Look up request GOPPERT/TAGGART marriage

[stevejgarton]

Have not found this record on either FS or FindMyPast, I dont have Ancestry so wonder could someone have a look please:

Arthur J Goppert born 1890 New York
Bella Taggart born New Jersey 1889

They married sometime between 1910 & 1913 I believe as living in East Newark on 1915 state census with a 1 yr old daughter Ruth.

Gracias
Steve

[MaureeninNY]

Not much from me.
Belle Taggart

Marriage Year:   1912
Marriage Place:   New Jersey, USA
   Arthur J Goppert
 New Jersey, Marriage Index, 1901-1914

There are a few trees on Ancestry but none seem to have the marriage details.

Maureen

[stevejgarton]

Thanks Maureen at least that narrows it down to the year. I have now discovered he married again to Hessie Carr in 1918 after divorcing Bella. Finding the divorce record would now be a help too. Arthur and Bella had a son Fred born in June 1916 but doubt that has any bearing on a divorce date.

[shellyesq]

For future reference, the New Jersey marriage indexes are available for free here:  https://archive.org/details/njmarriageindex

[stevejgarton]

Awesome!! Thank you

[RJ137]

Arthur's WWI Draft Registration, dated June 1917, states he is married with 2 children. I guess not divorced yet?

Strange...Arthur's obit mentions his children with Hessie and his step-children from Hessie's previous marriage plus his stepson from his third marriage, but doesn't mention the two children from his first marriage to Belle.

While on the other hand Belle who died around 30 years after Arthur and 60 years after they divorced appears to have kept the last of "Goppert" and her obit refers to her as the widow of the late Arthur J. Goppert.

[stevejgarton]

Wow some of this is new info for me RJ do you have any links or is it all on ANC?

[shellyesq]

Looks like the WWI draft registration card is here - https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KZJN-B4K

[stevejgarton]

Thats him thank you shelly