Delaware, U.S., Marriage Records, 1750-1954
Past In Review from 04-03-2003
100 years ago
April 4, 1903
Delaware City
Mrs. Donnell, of Newark, spent Monday in town.
Mr. Hutchinson, of Dover, spent Monday in town.
Miss Nora Foard spent Monday in Wilmington.
George B. Money has returned from Philadelphia.
Dr. Hallett, of Wilmington, spent Saturday in town.
Herbert Heisel, of St. Georges, was in town recently.
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Rose spent Monday at Odessa.
Harry Timms, of New Castle, spent Monday in town.
Harry Warren, of Wilmington, spent Tuesday in town.
Mrs. Samuel Hines has returned from a visit to Hockessin.
Miss Sara Milligan, of St. Georges, spent Monday in town.
Miss Agnes Vail, of Dutch Neck, is visiting Miss Julia Sadler.
Mrs. Evans Hemphill and son are visiting Philadelphia friends.
William Hearne, of Wilmington, has been at home the past week sick.
Miss Ada Pennington, of Philadelphia, is visiting Miss Martha Janvier.
Mr. Taylor and Mr. George, of Virginia, are visiting friends in town.
Miss Alice Vail has returned from a several months’ visit to Philadelphia.
Mrs. William A. Jester has returned from a two weeks’ visit to Philadelphia.
Henry Higgins, of Wilmington, spent Sunday with his brother, John Higgins.
Messrs. William A. Jester and Samuel Vail have returned from a trip to Maryland.
Miss Marguerite O’Neil has returned from a visit to her sister, Mrs. Smith, of Kirkwood.
Miss Elizabeth wise has returned to her home in New Castle, after a visit to Miss Nora Foard.
Miss Meredith, who has been visiting Mrs. Charles Shearer, has returned to her home in Clayton.
Elsworth Longland, of Wilmington, who has been visiting William Reybold on a gunning trip, has returned home.
Joseph Lippincot, who has been visiting in town for several days, has returned to his home in Atlantic City.
Miss Hanna Swan has returned to Philadelphia after spending some days with her mother, who has been quite ill.
75 years ago
April 5, 1928
Perfect Record In Attendance
Middletown, Odessa, Mt. Pleasant Pupils Were Studious
Middletown, Odessa and Mt. Pleasant pupils made an excellent record of attendance for March. The lists of honor pupils follow:
Middletown
1st grade – Billy Alston, Edmund Butler, Fred Cleaver, George Crossland, Leonard Davis, Billie Emerson, Clark Ennis, Samuel Ford, Bayard Ginn, John Heldmyer, Jr., William Husfelt, Norman McCain, Winford Poore, Vernon Reed, Frank Rudnick, Betty Williams, Jean Wiley, Catherine Morris, Margaret Tibbett, Minerva Sadoff, Laura Davis.
2nd grade – Cowgill Alston, Albert Berg, Curtis Blome, Norman Butler, Hubert Carey, Elmer Lewis, Austin Foley, Shirley Lockwood, Betty Pyle, Jeanette Meiser, Rosalie Harris, Margaret Ford, Rachel Butler, Caroline Bullen.
3rd Grade – Burton McClain, Francis Morris, Billy Piser, Lee Records, Lambert Seemans, Ralph Thornton, Henry Louis, Howard Tibbett, Marjorie Cleaver, Helen Mae Nickel, Mary Donovan, Helen Berg, Helen Alfree.
4th Grade – Douglas Ernest, James Ellis, Laurence Foley, Randolph King, Nelson Lewis, Milton Rudnick, James Webber, Steve Vogel, Frank Howell, Florence Smith, Eleanor Wilson, Olive Jane Whitlock, Virginia Tyler, Mary Money, Elizabeth McClain, Louise Donovan, Anne Cochran, Gertrude Butler, Catherine Blome.
5th Grade – Melvin Berg, Fred Ellis, Alvin Lynch, Harry Rowan, Earl Roberts, Grover Tush, Karl Vogel, Edward Johnson, Beatrice Heller, Helen George, Mary Whittington, Edith Spicer, Phyllis Piser, Annabell Messick, Eva Maul, Ruth King, Marjorie Eliason, Helen Burris, Evelyn Blome.
6th Grade – John Daubert, Clifford Rhoades, George Richards, Casper Sartin, James Tyler, Mable Bradlet, Bertha Dreka, Anna Morchead, Hattie Smith, Ruth Todd, Kathryn Unruh, Josephine Wiley, Elizabeth Wiley.
7th Grade – Edward Brown, Paul Brown, Weldon Burge, Reed Combs, Royden Caulk, Paul Golt, Walter Johnson, Norman King, Bradford Poore, James Piser, Fred Shallcross, William Shallcross, William Thomas, George Tibbet, Walter Vandegrift, Wilmer Williams, Harvey Whittington, William Harris, Robert Brynes, Gladys Golt, Hope Atwell, Myrtle Cavender, Clara Morehead, Betty Peacock, Eleanor Stackley, Florence Williams.
8th grade – Ernest Truitt, Medford Golt, Everett Lewis, Warren Combs, Clarence Murray, George Phillips, Joseph Stackley, Eugene Thornton, Frank Voshell, Edgar Williams, Edward VanDyke, Beulah Morris, Virginia Wright, Dorothy Todd, Jeannette Sudler, Betty Pool, Kathryne Kane, Anna Golt, Frances Fisher, Elsie Eliason, Grace Donovan, Virginia Cochran, Margaret Burris, Louise Buckworth, Kathryn Appleby.
9th Grade – Edith Donovan, Mildred Foraker, Adelaide Green, Mollie Harris.
