When Bernie (Sonny) met Norma: Valentine's Day Edition

Since it's Valentine's Day and I just received a copy of my parents marriage license application in the mail yesterday, thought I'd post it.

Certificate of Marriage Registration, The City of New York, Office of the City Clerk, Marriage License Bureau. Marriage License for Bernard Garber and Norma C. Wilson, Number 2040, Recorded 25 January 1947.

	From the Groom	From the Bride
Full name	Bernard Garber	Norma C. Wilson
Color	W	W
Place of residence	2595 Ocean Ave.   Bklyn.	31 Colin Pl.   Bklyn.
Age	28     1/18/19	25    4/6/21
Occupation	Business	Bookkeeper
Place of birth	N.Y.C.	Brooklyn, NY
Full name of father	Jacob	Joseph
Country of birth of father	Ukrainia	Russia
Full maiden name of mother	Dora Morris	Tille [sic] Liebross
Country of birth of mother	Ukrainia	Austria
How many times have you been married	None	None

I, Solomon Marwit, Rabbi residing at 333 West 57 Street in the county of New york and the State of New York, do hereby certify that I did on this 9 day of February in the year A.D. 1947 ay 1230 P.M. at Siegel's Restaurant West 38th St. in the county of New York and the State of New York, solemnize the rites of matrimony between Bernard Garber of 2595 Ocean Ave. in the county of Kings and State of New York, and Norma C. Wilson of 31 Colin Place in the county of Kings and the State of New York in the presence of Erwin Siskind and Louis Cohen [sic] as witness and the license therefor is hereto annexed.

Witness my hand at 333 West 57 St. in the county of Nee York this 9 day of February A.D. 1947.

In presence of     Erwin Siskind                                               Solomon Marwit
                              (Signature of Witness)                            (Signature of Person Performing Ceremony)
Residence   14 Billings Place, B'klyn, N.Y.                          333 West 57 Street 

                               Louis Cohn
                                     (Signature of Witness)
Residence   949 East 12 St Brooklyn


The Rabbi performing the ceremony was Rabbi and Cantor Solomon Marwit who was married to my maternal grandfather's sister, Esther Wilson Marwit.

The witnesses were Erwin Siskind and Louis Cohn. Siskind, was the husband of my mother's good friend Rosella Mass Siskind. Louis Cohn was a relative of my mother's. He was married to my maternal grandmother Tillie's first cousin Sarah Ett Cohn.

Other posts in this series:
When Bernie (Sonny) met Norma: Courtship Letters, 1
When Bernie (Sonny) met Norma: Courtship Letters, 2
When Bernie (Sonny) met Norma: Courtship Letters, 3
When Bernie (Sonny) met Norma: Courtship Letters, 4
When Bernie (Sonny) met Norma: Courtship Letters, 5
When Bernie (Sonny) met Norma: Courtship Letters, 6
When Bernie (Sonny) met Norma: Courtship Letters, 7
When Bernie (Sonny) met Norma: Courtship Letters, 8
When Bernie (Sonny) met Norma: Courtship Letters, 9
When Bernie (Sonny) met Norma: Courtship Letters, 10 
When Bernie (Sonny) met Norma: Courtship Letters, 11
When Bernie (Sonny) met Norma: Courtship Letters, 12