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Marie Barbara Crowell Marriage Records and Certificates

Marie was born January 12, 1925, the daughter of Marie Nowasky (1904-1985) and Elisha Crowell. By 1942, daughter Marie somehow ended up in Alabama. On June 6, 1942, when she was 17 years old, she married Charles Kaplan. Charles was a soldier based at Fort Benning in Georgia, which is just a few miles across the border (the Chattahoochee River) from the location of the marriage in Phenix City, Alabama. Marie's year of birth and age on the document are incorrect. Perhaps she needed to be older than 17 to be married in Alabama without her parents' consent.

Certificate of Marriage for Charles Kaplan and Barbara Crowell

Record of Marriage of Charles Kaplan and Barbara Crowell

At some point, Marie and Charles divorced. Eventually, Marie moved back with her grandmother Barbara at 683 Coney Island Avenue in Brooklyn. On September 12, 1955 Marie married Joseph Guarino. Marie had changed her name to Barbara, inspired by her close relationship to her grandmother. Although they both lived and worked in New York, the marriage took place at the Evangelical United Bretheren Church in Arlington, Virginia.

Certificate of Marriage for Joseph Guarino and Barbara Crowell

Certificate of Marriage for Joseph Guarino and Barbara Crowell

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