafus29 May 1886

Docket # 29
Married
25 Jun 1907
Groom's NameBornBride's NameBorn
Bryson Harter24 Feb 1885Louise Neer11 May 1888

Docket # 29
Married
18 Sep 1907
Groom's NameBornBride's NameBorn
Luther R. Major17 Aug 1876Katherine M. Shepherd14 Mar 1880

Docket # 29
Married
5 May 1908
Groom's NameBornBride's NameBorn
Fred T. Kocher22 May 1880Annie M. Whitesell22 Dec 1883

Docket # 30
Married
2 Jun 1908
Groom's NameBornBride's NameBorn
Mervin Kocher24 Aug 1883Anna Cobleigh24 May 1888

Docket # 30
Married
26 Jun 1908
Groom's NameBornBride's NameBorn
Fred J. Rineman13 Feb 1882Myrtle Bulford12 Nov 1886

Docket # 31
Married
24 Oct 1908
Groom's NameBornBride's NameBorn
Philip Dodson30 Oct 1870Clara Bulford8 Nov 1890

Docket # 31
Married
6 Apr 1909
Groom's NameBornBride's NameBorn
J. Frank Bulford15 Oct 1878Blanche Owens10 May 1892

Docket # 31
Married
5 May 1909
Groom's NameBornBride's NameBorn
James H. Breckenridge2 Dec 1885Ella E. Bulford19 Jul 1887

Docket # 31
Married
5 May 1909
Groom's NameBornBride's NameBorn
Ernest W. Hatcher19 Oct 1885Myrtle B. Whitesell29 Mar 1888

Docket # 31
Married
1 Jun 1909
Groom's NameBornBride's NameBorn
John J. Tosh18 Dec 1889Lula Welch16 Oct 1891

Docket # 31
Married
14 Jul 1909
Groom's NameBornBride's NameBorn
Evan Thomas Jenkins12 May 1888Grace Mae Atkinson4 Apr 1891

Some 1910-1929 Marriages

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