Stella Augusta Trenary
Daughter of A. B. Trenary and of Augusta Stolle Trenary, formerly of Berryville, who married Carl L. Wellinger at her uncle J. W. Kercheval's home on February 24, 1922.
What the sources support
The Clarke Courier of March 2, 1922 reports that Miss Stella Augusta Trenary and Carl L. Wellinger were married at the home of her uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Kercheval, and that she is the daughter of the late A. B. Trenary and of Mrs. Augusta G. Trenary, who before her marriage was Miss Augusta Stolle of Berryville. Patricia B. Duncan's abstract of the Clarke County marriage register has an entry for the marriage of Stella Augusta Trenary, 27, of Martinsburg, to Carl L. Wellinger at Berryville on February 24, 1922; that it records this marriage is a proposal resting on the names, date and officiant.
See the source and its limits
The Clarke Courier of March 2, 1922 reports that Miss Stella Augusta Trenary and Carl L. Wellinger were married at the home of her uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Kercheval, and that she is the daughter of the late A. B. Trenary and of Mrs. Augusta G. Trenary, who before her marriage was Miss Augusta Stolle of Berryville. Patricia B. Duncan's abstract of the Clarke County marriage register has an entry for the marriage of Stella Augusta Trenary, 27, of Martinsburg, to Carl L. Wellinger at Berryville on February 24, 1922; that it records this marriage is a proposal resting on the names, date and officiant.
What the source supports
That Stella Augusta Trenary married Carl L. Wellinger at Berryville on February 24, 1922.
Uncertainty
Read from uncorrected OCR, not from the page image. The Courier does not say where she lived; the register abstract gives Martinsburg. The OCR prints stray marks in her name. The register entry is cited, not merged. Her mother and uncle have no records here.
Source
Evidence role: supports. The March 2, 1922 report of the wedding of Stella Augusta Trenary and Carl L. Wellinger.
Clarke Courier, Berryville, Va., March 2, 1922
Clarke Courier · 1922-03-02 (publication)
Locator: Page 4, report "Pretty Home Wedding Here"
Relevant passage- Miss Stella 'Augusta Trenary* and Mr. Carl L. WeUinger [Wellinger], of Martingsburg [Martinsburg], were quietly mat-; ried at the home of the bride's uncle aod [and] aunt, Mr. and Mrs. J.| W. Kercheval last Friday after ! noon at 2:3000 o’clock.
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: supports. Its account of the bride.
Clarke Courier, Berryville, Va., March 2, 1922
Clarke Courier · 1922-03-02 (publication)
Locator: Page 4, report "Pretty Home Wedding Here," the bride
Relevant passageShe is the daughter of 'the late A. B. Trenary and Mrs ‘Augusta G. Trenary. who was be fore her marriage Miss Augusta Stolle, of Berryville, and well re 'membered here.
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 Carl L. Wellinger and Stella Augusta Trenary, February 24, 1922, 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 171, register entry for the marriage of Carl L. Wellinger and Stella Augusta Trenary
Relevant passageWELLINGER, Carl L; s/o G. a Rachael Jane WELLINGER; 30y; sgl: mercantile business; b. Martinsburg W Va; res. 304 East Burke St.. Martinsburg. W Va; m. 24 Feb 1922 at Berryville to TRENARY, Stella Augusta; d/o A. B. a Augusta TRENARY; 27y; sgl; b. a res. Martinsburg W Va;
Checked: Existing OCR reviewed. Original image not independently inspected.
Open sourceSource family: duncan-clarke-marriages. Multiple passages from one source are not independent witnesses.
AI-assisted source check (Claude Opus 5) · 2026-09-16. How this project checks its sources
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