Marriage Record of Howard Lee and Ella McNair

Marriage Record of Howard Lee and Ella McNair

Howard Lee, Ella McNair, Philadelphia, Chester County

This is the county record of the marriage between Howard Lee and Ella McNair in May 1940 in Chester County, Pennsylvania. Both already widowed, they decided to marry each other while they hit middle age. Lee was a contractor and McNair was a domestic worker.

Chester County Marriage Registration, 1885-1950

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c. 1940

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Howard S. Lee                    Age 51     Yrs.
Residence Glen Rose Pa.    Occupation Contractor
Related by blood or marriage to the person he desires to marry No
Color Colored     Birthplace Chester (???) Pa. Prior marriages Twice
Date dissolved 1940     How dissolved Death
Consent of (Parent or Guardian)    Residing at

Ella McNair                    Age 49     Yrs.
Residence Phila Pa.    Occupation Domestic
Color Colored     Birthplace Georgia  Prior marriages One
Date dissolved 1928     How dissolved Death
Consent of (Parent or Guardian)    Residing at

Application filed 5-13-40     
Marriage License issued 5-16-40
Married at Phila. Pa. on the (?)9 day of June A. D. 19 40
By Rev. (???) H. anthony Duplicate Certificate returned 7-9-1940

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Marriage Record