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Orange County Indexed

Gowen marriages

4 marriages in which the groom or the bride bears the name, oldest first.

William Burnett and Angeline Gowen

Marriage bond, 21 August 1858

Bond dated
21 August 1858
In the books
Orange Marriage Book A-B, page 1152, at the Register of Deeds
  • Microfilm at the Orange County Public Library, Wall Local History Collection: reel 60003, “Marriage Bonds, 1752–1868, Bra–Com” (the name falls near a reel’s first or last bond; check both).
  • Microfilm at the Orange County Public Library, Wall Local History Collection: reel 60001, “Marriage Record, 1851–66, and Marriage Registers, 1867–72”.
  • The 1936 State Archives abstract of the bonds, image 59 on FamilySearch, or the one before or after it: the bondsman and witness are there.
  • Find this marriage on FamilySearch (free account; its dates are often the bond’s).

Currie Chavers and Elizabeth Gowen

Marriage bond, 21 July 1860

Bond dated
21 July 1860
Married
21 July 1860
In the books
Orange Marriage Book C, pages 440-441, at the Register of Deeds
  • Microfilm at the Orange County Public Library, Wall Local History Collection: reel 60003, “Marriage Bonds, 1752–1868, Bra–Com” (the name falls near a reel’s first or last bond; check both).
  • Microfilm at the Orange County Public Library, Wall Local History Collection: reel 60001, “Marriage Record, 1851–66, and Marriage Registers, 1867–72”.
  • The 1936 State Archives abstract of the bonds, image 82 on FamilySearch, or the one before or after it: the bondsman and witness are there.
  • Find this marriage on FamilySearch (free account; its dates are often the bond’s).

Freeman Howell and Eliza Gowen

Marriage bond, 16 November 1861

Bond dated
16 November 1861
Married
17 November 1861
In the books
Orange Marriage Book G-H, pages 1164-1165, at the Register of Deeds
Other readings
  • Ingmire reads the groom as Freeman, Howell and the date as 17 November 1861
  • Microfilm at the Orange County Public Library, Wall Local History Collection: reel 60005, “Marriage Bonds, 1752–1868, Ha–How–I” (the name falls near a reel’s first or last bond; check both).
  • Microfilm at the Orange County Public Library, Wall Local History Collection: reel 60001, “Marriage Record, 1851–66, and Marriage Registers, 1867–72”.
  • The 1936 State Archives abstract of the bonds, image 210 on FamilySearch, or the one before or after it: the bondsman and witness are there.
  • Find this marriage on FamilySearch (free account; its dates are often the bond’s).

William Reade and Josephine Gowen

Marriage bond, 27 September 1867

Bond dated
27 September 1867
Married
29 September 1867
In the books
Orange Marriage Book N-R, pages 908-909, at the Register of Deeds
Other readings
  • Ingmire and USGenWeb read the groom as William Read
  • Microfilm at the Orange County Public Library, Wall Local History Collection: reel 60008, “Marriage Bonds, 1752–1868, Pa–Rob” (the name falls near a reel’s first or last bond; check both).
  • Microfilm at the Orange County Public Library, Wall Local History Collection: reel 60001, “Marriage Record, 1851–66, and Marriage Registers, 1867–72”.
  • The 1936 State Archives abstract of the bonds, image 349 on FamilySearch, or the one before or after it: the bondsman and witness are there.
  • Find this marriage on FamilySearch (free account; its dates are often the bond’s).
In all the records
Every Gowen record, by decade: deeds, court minutes, wills, tax lists and more
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