BENJAMIN SCHWARTZ AND JULIA WEISS - MARRIAGE - OCT. 23, 1898

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BENJAMIN SCHWARTZ AND JULIA WEISS - MARRIAGE - OCT. 23, 1898 - MANHATTAN

DOCUMENT: schwartz-benjamin-and-julia-weiss-marriage-1898-10-23.pdf

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This is the marriage certificate of Benjamin Schwartz (age 25) and Julia Weiss (age 20), who were Ruth Schwartz's parents.
Document received by mail from New York City Department of Records in 2014.
The handwriting on this document appears to say:
- Beni Schwartz and Julie Weiss
- Date of Marriage: 23 Oktober 1898
- Witnesses: George Gottlieb, Moritz Rosenbluh (?? - not sure about the final letter)
- Groom's Full Name: Beni Schwartz
- Residence: 738 E. 6th St. (See this address today in Google Maps.)
- Age: 25
- Color: Withe
- Single or Widowed: Single
- Birthplace: Hungarian
- Father's Name: Herman Schwartz
- Mother's Maiden Name: Mali Goldman
- Bride Full Name: Julie Weiss
- Residence: 171 Ave. C (See this address today in Google Maps.)
- Age: 20
- Color: Withe
- Single or Widowed: Single
- Birthplace: Hungarian
- Father's Name: David Weiss
- Mother's Maiden Name: Helena Grumbaum
- Name of Person performing ceremony: Rabi Morris Philip
- Official Station: 330 E. Houston St. (See this address today in Google Maps.)
- Residence: " " "
- Date of Record: 31 of Okt. 1898
All three addresses were on the Lower East Side of Manhattan. Benjamin's (Beni's) and Julia's (Julie's) addresses are a six-minute walk from each other, according to Google Maps. Nowadays their addresses would be considered part of the East Village, but in those days the Lower East Side extended further. (See the Wikipedia page about the Lower East side.)
Benjamin's address is the same as the address found in the 1900 census for his father (Herman), stepmother, and younger (half)-siblings. Presumably this means that Benjamin was living with them prior to his marriage.
One of the witnesses, George Gottlieb, has the same last name as the man whom Helen Schwartz married a quarter of a century later (S. Joseph (Sam) Gotlieb.) -- probably just a coincidence?