Marriages in the 1875 Census in the First Election District of Fremont, Sullivan County, New York

1875 Marriage Schedule

One of the wonderful schedules in the 1875 New York State Census is the list of marriages of people enumerated in the census between 2 June 1874 and 1 June 1875. Since New York did not require recording of vital records until the 1880s, these marriage schedules may be one of the few sources of information about the time and place of a marriage. Seven couples were listed on the schedule for the First Election District of Fremont, Sullivan County, New York, where the town of Hankins is located. [1]

George Fitz, age 23, married Helena Pfietzrun, age 18, on 1 October 1874 in New York City. They were married by a clergyman (possibly Presbyterian). It was the first marriage for each [2] 

Isaac Stein, age 28, married Amelia Michaels, age 22, on 23 May 1875 in New York City. They were married by a clergyman (possibly Jewish). It was the first marriage for each. [3] 

Henry Gerlach, age 30 and Maggie Sherman, age 22, married 23 August 1874 in Fremont Center. They were married by a clergyman (possibly Methodist). It was a first marriage for each.[4] 

Timothy Burns, age 39, married Kate L[?????], age 23 on 7 June 1874 in Bethel, Sullivan County. They were married by a Justice of the Peace. It was the first marriage for each. [5]

Charles Specht, age 20 and Susan Happisch, age 18, were married on 22 December 1874 in Ulster County, New York. It was the first marriage for each. [6]

Andrew Klein, age 21, married Mary Homer, age 18 on 13 May 1875 in Port Jervis. They were married by a clergyman (possibly Roman Catholic). It was the first marriage for each. [7]

Edward Schryver, age 23, and Cecelia Brauning, age 22, were married 24 November 1874 in Sullivan County. They were married by a clergyman (possibly Methodist). It was the first marriage for each. 



NOTES:

[1] 1875 New York Census, Sullivan County, Fremont, First election district, Marriages, page 1; image, FamilySearch  (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-95MT-4WP : accessed 9 July 2025), DGS 004848107, images 318 of 355.

[2] 1875 New York Census, Sullivan County, Fremont, First election district, Marriages, page 1, line 1, Fitz-Pfietzrun; image, FamilySearch  (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-95MT-4WP : accessed 9 July 2025), DGS 004848107, images 318 of 355.

[3] 1875 New York Census, Sullivan County, Fremont, First election district, Marriages, page 1, line 2, Stein-Michaels; image, FamilySearch  (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-95MT-4WP : accessed 9 July 2025), DGS 004848107, images 318 of 355.

[4] 1875 New York Census, Sullivan County, Fremont, First election district, Marriages, page 1, line 3, Gerlach-Sherman; image, FamilySearch  (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-95MT-4WP : accessed 9 July 2025), DGS 004848107, images 318 of 355.

[5] 1875 New York Census, Sullivan County, Fremont, First election district, Marriages, page 1, line 4, Burns-L[??]ora; image, FamilySearch  (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-95MT-4WP : accessed 9 July 2025), DGS 004848107, images 318 of 355.

[6] 1875 New York Census, Sullivan County, Fremont, First election district, Marriages, page 1, line 5, Specht-Happisch; image, FamilySearch  (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-95MT-4WP : accessed 9 July 2025), DGS 004848107, images 318 of 355.

[7]  1875 New York Census, Sullivan County, Fremont, First election district, Marriages, page 1, line 6, Klein-Homer; image, FamilySearch  (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-95MT-4WP : accessed 9 July 2025), DGS 004848107, images 318 of 355. 

[8] 1875 New York Census, Sullivan County, Fremont, First election district, Marriages, page 1, line 7, Schryver-Brauning; image, FamilySearch  (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-95MT-4WP : accessed 9 July 2025), DGS 004848107, images 318 of 355.

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