Family:Ross Knowles and Bessie McConnell (1)

Family History

On 4 June 1892 a license was issued in the county of Kent, Michigan, for Ross Knowles (age 27) of Alaska, Kent co., mason and son of Thomas Knowles and Rose Mary Bolton, and Bessie E. McConnell (age 17) of the same place, daughter of Milo McConnell and Lauria Calvin. It was recorded that Ross had once been previously married. They were married the following day at Alaska by Henry Renshaw, a Baptist minister. The marriage was witnessed by Laura McConnell of Alaska and Emma Fouger of Grand Rapids.^[1]

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} Michigan. Secretary of State. Marriage Records, 1868-1925. (Lansing, Michigan: State Records and Publications Center, 1969)
   FHL 2342493 (Marriage records, 1892: Clinton to Macomb counties), Kent bk 2, p 479, no 5424.

   Digital record with image in Michigan Marriages, 1868–1925, DGS 4208247, image 203 (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N3X4-CY6 : accessed 1 Aug. 2018).
   
   lic. 4 June 1892; Ross Knowles, age 27, white, occ. mason, of Alaska, Kent co., Michigan, b. England, to Thomas Knowles and Rose Mary Bolton, previously married once; Bessie E. McConnell, age 17, white, of Alaska, Kent co., Michigan, b. Cascade Tp., Kent co., to Milo McConnell and Lauria Calvin, not previously married; mar. 5 June 1892, at Alaska, Kent co., by Henry Renshaw Baptist Minister; wit. Laura McConnell of Alaska, Emma Fouger of Grand Rapids