Homer’s Second Marriage

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The one that counted.

 

According to the sources, Homer married Minnie Keeley on June 26, 1910 in Seattle, WA.  They were married at the Our Lady of Good Help Roman Catholic church in Seattle, WA.  Records showing this are the King County index of marriages, State of Washington Marriage Certificate, State of Washington Marriage license and the Catholic Archdiocese of Seattle marriage record archives.   There are no known photos of the couple.

 

The church marriage record, written in Latin, was translated and sent to us by the Archdiocese of Seattle.   It reads as follows:

 

Here is a copy of their Washington State marriage certificate:

 

 

Here is a different copy of their Washington State marriage certificate:

 

 

Some points to mention about these documents:

  • Witnesses to these documents were none other than Ruth G Martin and “Phillip Gonzalez”.   If you recall from the previous page, I pointed these names out of the 1910 census sheet.   Ruth was the oldest daughter of the Martin family who ran the boarding house and Phillip was Homer’s fellow-lodger.
  • The marriage certificate shows Homer’s last name as “Tedball” and his middle initial as “L”.   Up to this point, it had always been “Homer S. Tidball”.   One might start to think now that this is not the same Homer S. Tidball from Iowa, but the witnesses relate the man on the Marriage Certificate to the “Homer S. Tidball” of the 1910 Seattle census sheet (at the Martin’s boarding house).   I think it is safe to say that these are all the same person.
  • The marriage took place in the Catholic church “Our Lady of Good Help” on 416 5th Ave, Seattle, WA.
  • The Martins, who owned the boarding house Homer lived in, were from Massachusetts.  Was Minnie friendly with them and is this how she met Homer?  Minnie probably knew the Martins when she lived in Boston, which is why Ruth was a witness to the marriage.
  • The record states that Minnie’s Father, Patrick and her mother, Mary (Connelly) were both born in “Dublin”.

 

Click here to learn more about the history and fate of this church.

 

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