Uh Oh... Birth before Marriage.

In my excitement to find August and Margaret in the same household, I went searching right away in the 1850 US Census. Unfortunately, I did not find them and I may have found out why. According to John's headstone he was born on 9 May 1853[1]. Click here to view headstone.

 And according to Cuyahoga County marriage records Augustus Reynaudt and Margaret Dible were married on 23 November 1854[2]. A full 18 months after John’s birth. No wonder I couldn't find them as a married couple in 1850!

Cuyahoga County Marriage Applications 1854-1855

Cuyahoga County Marriage Records 1789-1997

Despite the fact that I know the marriage date for August and Margaret I really couldn't glean any other information from either of these records. I attempted to look for the officiants name (S. McAdams) in the Cleveland Pastors and their Churches website hoping my search would connect me to a German Lutheran or Catholic church in Cuyahoga county. But unfortunately, he couldn't be found. Probably because there are more than 30 churches that served the German populace in the city of Cleveland alone. The name of the deputy clerk on the marriage application wouldn't be helpful because they would have been a government representative rather than a clergyman associated with a specific church with searchable records.  It looks like this line of inquiry is at a dead end for now.

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[1] Findagrave Memorial for John A. Requadt, Memorial No. 71050001. Findagrave (Accessed on 22 November 2014)

[2] Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-1997," index, Cuyahoga County, FHL microfilm No. 877914.