Can anyone help with the following relationships?
The following marriage certificate has Meda Cables marrying Arvil Caneel at
Caldwell Township.
450-30-C25, Rec # 106 NJA
Arvil Caneel, resided Caldwell, Essex, NJ, age 22, a driver b Holland,
father, David, b Holland, mother, Elizabeth Post, b Holland, m Mda Cables b
US, resides, Fairfield, Caldwell Township, Essex, NJ, age 19, father, Daniel
Cables, b US, mother, Kate Vanderhoof, b US,
married 13 Apr 1895, m Fairfield, Essex, Caldwell Township, in presence of
Helen M. Ward and Elizabeth J. Conklin, minister, J. W. Conklin, Reformed
Church, Fairfield, NJ.
The 1900 census has the following people living together as husband and wife
and the wife is married one time. There is no record of the marriage of Meda
Cables and John VanRiper.
1900
NJ, Essex, Caldwell Township, ED 214, Sheet 7, line 7
dwelling 141, family 144, John VanRiper, b Aug 1869, 30, m 1 year, b NJ, all
parents b NJ, farm laborer, unemployed two months, rents house, can read or
write, speaks English,
Meda VanRiper, b May 1879, 21, married 1 time b NJ, all parents b NJ,
in same house but different family Ella Barnes b 1868, 32, widowed, 3
children, 3 alive, b NJ, parents b NY & NJ, no occupation, 3 daughters, Mary,
Elsie and Ruth.
1920
The only person in NJ Soundex with name of John VanRiper with wife with
correct age is
ED 40, Sheet 4, line 2,
112 Lafayette, Passaic, Passaic, NJ
John T. VanRiper, 48, b NJ,
Edith H., 40, b NJ,
John C., son, 18, b NJ,
Jurian W., son, 14, b NJ.
Judy Ullman