Marriage return no. 4461, King County, Washington: Richard B. Holbrook and Jessie Clifford, 28 Sept 1900

Found on Ancestry, 7 Oct 2026. Typed.

1. Date of license: September 28th, 1900.
2. Groom: Richard B. Holbrook. 3. Age 28. 4. White. 5. First marriage. 6. Residence Seattle.
3. Birthplace: “Whidby Island, Wash.” 8. Occupation: steamboat captain. 9. Father: Richard Holbrook. 10. Mother’s maiden name: “Hattie Phillips.”
4. Bride: Jessie Clifford. 12. Age 23. 13. White. 14. First marriage. 15. Residence Seattle.
5. Birthplace Arkansas. 17. Occupation blank. 18. Father: John Clifford. 19. Mother’s maiden name: “Emma Bruner.”
6. Married Sept. 28, 1900, at 8:45 p.m. 21. At the minister’s residence, Seattle. 22. By Rev. John F. Damon. 23. Witnesses: William J. Hartley, Seattle; Mrs. M. P. Sears, Seattle.

The return types the minister as “Damon,” as the Seattle Post-Intelligencer’s notice of 7 Oct 1900 has him; the transcription of the certificate (marriage-certificate-holbrook-clifford-1900) reads “Dawson” and “Mrs. M. B. Frars.” Harriet’s maiden name was Low; Phillips was her middle name, and Richard gave it as her surname here, as the informant did on his death certificate in 1923.