Marriage applications completed by the bride and groom contain the names, ages, places of birth, current residences, occupation of groom, if either party had been married before and the results of that union, signatures of applicants, if African-American, and degree of kinship, if any. Parental consent forms, filed with marriage applications, were completed by parent or guardian of under-age applicants and contain the name of parent or guardian, place of current residence, residence of child or ward, and signature of parent or guardian. Files may contain both an application and consent form or forms, an application, or a consent form or forms.
System of Arrangement
Arranged chronologically by year and then by application number within that year. Box 2 has additional files for 1895 that were not able to be included in Box 1.
Evenne Wails, second from right, at dinner with adults. Woman at left may be her mother, Violet Beck Wails. Photo is in a folder from the Roosevelt Hotel in New York City. The name Carmen Lombardo is written inside, possibly same autograph on outside of folder.
Four men standing outside the headquarters of the auxiliary firemen of the Eden Fire Company, Manheim Township. Elvin Wails may be standing second from right.
Group of firefighters with their fire truck. Elvin Wails is possibly second from left. Eden Fire Company getting ready for New Year's Day parade. Also note random dog running in front of the truck. Two copies.
