Nicholas Conrad – Sophia Levens Marriage (1905)

Issued Mar 16 1905
No. 183838

Nicholas Conrad
AND
Sophie Levins

Affidavit of Applicant for Marriage License

State of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia County, ss.

Personally appeared Nicholas Conrad who hereby requests the Clerk of the Orphans’ Court, for the said County, to issue a License for the marriage of himself to Sophie Levins and who, being duly sworn according to law, doth depose and say: that he was born in Phila, Pa, on the 22nd day of Febry A.D. 1867; that he resides at 1729 N. 4th st., Phila; that he —– occupation Mill Hand; that he is not related by blood or marriage to the person whom he desires to marry; that he has never been married before; that Sophie Levins whom he is about to marry, was born in Centralia, Pa on the 26th day of Febry A.D. 1866, that she resides at 2035 E. Allegheny ave, Phila, —– occupation servant; that she has never been married before; that he knows of no reason why the said marriage may not be lawfully made.
[signed by] Nicholas Conrad
Sworn and subscribed before me this 16th day of Mch A.D. 1905
J—– Goebel, Clerk of Orphans’ Court

DUPLICATE
No. 183838
Filed Mar 23 1905

I, Rev. Martin S. Stockett hereby certify that on the sixteenth day of March one thousand nine hundred and five, at Philadelphia, Nicholas Conrad and Sophia Levins were by me united in marriage, in accordance with License issued by the Clerk of the Orphans’ Court of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, numbered 183838
[signed by] Martin S. Stockett

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Original Citation:
Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, marriage license no. 183838 (1905), Nicholas Conrad & Sophie Levins; Clerk of the Orphan’s Court, City Hall, Philadelphia.

Nicholas Conrad Obituary
Philadelphia Inquirer, 18 November 1942

CONRAD — Nov. 16, NICHOLAS, husband of the late Sophia Conrad (nee Levens), of 2069 E. Clarence st., aged 75 yrs.  Relatives, friends and Washington Camp, No. 15, P.O.S. of A., invited to funeral services, Fri., 1 P.M., Hackman Bros., 905-07 W. Lehigh ave. Int. Northwood Cem. Viewing Thurs., 7 to 9 P.M.

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Original Source Citation:
“Conrad, Nicholas,” obituary, The Philadelphia Inquirer, 18 November 1942.

Edward Charles Conrad Baptism, 1906

Full Name: Edward Charles Conrad
No. 1097
Sponsors: Robert Ellis & Elizabeth Ellis
Parents: Nicholas & Sophia
Birth Date: Aug 5, 1905
Birth Place: 2158 Monmouth
Baptism Date: Feb 11th, 1906
Baptism Place: St. John’s Church
Officiating Minister: Jno. P. Bagley

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Original source citation:
Historical Society of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), Philadelphia: Episcopal: St. John’s Episcopal Church, image 304, p.96, Edward Charles Conrad, Baptisms; digital images, Ancestry.com. Pennsylvania, Historic Church and Town Records, 1708-1985 (http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=2451 : accessed 26 July 2013).

After obtaining Margaret McElhenny Levens’ death certificate which listed her parents as Alexander McElheny and Sophia Hazelet, I found this marriage record in the Historical Society of Pennsylvania’s Pennsylvania Historic Church and Town Records database on Ancestry.com. The below is from the church records of St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church in Philadelphia.

McElhenny-Hazlet Marriage 1833
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McIlhenney, Alexander & Hazlet, Sophia > married 24th December 1833 by Jas. Montgomery

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Original source citation:
Historical Society of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church Births & Marriages, Reel 1079, p. 25, Alexander McIlhenney & Sophia Hazlet, 24 December 1833; digital images, Ancestry.com. Pennsylvania, Historic Church and Town Records, 1708-1985 (http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=2451 : accessed 4 January 2013).

Margaret Levens Death Certificate

Transcribed by Alexander Conrad from photocopy

Margaret Levens Death 1918

1. Place of Death

County of Columbia

Borough of Centralia

2. Full Name: Margaret Levens

3. Sex: female

4. Color or Race: white

5. Single, Married, Widowed or Divorced: widowed

6. Date of Birth: July 2nd 1838

7. Age: 79 years 11 months 22 days

8. Occupation: housewife

9. Birthplace: Philadelphia

10. Name of Father: Alexander McElheny

11. Birthplace of Father: Ireland

12. Maiden Name of Mother: Sophia Hazelet

13. Birthplace of Mother: Ireland

14. Informant: Mrs. Jennie Heahley, Philadelphia

15. Filed 6/24 1918
16. Date of Death: 6 – 22 – 1918

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19. Place of Burial or Removal

Ashland, Pa.

Date of Burial: June 25 1918
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Original Source Citation:

Pennsylvania, Department of Health, death certificate 66517 (1918), Margaret Levens; Division of Vital Records, New Castle.