The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-07-07
TWENTY-FOUR
JUNE BRIDES
Two Less than Last Year
Youngest is Eighteen
Oldest Fifty.three
FARMERS LEAD AS USUAL;
FROM LACKAWANNA COME
HERE FOR LICENSES.

HERE FOR blCENSES.
Twenty-four marriage licenses
we're issued in the month of June by
Clerk of Orphans Court M. ]. Han
Ian as compared with twenty-six in
the same month last year.
An examination of the June rec
ords in Marriage License Docket
Book No. 4, reveals a number of in
teresting facts.
For one thing, six of the June
brides were under twenty-one, and
four were thirty past" One was
forty. The oldest bride was fifty
three, the youngest eighteen. Three
brides were eighteen, and like
number nineteen years of age. The
average age of the brides was 25
and So years. The grooms were
somewhat older, averaging 29 and
rs years apiece.
One of the June bridegrooms was
under legal age. Four were able
to vote. One was twenty-five, four
were twenty-three, one was twenty
five, one twenty-six, one twenty
seven, and one twenty-eight years
of age. Two were thirty. Eight
NCIc o'oI CHlIIy, Jue OlueSL D6luS
fifty-four.
The twenty-four blushing brides
to-be represented eight different
callings. Fourteen gave their oc-
cupations as "at home" There
were no less than three school
teachers. Two confessed that they
were what every good woman
should be, "housekeepers," and one
oh m.
was one merchant, one dressmaker,
one saleslady, and one factory en-
ploye, among the number.
Farmers To The Front.
The bridegrooms represented six
teen different vocations. The farm
ers took the lead as usual, with
eight followers of that healthful
pursuit, or one-third of the entire
number.
Among the occupations given by
the other sixteen were: Lumberman,
salesman, lumber dealer, undsrtak-
er, mechanic, bartender, glassblow-
er, knitter, glass cutter, laborer,
moulder, deputy collector, train dis
patcher assistant foreman, lineman.
Lackawanna county wins the prize
for having the largest number of
bridegrooms, from any one city,
four giving the Electric City as their
place of residence.
The Pioneer City was represented
by two bridegrooms, and there was
one from MOSCOW. In other words
seven bridegrOoms from Lackawan-
ma county came to dear old Wayne
to get their marriage licenses. No
| wonder Scranton is Jealous of Homes
dale!
In Wayne county, Hawley takes
the lead with three bridegrooms
Honesdale and Rileyville divided
second honors with two bridegrooms
each. Pike county sent one bride
groom to the Maple City. Wayne
county towns sending one future
head CD of the household apiece
are Ariel, Siko, White Mills, Win
wood, Ewain, Preston, Galilee, West
Damascus, South Canaan.
A somewhat different state oi
affairs exists when the residences Of
the brides come to be considered
Honesdale takes the palm in thi!
case, with three charming brides
Hawley takes second prize will
two. One came from New Yorl
City, and two from Pike county
|
The rest lived in Tanners Falls
Madisonville, Ariel, Cherry Ridge
Galilee, Fallsdale, Winwood, Equi
nunk, Bethany, Lake Como, Preston
Rutledgedale.
Five grooms were married before
Only two brides let hope triumph
over experience in past matrimonial
ventures. In two cases the bride
groom and bride were of the SAM
: age. Four brides were older thai
their future lords (D.
Charles was the popular nam
among the grooms, and among tn
brides the Margarets and Bertha
were the leaders.
An opportunity to compare tn
ages of the grooms and brides fol
lows, with those of the groom civ
en- first:
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