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Norfolk Virginian Newspaper - 1890 -1892

MARRIAGES PORTSMOUTH, VA. and NORFOLK COUNTY

The following lists were taken from the monthly listing of Matrimony for the City of Portsmouth, Va and it's neighboring county - Norfolk County. I will add to this list - so please come back from time to time. They are in order as they appeared in the Newspaper, not in alphabetical order.  Print out the list, grab a cup of coffee and read on.

There wasn't a matrimony listing that was "Easy to Find" for the City of Norfolk, but as I find them I will also add what I can.  Spellings may be a bit incorrect (sometimes newspapers make mistakes) and sometimes I make typos. If you see someone on this list who you think may be your family, and you would like a copy of the marriage license, you can write to the City of Portsmouth Circuit Court 801 Crawford St., Portsmouth, VA 23705 Phone 1-757-393-8671 -- For license copies in Norfolk County try the Chesapeake Circuit Court 1-757-382-6111 I can not find the address in the phonebook. I am sure you will need to provide a self address stamped envelope and the copies are probably a dollar. But you should call to be certain.

Hope you find someone!!!

PORTSMOUTH/NORFOLK COUNTY

  • JUNE, 1888

Whites:  Portsmouth 6/1888  Lindsey C. MARTIN and Mary Francis TUCKER * William Cornelius TAYLOR and Alice GRAY  *  Frank T. BRIGGS and Belle B. BROOKS  *  John J. KING and Alice J. TOWNSEND  *  Lenard J. FOREST and Leo H. MEANS  *  Joseph H. G. SPINDLER and Maria C. POWELL  *  Mather SWEET and Gertrude S. JONES

Whites:  Norfolk County 6/1888  Hugh BARTON and Anna MAYER  *  Raleigh Old BAGLEY and Eva Benjamin DUDLEY  *  Harry T. CULPEPPER and Mary Elizabeth SHAFER  *  Benjamin COHN and Betsy MYERS  *  John H. CHERRY and Sarah Ann BROWN  /  Pinkney Lamb HUMPHRIES and Lydia Ann PERKINS *  Wm. Lewis WALTERS and Malissa Eliza TOPPING  and Henry Cornelius COOPER and Lillian Mary CHENEY  *  Thomas Jackson SAWYER and Fannie Ann Crump  *  Philip DAVIS and Mary L. PARSONS.

  • SEPTEMBER,  1888

Whites:  Portsmouth 9/1888  Josiah HENDERSON to Katie E. OVERTON  *  JOHN v. OLSSON to Emily T. TEW  *  Lee H. CUTHRELL to Emma D. WOOD  *  Wm PECK to Capitola M. PUTNAM  *  Wm. B. WYATT to Mamie O. BAYTON

Colored:  Portsmouth 9/1888  Peter McCOY to Mary MIARS

Whites:  Norfolk, County 9/1888  Wm HANCOCK to Jennie B. PROCTOR  *  Robert E. MAIGO to Maggie E. SMITHSON  *  Wm LEE to Lovey McBRIDE  *  Robert L. DOLOBY to Esther A. WILSON  *  G.H. McFadden to Lillie C. McWHORTER  *  Eugene P. MAYES to Ella M. RANSOM  *  Geoffey MORGAN to Lillie LEIGH

Colored Norfolk County 9/1888  Seth McDONALD to Louvinia CORPREW  *  Isaac HUCKSTEAD to Compania COPELAND  *  Charles E. HODGES to Fannie E. GRIFFIN  *  Geo SMITH to Betsey MOHALA  *  Henry J. STEWART to Mary A. LITTLE *  Robert B. BUTT to Sophia A. SMITH  *  Washington GETES to Mollie DREW * Lewis LATTIMER to Jane HARRIS  * Peter YATES to Grace CLARK  *  Wm Good to Texanna WHUSON  *  Charles E. DICKINSON to Mary METES  *  Mills WIGGINS to Sarah FREEMAN *  Thaddy DYSON to Cecelia HARRELL  *  B.J. SEARS to Mary J. GIBBS  *  Thaddeus WALKER to Martha A. BURFORD * Wm BROWN to Edith WYATT

  • NOVEMBER, 1888

Whites:  Portsmouth 11/1888  John Wm SKIDMORE and Lizzie WIGGINS *  Mathew J. MULVEY and Minnie T. JOYCE  *  James F. WILLIAMS and Anna C. WARD  *  Wm W. FEARRING and Leonora V. ELLIOTT  *  Tobias A. BUTLER and Fannie D. McKUNE

Colored Portsmouth 11/1888   E. WHEELER to Mary JOHNSON  *  H. EDWARDS to Lizzie MURPHY  *  J. PARKER to Mary A. COLDING  *  J.E. TRUEHART to Ellen SMALL  *  J. HODGES to Mary F. DAUGHTERY  *  Wm SMITH  to Virginia WILLIAMS  *  Wm RETTELL to Mary MOSSEYBERG

Whites:  Norfolk County 11/1888  Richard Herbert HOUSTON and Mary Francis MULLER  *  Jerome Edward LASSITER and Lillian Mary GASKINS  *  Thomas J. NOTTINGHAM and Julia L. CARNEY  *  Charles W. FENTRESS and Effie Lucile ELEY * John D. MOROE and Martha S. DEAL  *  James Henry WHITE and Mamie F. GILBERT  *  Wm. Franklin WALLACE and Julia Ann GREEN  *  William CARR and Rosa Lee WALTON  *  Samuel C. PERRY and Maacah MARTIN  *  Samuel S. NIMMO and Lucy A. GOODE  *  Judson Rice POTTER and Martha A. HITCHINGS

  • DECEMBER, 1888

Whites: Portsmouth 12/1888  H. C. WHITE and Alice LYNN  * Leonard L. REYNOLDS and Florence V. ROSS  *  William M. EVANS and Winnie T. WILSON  *  Walter HOLLAND  and Ella D. JONES  *  George T. PEARSON  and Missouri T. COLLIS  *  C.H. SPRAGG and Mary A. SEED  *  George L. DOUGHERTY and Jane PARSONS  *  Walter N. POPE and Nellie M. POWELL  *  William D. PAXTON and Mollie M. LINGO  *  Watson VELINES and Alxania FLYE

Colored Portsmouth   12/1888  Lewis H. BROWN and Missouri WRIGHT  *  Henry ANDERSON and Josephine MULLEN  *  George W. NICHOLSON  and Ella J. ROBINSON  *  J.M. ARMISTEAD and Martha A. BRYDEN  *  John LONG and Susie STEPHENS  *  Henry HURT and Elizabeth GRIMES

Whites: Norfolk County  12/1888  Napoleon B. POWERS and Joanna RUTTER  *  Wm. D. WILBER and Susan M. PERKINS  *  Edward HUTCHINSON and Irene HUTCHINS  *  Amos L. IVES and Linda SMITH  *  Charles W. TOPPING  and Dora DUKE  *  Jasper T. DOUGHTY and Margaret HALSTEAD  *  Isriel DOZIER and Georgeana BROTHERS  *  James C. MOODY and Hedren WILDER   *  John L. GREGORY and Arkie GARNETT  *  Leonard B. EAST and Emma F. COLE

Colored:  Norfolk County  12/1888  George CHAMBERS and B. ARCHER  *  Peter FISHER and Daisy WRIGHT  *  Josiah NELSON and Rachael KING  *  Robt. FEREBEE and Susan McGAUGHAN  *  Lewis H. BADHAM and Lucy A. MEARA  *  Wm. W. BOONE and Mary M. ANDERSON  *  Geo. W. SCOTT and Mary STANCILL  *  James HALSTEAD and Mamie COPELAND  *  Wm HASS and Ellnore BOLKIN  *  Frederick MASON and Mary MUIR  *  George COOKE and Josephine  FISHER  *  John RILEY and Mary F. WILSON  *  Elias BAKER and Adeline BAKER  *  Thomas H. JEFFERSON and Mamie CORPREW  *  John H. WRIGHT and Addie ROBERSON


  • FEBRUARY, 1889

 Whites:  Portsmouth  2/1889  Wm. P. DAUBIN and Alice T. WALLACE *  Benjamin W. DULTON and Mary L. WILROY *  Owen RIELY AND Kate MURRAY *  George Collins TONKINS and Josephine Fraites SNYDER  *  Wm. James ALLMOND and Lillie Mary VELLINES *  Richard CURTIS, JR. and Rosa Mary KELLY

Whites: Norfolk Co., 2/1889  Wm Franklin LEE and Jennie F. BIGBIE  *  Samuel Jefferson WALKER and Anna G. COX

Colored - Norfolk Co., 2/1889  Edward ETHEREDGE and Lula WILSON  *  Young Sidney SEVILL and Cella CUFFE * Isaac BROWN and Augustus FRENCH  *  Michael WISE and Mary Eliza WILSON  *  Benjamin DAVIS and Ellen THOMAS  *  John WEST and Francis [Frances?] BROOKS  *  Richard HOLMES and Emma JOHNSON  *  Richardson RIDDICK and Fannie WHITTICER  *  Mills PERKINS and Margarett MITCHELL  *  John WILLIAMS and Harriett A.V. BARRINGTON  *  Allen SCOTT and Georgiana MANLEY  *  Chalres SAUNDERS and Eliza  WILLIAMS *  Oliver BYRMAN and Harriet NORCOM  *  Thomas BAXTER and Tennessee CARTWRIGHT  *   Thomas W. McGOWAN and Mary J. WOODHOUSE.


  • JANUARY 1890

Whites: Portsmouth 1/1890   Willie H. STROUD and Mary V. SMITH * Lewis Oarey CASON and Fannie BEALE *  Alonzo S. HODGES and Ella L. SAVAGE * Thomas R. CORDLE and Nannie T. BASSETT

Whites: Norfolk County 1/1890   Wm. HOLLAND and Emma NEWMAN * Wm. Henry CULPEPPER and Novelle SMITHSON  * Wm. DUGAIN and Lovey B. SANDERLIN * Ross F. BAILEY and Sallie B. COATS *  Herbert W. JELLISON and Sallie A. DRURY * James E. HALL and Bettie Adelia CURLING *  Nehemiah FOREMAN and Indie A. CURLING * Wm. J. TILLEDGE and Mary V. WRIGHT *   Joseph N. CULPEPPER AND Margaret M. PARKERSON * Robt. B. CHARLTON and Nannie L. MANSFIELD * Julius E. ELLIOTT and Julia E. WALTON * Wm. J. FLEMMING and Sarah F. GILBERT

  • AUGUST, 1890

No race separation: Portsmouth  8/1890  Hayman GOODMAN and Fannie RAMINSKY  *  George JONES  and Louisiana DICKENS  *  John A. WEST and Mary LAWS *  Coke Alex. SKEETER and Alice A. ROBERTS  *  JesseGAYLE and Dranet JACKSON * J.W. CROCKER and Jennie PYATT *  John C. WOODLEY and Ida ALLEN *  James W. MERRITT and Maggie M. MORELAND

Norfolk County, 8/1890  Robert TRATTER and Francis NEALE [Frances?] *  James WHITE and Mary UPSHUR *  Benjamin R. JONES and Lillie V. WATERS  *  H. WILSON and Josephine GRAHAM  *  John H. WYCHE and Josephine SYKES  *  Fridolin NEEB and Anna BINZ  *  John Henry PRYOR and Rosa TAYLOR  *  Randall MILLER and Letitia SMITH  *  George EDMONDS and mattie JONES  *  Frank SKINNER and Hester BRAY  *  Wm H. WALKER and Mary HACKLEY  *  Robert JACOX and Alice WARREN

  • SEPTEMBER, 1890

Whites: Portsmouth  9/1890  Walter M. MURFREE and Eva L. WOOD * Moses T. TAYLOR and Lillie Nell MEARS  *  Thomas D. POWELL and Carrie BOND.

Colored  Portsmouth  9/1890  Brillain JOHNSON and Adeline JINKENS  *  James A. MOORE and Florence MANNING * Thomas VANN and Maggie DAVIS  *  Laman PANTON and Roselir BELL

Whites:  Norfolk Co., 9/1890  W.W. ROBERTSON and Emily A. KEELING  *  Wm. T. DAVIS and Mary F. McCOTTER *  Aubrey L. CHILDRESS and Elizabeth S. FISHER * George W. SIMPSON and Sophia L. JACKSON *  Clayton S. BRADY and Ella PORTER  *  Robt. A. DAUGHERTY and Pauline AYERS  *  David SOREY and Alice HALL  *  Stephen B. CARNEY and Helen Irene DUNAWAY.

Colored  Norfolk Co., 9/1890  Edward WALTER and Octavia GRIFFIN  *  Edward CANAD and Mary F. ROBERTSON  *  Junius EDWARDS and Lou WARD  * Samuel SHEPHARD and Martha BARLEY  *  Charles A. HARRIS and Mary E. BRYANT  *  James H. POYNEY and Ida WESTON  *  George CLAIN and HUTSON  *  Arthur JOHNSON and Mary Francis ROBINSON  *  John A. DAVIS and Lizzie WILSON  *  William H. CHRISTIAN and Maggie E. MAJOR  *  John T. WILSON and Addie SPENCE  *  William H. WRIGHT  and Margaret ELLIOTT  *  Vergy WALKER and Sallie ROBERTSON  *  William AVIS and Eliza THARPS  *  David UPTON and Indianna WATSON  *  Nathiel L. CARRINGTON  and Bettie A. NELSON  *  Alonza ASH and Annie M. HILL

  • DECEMBER, 1890

Whites: Portsmouth  12/1890  Oliver W. GASKINS and Mattie L. MILLER  *  John Henry MILLS and Nannie S. STEVENS  *  Wm. H. CODD and Annie FLEMING  * Samuel S. WESTBROOK  and Maud H. CLAUD *  John W. ------ and Sadie E. CRESMOND  *  Jas H. EVANS and Virginia S. TATEM  *  John W. WEST and Indiana MANNING  *  Samuel H. WEAVER and Mary Ida WALSH

Colored: Portsmouth 12/1890  Harvey BUBLES and Susey ALLEN  *  Duncan HICKS and Georgeanna LURRY  *  Isaac BARLOW and Mary WHITEHEAD  *  James H. ASH and Fannie F. NICHOLSON

Whites:  Norfolk Co., 12/1890  Thomas WHITE and Rebecca THOMAS  *  Clarence A. JAMES and Sarah L. PEAK  *  Taylor T. BENNETT and Nannie TAYLOR  *  Virgnia L. HALL  and Bettie WILLIAMSON * Lemuel C. DOZIER and Mary Ellen HARRELL  *  Thomas O. WISE, JR. and Grace U. BARY  *  A. B. STAYTER and Glaydes NOTTINGHAM *  Bender M. KLINE and Launelha C. JONES  *  Thos W. BRITT and Eugenia T. PORTLOCK  *  Robert Craig BRENT and Lelia E. BUNTING  *  F.C. CULPEPPER and M.Ellen STEWART  *  A.S. LAMBERT and Francis McKNOWN *  Thomas D. ROPER and Susan E. RUTTER  *  Franklin Portlock WILLIAMSON and Laura L.  ARMSTRONG *  William SCHOLLO, JR. and Helen V. MOORE  *  James A. BRYAN and Lois F. MOORE.

  • {I haven't gotten to the rest of 1890 as yet}


  • JANUARY, 1891

Whites: Portsmouth 1/1891   Kenneth McALPINE and Lizzie C. SMITH * Thomas D. JONES and Annie L. HENDRICKS *  James W. WAKEFIELD and Mary G. CLEAVES * Martin GREDY and Ann BOOTH * Robt. E. L. DONGAN and Martha Helen CULPEPPER

Colored: Portsmouth 1/1891   Lafayette WHITE and Nancy V. HINTON * John WOODWARD and Rosa RINKLEY * Cleaveland MANN and Lilly GATLING * George W. DRIVER and Ellen L. ELEY * Willis JIGGETS and Mary F. DAVIS

Whites: Norfolk County 1/1891  William Wilson ALFRIEND and Sarah W. DUDLEY * Wm. Andrew GAMMON and Zenia M. MAUN * Benj. L. BROTHERS and Ida C. MITCHELL * Charles H. BAXTER and Fannie G. ORGAIN * Francis G. HAMMOND and Mary E. ORGAIN * William JEFFERSON and Mary Susan HUGHES * George G. SHEA and Annie E. MARTIN

Colored: Norfolk County 1/1891   Edward PARKER and Misoura ARTIS * James Z. WIGGINS and Eliza A. BARNARD * Wm. Lewis OWENS and Laura BROWN * Solomon William SHADY and Gertrude CLOUD *  James T. SMITH and Georgianna RIDDICK * John L. WILLIAMS and Columbia BONNEY *  Abner WILLIAMS and Georgianna ETHERIDGE * Hamilton KING and Caroline HALL * Z. HARRIS and Julia Ann FEREBEE * Abner WILLIAMS and Julia WILLFORD * Monroe G. ROBERTS and Frances ELLIOTT * George W. GOODE and Cora MORRIS * Rufus B. DOZIER and Annie E. PERKINS * Henry CRITCHFIELD and Annie EAZEL * Wm. DUGGINS and Adeline MITCHELL * Wm. BOGADY and Clara JOHNSON * Robert DENNEY and Mary Anne BOONE

  • FEBRUARY, 1891

Whites: Portsmouth 2/1891   Thomas P. RYAN and Cecelia C. DONNELLY * Robert S. B. CHERRY and Virginia WILKERSON * George FULTON and Lena BUTT * Warren Shields WALMSLEY and Mary Ruth PORTER * Charles Wesley THOMAS and Gertrude HOLLOMAN

There were also licenses issued to seven colored couples. (not listed in the newspaper)

Whites: Norfolk County 2/1891   Francis HART and Minnie A. PETHERBRIDGE * Benjamin F. DANIEL and Ella J. FLORA *  James F. FLEMMING and Maggie T. HARRIS * Robert H. GREGORY and Bettie VANDERBERRY * Harry Lee. GROVER and Maggie C. IVES * Wm M. TAYLOR and Alice W. HODGES * Samuel WALKER and Margaret McDONALD

  • MARCH, 1891 (no Colored listed)

Whites: Portsmouth 3/1891   Charles Henry STURTEVANT and Rose Elizabeth EASTWOOD

Whites: Norfolk County 3/1891   Isaiah BOOKER and Lavenia BELL * Frank J. RAINEY and Anna B. AUSTIN * George HAGINS and Mattie TAYLOR * Benjaman SHAW and Martha CAISON * Daniel HASKINS and Rosetta CRUMP * Charles MURRAY and Lucy BUTTS * David McCLANNAL and Patsey STEWART * John A. EASTON and Cordelia KNIGHT * Thomas H. MOORE and Mattie BOUSH * William STALLINGS and Emma J. BRINKLEY * William HARPER and Pauline WILSON, * Marcus Troy WAGNER and Sarah C. WALTON * Richard JORDAN and Mary WALKE * Major HUMPHRIES and Martha WILSON

  • APRIL, 1891

White Portsmouth 4/1891   Lenard REA and Essie V. BROWN * E.L. KITCHEN and Helen Eva WRENCH * James C. REED and Eliza Jane VEALE * Wm. Andrew WINN and Daisy M. EATON * E.D. McGRATH and Annie C. ROGERS * Wm. Henry DUNN and Minnie Eta SHEA * H.F. BUTT, Jr. and Effie SMITH * Charles Edward BLOW and Margaret Adeline BATEMARD *  J.A. C. GRONER and Eliza H. POWELL * Samuel D. Loche and Louie D. MOORE * Ira S. ATKINSON and Irene A. MORECOCK * Wm. D. HOLDSWORTH and Lelia GASKINS *  Wm. G. PARKER and Mary I. GODWIN

Colored: Portsmouth 4/1891   Allen T. GODWIN and Hester WHITE * Henry R. NEWBY and Stella L. HOLMES

Whites: Norfolk County 4/1891   F. FENTRESS and Bettie S. GARNER * Chas. Wilson OVERTON and Mary Ann PARKER *  Charles E. BILLUPS and Bessie A. BORDEN * John E. M. HERBERT and Jenette S. RICHARDSON * Thomas E. HAYMAN and Rebecca Mary GRAY

Colored: Norfolk County 4/1891   Wyatt SELDEN and Martha Jane JONES * Walter BURKE and Lavinia SAWYER * Wm. NIXON and Annie R. WALLACE * Joseph CREEKMORE and Lula MITCHEL * John PROVIDENCE and Annie A. BEALE * Obediah LINDSAY and Annie SMITH * Julius SHEPHERD and Nancy PORTER * Burton WHITE and Lulia HOLMES * Jerry SIMMONS and Ann JACKSON * Joseph WILSON and Maggie FULLER

  • MAY, 1891

Whites: Portsmouth 5/1891    Charles OWENS and Hattie A. BOOTH * James F. COLLINS and Sarah MEHAN * John T.S. MILLER and Mary E. HOWE

Colored: Portsmouth 5/1891    John W. BROWN and Fanny WILLIAMS * Leroy ROBERTSON and TAYLOR

Whites: Norfolk County 5/1891   Lewis HARMAN and Clarine B. MORRISETT * William T. BROWNBY and Berta SILVESTER * Reuben C. ANSELL and Adelia SAWYER * John W. YOAST and Amanda N. HARPER * James C. MAJOR and Maggie L. TANKSEY

Colored: Norfolk County 5/1891   Joseph BOYKIN and Ellen CUFFER * George HOLLAND and Amelia RANSOME *  Washington BROWN and Rose CONNER * Thomas CORTENIGH and Mattie COOPER *  Charles TILLETT and Adelia SMITH * David LONG and Maria JOINER * James A. SMITH and Francis SINILLS * James CUFFEE and Fannie MOORE * James WILSON and Charity WILKINS * Joseph SMITH and Kezeay SMITH * John WILLIAMS and Adaline BENTON

  • JUNE - 1891 (COULD NOT FIND ARTICLE)
  • JULY 1891

Whites: Portsmouth 7/1891   Jean FUNCK and Chauncey OAST * Thomas J. BROWN and Mary F. BRADY * William L. VELINES and Jennie CARHART

Colored: Portsmouth 7/1891   Columbus SAVAGE and Annie R. CARTER * Morris BAXTER and Hester EDWARDS *  Henry CRESS and Lucy Ann RIDDICK

Whites: Norfolk County 7/1891    Wm. REDD and Sonora BROWN * John K. COATES and Lenora OAKLEY * J.T. HICKMAN and Ellen HARAKIN * Dennis DUDLEY and Dellah A. Hewitt MANASSAS

Colored: Norfolk County 7/1891   Henry BLOUNT and Margaret WHITE * John S. OWENS and Bettie JOHNSON * Cype GARRIS and Charlotte REID * Emanuel JOHN and Mollie DAVIS * Henry TILLEY and Viola SIMMONS * John F. ODOIN and Mary M. HARRIS * Abraham BRADY and Elizabeth REID * Robert E. RODGERS and Sarah A. STEVENS * Moses DREW and Mary E. HURST  * Clarence JOHNSON and Missouri ALPHIN * Samuel WILSON and Victoria CARTER * Lewis WYATT and Delia MENS * James TYNES and Nancy BASS * Louis H. LONDEA and Hattie RIDDICK * Samuel CALDEN and Mary E. HOLLAND

  • AUGUST, 1891

Whites: Portsmouth 8/1891    Eugene A. JEFFERSON and Josephine GEDNEY * Andrew McHORNEY and Irene EDWARDS * William REBMAN and Addie S. BUSKEE * Charles D. STEVENS and Belle SMITH * John Abram SPRUELL and Mary E. AUSTIN * William T. CRELLIN and Maggie HODGES * William H. HUNTER and Bettie HOWARD * Robert W. SAWYER and Laura F. SAWYER

Colored: Portsmouth 8/1891     Wm. RICKS and Mamie FREEMAN * John W.H. SMITH and Alice GODFREW * Frederick SMITH and Luna DOYLE * Abraham JENKINS and Julia A.F. WRIGHT * Harney FITTS and Sallie DAVIS * Noah BARRINGTON and Martha J. CLEMENTS * Jas. BARNES and Mary E. ARENDELL * Isaac WATSON and Elizabeth ASHINGTON * George DAUGHTREY and Francis ASH * Asbury MACKLIN and Ann FREEMAN * Lemuel WILSON and Annie SMITH * June ELLIS and Annie FERGUSON * Joseph CLANTON and Rosa MARTIN * James BOWEN and Jane PACE * Felton WHARF and Kate DEANS *  June PENDER and Mary E. DAVIS * Charles RIDDICK and Annie SCOTT * Cornelius COUNCIL and Mary L. FORBES * Samuel COPELAND and Annie GIRENS * John G. BOSWELL and Annie ROBERTS * Robert FAUNTLEROY and Edie BROCK * Doctor HARRIS and Ginnie CARNEY

  • SEPTEMBER 1891

Whites: Portsmouth 9/1891   Walter Lee SYKES and Carrie Elizabeth JOHNSON * William J. BOHANNON and Marietta CRISMOND * William ROSS and Mary M. ROHWEDDER * Samuel H. BRYANT and Lucy V. DELBRIDGE * George J. SHAW and Margaret M. SULLIVAN * Henry PAWEL and Hattie LEVI * B. A. DEAL, Jr. and Mamie ELEY / C.W. WALKER and Annie B. RIDDICK *  Charles V. ARCHER and Lulie FOREMAN * Charles P. GOULD and Sallie WILLIAMS * Thomas M. MARTIN and Miriam V. ETHEREDGE * John F. SCHROEDER and Julia May MORELAND

Colored: Portsmouth 9/1891   Wallace WILLIAMS and Lena WILSON * A.A. CORPREW and Annie S. HOLLAND

Whites: Norfolk County 9/1891   Wm. B. DOUGHERTY and Bessie S. GIBBS * Willie AUSTIN and Lula FOREMAN * Wm. D. KIGHT and Mary E. AUSTIN * Clarance LATHAM and Mary V. CLARK * Dr. Robert R. ROBERTSON and Mary C. NIEMEYER

Colored: Norfolk County 9/1891    Samuel SCOTT and Annie GRIFFIN * Richard ROSSER and Laura RICKS * George NELSON and Mary A. POOLE * Henry RIDDICK and Clara GRIFFIN * Willis WATSON and Lydia A. BOLT * Oscar FREEMAN and Anna WILLIAMS * Claud WRIGHT and Emma RACK * Wm. HAYNES and Mary E. FULLER * Peter PERRY and Mary RIDDICK *  Robert WILLIAMS and Susan BURTON * Dudley MARTIN and Martha S. DAUGHTRY * Edward BALLARD and Mary COLDEN * John H. MATHEWS and Emma J. SKINNER *  Daniel MARVIN and Hester SUTTEN * John FOREMAN and Alice Goodman

  • OCTOBER 1891

Whites: Portsmouth 10/1891    James C. HOSIER and Maggie McManus * Frank O. CUMMINGS and Lelia A. PEED * L.John AMES and Mary O. OWENS * John HEISE and Jessie E. LANDON * John E. FOREMAN and Mattie V. GOULD * Alfred G. EPPES and Louisa F. MORTON * Wm. F. BREWER and Barsha A. RABY

Colored: Portsmouth 10/1891   A.T. WILLIAMS and Eliza BAYLOR * Charles PARKER and Clarine BROOKE

Whites: Norfolk County 10/1891    Harry S. GRAY and Elizabeth COTTON * Frederick L. BRAY and Dora H. IRONMONGER *  John T. C. KIRCHMIER and Olivia M. SHEA * Robert J. TOWNSEND and Hope ELLINGTON * Cornelius F. MILLER and Lelia J. COOPER * Charles H. BANKS and Lottie B. MOORE * Edward F. WHITE and Rosa DOUGLASS * Americus V. PRINCE and Mollie C. GILLESPIE

Colored: Norfolk County 10/1891   Henderson JOYNER and Mary DAUGHTRY * William H. GREGORY and Henrietta BROWN  * William H. RODGERS and Margaret HOLT * Lewis CARTER and Eldora JOHNSON *  Griggs STANLEY and Olivia McCLENNY * Davis WILSON and Linda JONES * Willis T. PUGH and Ellen WILSON * George SKINNER and Emma GODFREY * William H. JEWS and Eliza SCOTT * Benjamin LONG and Mary Jane SMITH, Levi PITTS and Sarah WALKER  * Moses H. NEWSOM and Eugenia RIDDICK * James BAKER and Ann NICHOLS *  Dempsey JONES and Rosa JONES * Henry HARVEY and Annie COOPER * Abram WILLIAMS and Jane SUTTON * William B. DOZIER and Amelia A.V. WILSON * Aaron BELL and Mary Jane WILLIS

  • NOVEMBER 1891

Whites: Portsmouth 11/1891    Virginius C. WESTON and Martha C. LASSITER * Aaron SPERTNER and Minnie KAUFMAN * Mayer SAMS and Gussie LEVY * Frank WONNYCUTT and Lillian DAVIS *  E.D. HAYNE and Francis M. TAYLOR * Geo. P. PORTER, Jr. and Katie M. CODD * J.S. HENDRICKS and Lou RICHARDSON * Jos. A. O'CONNOR and Linda C. CORWINE * Edw. L. BRITTINGHAM and Henrietta E. LOCKE

Colored: Portsmouth 11/1891   Joseph M. HANES and Ida CHURCHWELL

Whites: Norfolk County 11/1891    Walker SPEIGHT and Lorena GROGUN * Wm H. MOORE and Mary T. COTTON * Thos. J. LITTLETON and Nellie S. SMITH * Sandy A. COLEY and Mary A. SAWYER * Jas. A. BROCK and Mrs. Bettie PRITCHARD * Richard M. MARSHALL and Daisy D. LINDSEY *  Chas. W. COLEMAN and Virgnia G. GRIFFIN * Wm. H. MARTIN and Talitha V. TAYLOR  * Jos. E. PRITCHARD and Martha J. McBRIDE * Benjamin R. GORONTO and Fannie E. BELL * Richard H. PARKER and Mary A. LASSITER * Geo. E. PRUTON and Sarah V. BROWN

Colored Norfolk County 11/1891    Wm RIDDICK and Mary SMITH * Patrick JONES and Mary S. WOODHOUSE * Wm D. BROWN and Mary J. BROWN * John MASON and Nancy HALL * John T. BERRY and Henrietta HERBERT * James W. RANDOLPH and Matilda CUFEE * Geo. W. BANKS and Mary Ann IVES * Wm. HUNTER and Mary E. JOHNS, Hilliard CORER and Henrietta HARDY * Alexander SHEPHARD and Alice TILLERY * Lewis ROGERS and Alice DAVIS * Joshua HENRY and  Lucy KEELING * Wm Willis WALKER and Sadie NICHOLS *  Aldarton McPERSON and Annie MOORE * Randall BROWN and Elizabeth TAYLOR * Joseph COX and Sarah F. FELTON * Henry B. MANNING and Nannie BROWN * John HILL and Lovey FORREST

  • DECEMBER, 1891

Whites Portsmouth, 12/1891    Ernest B. LEWIS and Nina E. HARRISON * Robert L. TAYLOR and Lillian L. HUDGINS * G. S. SLEIGHT and Annie M. GRISWOLD * Edgar B. ERWIN and Ada V. CAMPBELL *  Henry W. NEAVILLE and Annice C. JOHNSON * H.A. BRINKLEY and Mary A. VEALE *  Charles CURSON and Millicente HOPPER * John M. DOZIER and Lola M. ROGERS

Colored - Portsmouth, 12/1891   Joseph ROBINSON and Lucy ELY * Alonzo DANIEL and Maria JONES * George G. COLES and Cornelia SHARPE * James P. JONES and Emma BANKS * Marshall LIFFSAY and Lucinda COOKS

Whites: Norfolk Co., 12/1891    Samuel W. McPHEARSON and Josephine ETHERIDGE * James W. GWINN and Permetia AUSTIN * William S. GRINNALDS and Mary E. WORTHINGTON * Thomas JONES and Emma F. WEAVER * Benjamin G. HODGES and Mary A. McCOY * William L. BAILIE, Jr. and Addie E. WEST * John M. BROWN and Jerusha HOLLOWELL * Dr. LeRoy L. SAWYER and Etta F. HANDBURY * George WAILER and Annie SPEIGHT * Charles ELLIOTT and Lummie STUART * George W. PARKER and Emma D. WARWITZ * John W. BLASSINGHAM and Virginia ROWLAND * Edward B. WILKINS and Ida B. TYREE *  Jefferson CARROLL and Ida F. GRANT * William E. HUMMANCE and Fannie E. PAXSON  * Vivian S. LAWRENCE and Mary F. WRIGHT * Christopher C. WHITSON and Ella V. RODMAN

Colored - Norfolk Co., 12/1891   John M. GRIFFIN and Lethia A. BROWN * Butler BELL and Lucy WILKINS * Moses WALLACE and Ann E. CHAPMAN * Tuscan RANDALL and Georgiana BERT * Jack SAUNDERS and Sallie ANDERSON * William OVERTON and Harriet JONES * Jeremiah WILLIAMS and Emma V. CUFFEE * Isaac COOK and Louisa WHITE * Waverly GREEN and Ruth MALSAY * Jerome WALKER and Ardelia BOYD * Alfred NORTHERN and Mary M. CUFFEE * Joseph BARKER and Annie V. SHIELDS * Lindsay SAWYER and Almida LEAVY * Smith COX and Fannie WHITEHURST * Daniel O. WRIGHT and Jeannette McCLEESE * Robert L. GREGORY and Lydia ASH * James CLARK and Martha A . BARNES * James RIDDICK and Elizabeth COPELAND * Bill TROTTER and Alice NEAL  * Joseph H. FENTRESS and Georgianna BAIN * Wendley LAMBET and Maggie ELLIOTT *  Edward BUTLER and Mary E. MORGAN * Henry MAYO and Crucy ANDERSON *  Edmond P. WHITE and Cora J. WOODHOUSE * Joseph CUFFEE and Hester SEVILLS *  Benjamin SYKES and Isabella JOHNSON * Wm. BUTCHER and Mary HALL


  • JANUARY, 1892

White: Portsmouth 1/1892    John Joseph FLYNN and Mary Agnes SULLIVAN * Charles E. REESE and Carrie D. PACE *  Willie H. HARTT and Catherine L. ARMSTEAD * Bartlett McDONALD and Kate RYDER * W.A. TATEM and Lilly M. BUELL * Harry L. WATTS and Virginia R. BUTT * Edward L. STAPLES and Alice V. LEIGH  *  Joseph E. POYNER and Elizabeth G. GRAY * William P. COTTON and Annie STAPLES

Colored: Portsmouth 1/1892    John WILSON and Mary EDWARDS * Major LATHAM and Nannie HARRIS

Whites Norfolk County 1/1892    Eddie L. TUCKER and Elizabeth WOOD * Eugene C. ROBERTS and Mary L. SYKES * Romeo Raleigh RANDOLPH and Mattie I. IVES * James TATEM and Dora G. BUTT * David DUTT and Mary RICE * Malachia FLETCHER and Bettie V. GALLOP * Edgar L.SIMSON and Mary Ann Baldwin

Colored: Norfolk County 1/1892    James DRIVER and Missouri RIDDICK * William BRAXTON and Lucy J. GREEN * John HALSTEAD and Sarah WILSON * Joseph J. WILSON and Matilda BEAMAN * Thomas S. RIDDICK and Martha A. GRIFFIN * Edward WILSON and Mary HALL * Robert BENTON and Jane MARSHALL * S.D. WILSON and Julia A. SMITH * Willie FULFORD and Alpine TURNER * William MOORE and Nancy BRAY * Moses MOORE and Margaret McCLEESE  * Albert WILLIAMS and Mary WALKER * Benjamin BULLOCK and Ann E. JONES * John O. COOKE and Sarah E. GATLING * Shaderick LONG and Mollie FISHER * George GOODSON and Sarah J. HUNT * Ben J. PERRY and Caroline PERRY * William H. HARSEY and Charlotte WASHINGTON * George JOHNSON and Annie L. CASON * Henry Live and Emmaline NICHOLS * Jack Hail and Susan A. V. Gould

  • JUNE, 1892

Whites: Portmsouth 6/1892    Thomas A. HOFFLER and Martha MATHEWS * Jague GONNET and Janne CRAYMONAT  * Tiberius L. FENTRESS and Geneva J. DAVIS * Edward A. ARCHER and Everline DREWRY * Theodore J. WOOL and Annie Esther TODD * Maximillion F. BROWN and Maggie R. FARENKOPT

Colored - Portsmouth, 6/1892    Sherman SMITH and Lou PERKINS * Robert COPELL and Annie ELLIOTT

Whites: Norfolk Co., 6/1892    Henry FLEMING and Mary BELL * Charles E. CULPEPPER and Sarah A. KNOTT *  Christian W. DEEN and Ellen MORGAN * James R. GRAHAM and Annie A. CULPEPPER * Charles E. RUDD and Ella F. HOWARD * Wm. H. WEST and Lillie G. BARRON * Woolsey B. SHAFER and Marrietta A. MARSHALL * Wm. B. RANHOON and Laura E. BARRY *  Ryland J. MALBON and Virginia CROMWELL * Jessie A. SKEETER and Grace L. GASKINS * John C. HALL and Katie DUNCAN * Thomas W. STILES, Jr. and Mary M. COOKE

Colored: Norfolk Co., 6/1892    Robet SCOTT and Marcella RIDDICK * William E. JACKSON and Charlotte BLAIR *  Roderick HINES and Mahala WHITEHEAD * Sesmus REED and Otelia BOOKER * William DILLARD and Ida A. PARSONS * William CHEESMAN and Mollie JOHNSON * Isaac DAUGHTRY and Avia YOUNG * Charles WILLIAMS and Mattie BROWN * Forrest PHILLIPS and Maggie MARTIN * Charles SCOTT and Susan SUTTON * Cornelius BALLARD and Mary E. LAIGH * Lewis BARNES and Mary GOODSON * George T. SHORTER and Mary SMITH * Wince H. BAFEMOORE and Mary J. McPHERSON *  Randall C. CARTER and Maggie BUTLER * Thomas HOPKINS and Handy BEASLEY *  John Henry WASHINGTON and Virtevaus WATTERS

  • JULY, 1892

Whites: Portsmouth 6/1892    Joseph Ingoman WITHEY and Annie TIPPET

Colored: Portsmouth 6/1892    Gaston HENDERSON and Bennie BRANCH * Richard PERRY and Roselia DAY * Miles PORTLOCK and Lizzie LONG * Denson RUTLER and Mattie LUNDAY * Henry H. HILL and Catherine PETREE

Whites: Norfolk Co., 7/1892    Walter F. HUGES and Mrs. Catharine MURDEN * Thomas T. SHEPHERD and Lurto ETHERIDGE * Henry A. WILLIAMS and Ella R. SIMMONS * Benjamin J. BERMAN and Rachael BORK * Jessie V. SHAE and Sarah E. CATTENHEAD

Colored: Norfolk Co., 7/1892    Demanon HUDSON and Sarah WILLIAMS * Charles FELTON and Rebecca RAINOR *  Eugene MILLER and Mary WRIGHT * James EVANS and Gennie WILLIAMS * Augustus RIDDICK and Katie MEROHANT * Locky JONES and Rosa FOLK * Joseph SMITH and Lelsa ELLIS * Daniel DYSON and Harriet BALLARD * Anthony TAYLOR and Mollie DILLARD * Leonard WOOD and Hattie GOODMAN

  • SEPTEMBER 1892

Whites: Portsmouth 9/1892    Frank Thomas ROGERS and Maggie CANNING * Harry O. PEARSON and Eula Virginia TABB * George H. PETTYJOHN and Melodie F. WOOD * William H. DeGRAW and Mattie O. DREWRY * J.T. STEVENS and Fannie T. CLAUD * Oscar S. WHITEHURST and Mariah ROBINSON * Christopher Columbus LAWRENCE and Mary Elizabeth ERB * Robert T. BAILEY and Julia Agnes McCARRIA

Colored: Portsmouth 9/1892    Joseph F. DANIEL and Mary BRIANT * London SHIRR and Eliza BROWN * John C. COOPER and Hattie RAYMAUL * William BOONE and Carrie TAYLOR * John JONES and Mary E. BUFFALO

Whites: Norfolk Co 9/1892    William B. SEARLES and Helena SIEBERT * George S. KAY and Sarah E. BAILEY * Dorsey VICK and Susie SAWYER (Indian) * Merritt P. HARRISON and Maggie M. ANDERSON * Frances R. SHARP and Wrennie E. HAWKES * Joseph BRIGHT and Sarah GALLUP (Indian) * Albert L. WHITE and Annie OLDS * Jocob A. EVINS and Carrie H. CREEKMORE * John M. WIDGEON and Annie V. DOWNS * Robert M. BRAZIL and Amanda J. GRAY * Melville G. WILLSON and Lulu J. CONSOLVO * Merchant A. CREEKMORE and Susie T. CARY * Charles E. DAVIS and Reburder MURDEN *

Colored: Norfolk Co 9/1892    John C. COSTEN and Lydia A. SUMNER * W.J. NEWTON and Annie B. JONES * Nelson HAWKINS and Lillie SMITH * Peter L. COX and Martha A. RIDDICK * Armstead JONES and Martha JOHNSON * Samuel LANKFORD and Matilda JONES * Isaac JOHNSON and Della LAWRENCE * Henry A. WHITEHURST and Blanch E. EDWARDS * George BRUMEKELL and Virginia KEELING * George W. HENDERSON and Frances PEITON *  Doxey HUMPRIES and Dolly CUFFIE * Arthur W. SIMONS and Mary BROSER * Junius STEWART and Mary CAREY * Rufus DAILY and Elizabeth DREW * William WHITPEEL and Susan PERKINS


  • MARRIAGES NORFOLK CITY VA

Copies are in the Richmond State Archieves - Norfolk starts with 1910

  • MAY, 1888

Whites:  5/1888  Henry T. BELL and Loulie E. WALTON *  Wm. H. KENNEDY and Sarah C. TREDWELL  * J.V. FENTRESS and Mary V. COFER  *  Stephen L. CARTER  and Emily v. SIMPSON  *  W.S. WILKINS and  K.E. MORGAN  *  Irvine C. NIXON and Emma F. BRINKLEY * Crawford H. TOY and Nancy S. SAUNDERS  *  Benjamin E. TEBAULT and Lelia v. EDWARDS [one more not published]

Colored  5/1888  Americus GAYLES and Lorinia SMITH  *  Samuel CURREL and Annie PORTIA  *  Philip S. COTTON and Annie E. MACKIE  *  Wm. LEWIS and Elizabeth COGDALE *  Napoleon HARRIS and Mary DAVIS  *  Lewis HAYNES and Rosa DAVIS  *  William MITCHELL and Mary PARKER  *  W.H. TURNER and Bettie SMITH  *  Booker GREENHILL and E. MEIGS  * Junius REDD and Nannie SAVAGE  * Lemuel WILLIAMS and Sally POOLE *  Peter DOWNING and Eliza E. GARRICK  *  Charles Jackson and Victoria HENDERSON  *  Benj. F. HENDERSON and Sadie MORRIS  *  John COOKE and Nellie D. BOLDEN  *  Wm. BRADLEY and Mary MORGAN

  • SEPTEMBER, 1888

Whites:  9/1888   Carles DAVIS and Emily HARRIS  *  John E. KEEFE and Bella HOLLAND  *  M.H. CAVENDER and Virginia F. HARRISON  *  John F. GODFREY and Eleanore F. LAYLOR *  Wm. L. TAYLOR and Mary A. FITZ  *  W. B. DENBY and Anna B. CLARK  *  W.H. HAMILTON and Julia A. BUTLER  * Wales WARD and Laura E. DAVIS

Colored  9/1888   Frank BLY and Maggie Thomas  *  Samuel JONES and Lucy J. COLEMAN  *  Robert JAMES and Sarah LEE  *  J.W. SCOTT and Mary L. WHITEHURST  *  Peter FERREBEE and Rosetta FAIR  *  Thomas BLAINE and Dinah JENKINS  *  Bertie SMITH and Emma Jane COOKE  *  George R. DUKE and Lucy E. SHORTER  *  William KING and Lillie GREENE  *  Thomas JOYNES and Mary L. BUTLER  *  James E. WILLIAMS and Kate GREEN  *  G.O. EDWARDS and F. A. CALLIS  *  Harrison JONES and Mary Jane JOHNSON  *  William MORSE and Fanny WILLIAMS  *  Tony BRICKHOUSE and Ida E. WHIDBEE  *  Charles W. SMITH and Susanna FERREBEE * John HAYDEN and Sidney DOWDEN  *  W.H. DREWERY and Clara V. ROBINSON

  • NOVEMBER, 1890

Whites:  11/1890  John A. PEREIA and Henrietta S. SANTOS *  Wm. Francis LEMOSY and Amelia Mary BROWN  *  Thos. W. ELLIOTT and Charlotte A. GRAHAM  *  Allen JONES and Maggie SPADY  *  Chas. H. POWERS and Mary E. COX  *  Wm. A. FOSTER and Rebecca Ann MORDICA  *  Wm. M. DUELL and Lillie A. ANSELL  *  C.E. GARRETT and Sallie E. McPHERSON  *  Elmer E. PUGH and Martha R. GARRISON  *  Walter J. REID and Eva C. TURNER  *  Henry CROSBY and Ada BROWNLEY  *  John D. THOMAS, JR. and Lena L. COFFMAN  *  Claude W. NORTHERN and  Kate L. THOMAS  *  William T. ANDERSON and Kate M. BONNEY  *  Henry McRae BAIN and Lilla Wentworth NICHOLAS  * James F. DUTTON and Mary A. FARLEY  *  J.D. FENTRESS and Ada E. WOOD  *  G. LIEBMAN and Ida KAMENSKY  *  R.A. TODD and C.R. FARANT  *  John W. IRONMONGER and Alice SHORT  *  William H. WALES, JR. and Mary J. SMITH  *  Ernest Gottfried HARTMANN and Anna Rosalie KLEPPER  *  Nicholas STANLEY and Mollie V. JOHNSON  *  John Elkanah BRIGHT and Alice Virginia CONSOLVO  *  George Joseph BUTLER and Martha Sarah Harrall  *  J.M. ROBERTS  and Rebecca LUTON  * Wm. Neely FRENCH and Minnie WOOLHISER [three others not published]

Colored 11/1890  John HALSTEAD and Easter LANE  *  Victor BOULDIN and Anna EDWARDS  *  Nelson L. FITZGERALD and Clara V. WASHINGTON * Wyatt JORDAN and Lula CHAPMAN  *  John A. WILLIAMS and Bertha V. BALLARD  *  Henry HINTON and Emma BOBBITT  *  John R. LEIGH and Gerturde M. MASON  *  Burnett OLIVER and Adeline BOWMAN  *  Joseph WEBSTER and Margaret FARMER * G.M. POWELL and Susan TALLIFERRO  *  Wm H. ELLIOTT and Mary BECKET  *  Philip McRAE and Mary COTTON  *  David W. HARRIS and Anna V. WILSON  *  Wright JERNIGAN and Mary MASSENBURG  * William H. GORDON and Catherine ODOM  *  John KING and and Bertha RICHARDSON *  York EPPS and Mattie FRESHWATER  *  J.C. HAYES and Susie WEBB * Richard JORDAN and Susan WARDEN  *  jEROME barden AND lAURA cherry  * J.M. WHITE and Mary L. STITH  *  Sandy MILLER and Amy HUNT  *  Anderson STOKES and Georgiana ASKEW  *  Charles H. MARTIN and Emma P. COLES  *  John M. WILLIAMS  and Jennie WILLIAMS  *  Stephen PERRY and Maggie WOODHOUSE

AUGUST 1892

White: Norfolk City - 8/1892

James M. MARSHALL and Alice Gray JONES * Thomas HECTOR and Margaret L. HOWELL  * Lorenzo A. POWELL and Eva M. DICKSON * Jno B. MARCHE and Mary E. SPADY *  Jno M. JAMES and Katie C. KEHOE * Wm DAWSON and Ella ROBINSON * Albert TINEL and Kate E. CLINK * Charles T. BANKS and Mary A. ROSS * Jessie T. EWELL and Julia A. MUNDER * Charles Edward GILLIAM and Mag RUTTER * J. Eugene GRIGGS and Daisy POWELL * James Edward SMITH and Julia Ann GORNTO * James Day BOHLKEN and Mary Elizabeth SMITH

Colored: Norfolk City - 8/1892

Jacob BAILEY and Lula TURNER * Jesse JONES and Paithey BROWN * George AUSTIN and Gertrude TURNER * George HENDERSON and Louisa EPPS * John FEREBEE and Fannie BROWN * Lewis N. BURLAS and Margaret DOUGHERTY * Lewis PALMER and Catherine KING * Edward HARRIS and Laura HAWKS * James FOREMAN and V. PEACOK * Henry SYKES and Bertie SIMMONS * Henry NELSON and Dora JOHNSON * Peter BULLOCK and Caroline HAWKINS * McClellan FRANCIS and Mary T. JORDAN *  S.E. McNEAL and Sarah PARHAM * Giles GREGORY and Annie THOROUGHGOOD *  J.R. RANSON and Bertha E. FULLER * John L. RIDDICK and Sarah WIGGINS * Cornelius JOHNSON and Mary WOOD * John Wm. SCOTT and Dorcas Augusta DAVIS * Berry NEWSON and Mary PERTILER * Willis Edward KEENE and Winnie GILES * Richard HARRIS and Lucinda SAUNDERS * Joseph HARRIS and Alice WALKER