George L. Ziler
Cumberland, Maryland, man who married Miss Edna E. Shewbridge of Berryville at the Methodist parsonage in Berryville on February 19, 1921.
What the sources support
The Clarke Courier of March 10, 1921 reports that George L. Ziler of Cumberland, Maryland, and Miss Edna E. Shewbridge of Berryville were married by Rev. W. H. Ballengee at the Methodist parsonage on Saturday, February 19, and left for Cumberland to make their home. Patricia B. Duncan's abstract of the Clarke County marriage register has an entry for the marriage of George S. Ziler, 45, car repairer, of Cumberland, to Edna Elizabeth Shewbridge, 21, at Berryville on February 19, 1921; that it records this marriage is a proposal resting on the names, date and place.
See the source and its limits
The Clarke Courier of March 10, 1921 reports that George L. Ziler of Cumberland, Maryland, and Miss Edna E. Shewbridge of Berryville were married by Rev. W. H. Ballengee at the Methodist parsonage on Saturday, February 19, and left for Cumberland to make their home. Patricia B. Duncan's abstract of the Clarke County marriage register has an entry for the marriage of George S. Ziler, 45, car repairer, of Cumberland, to Edna Elizabeth Shewbridge, 21, at Berryville on February 19, 1921; that it records this marriage is a proposal resting on the names, date and place.
What the source supports
That George L. Ziler of Cumberland married Edna E. Shewbridge at Berryville on February 19, 1921.
Uncertainty
Read from uncorrected OCR, not from the page image. The Courier gives his middle initial as "L."; the register abstract gives "S." Both readings are kept, and neither was checked against the page image or the original register. The register entry is cited, not merged into this record.
Source
Evidence role: supports. The March 10, 1921 wedding notice of George L. Ziler and Edna E. Shewbridge.
Clarke Courier, Berryville, Va., March 10, 1921
Clarke Courier · 1921-03-10 (publication)
Locator: Page 1, item "Miss Shewbridge a Bride"
Relevant passageMISS 8HEWBRIDGE [SHEWBRIDGE] A BRIDE Mr. George L. Ziler, of Cumberland. M<i , and Miss Edna E. Shew bridge, of Berryville, were married by Rev W. H. Ballengee at the Methodist parsonage, Saturday, Feb- 19th Mr. and Mrs. Ziler left immediately for Cumberland, where they, will make their future home
Checked: Existing OCR reviewed. Original image not independently inspected.
Open sourceSource family: clarke-courier. Multiple passages from one source are not independent witnesses.
Evidence role: contextualizes. Duncan's register entry for the marriage of George S. Ziler and Edna Elizabeth Shewbridge, February 19, 1921, cited as a second record; the match is a proposal.
Patricia B. Duncan, Clarke County, Virginia Marriages 1887-1925 (Heritage Books, 2009)
Patricia B. Duncan · 2009 (publication)
Locator: Page 183, register entry for the marriage of George S. Ziler and Edna Elizabeth Shewbridge
Relevant passageZILER, George S.; s/o George W. & Martha E. ZILER; 45y; sgl; car repairer; b Doegully W Va: res. 33 Baker St., Cumberland Mo, m. 19 Feb 1921 at Berryville to SHEWBRIDGE, Edna Ehzabeth. d,o John & Emma E. SHEWBRIDGE; 21y; sgl; b. & res. ClrkVA.
Checked: Existing OCR reviewed. Original image not independently inspected.
Open sourceSource family: duncan-clarke-marriages. Multiple passages from one source are not independent witnesses.
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