Anna Katharine Allensen

MS248 reel 16, Vol. 75, page 19
Waterloo County Marriage Register

Extracted from a list of marriages solemnized by Emmanuel Wurster of Preston, a minister of the German Evangelical Lutheran Church for the year ending 31st Day of December, A.D. 1858

Henry Kratz, 25, born (somewhat illegible, but may be...) Witzassen, G.D. Hessen (Germany). Residing Blenheim (a township in Oxford County). Parents Frederic and Ann E. Kratz.
Anna K. Allensen, 24, born Wohnfeld, G.D. Hessen, residing Blenheim. Parents Henry and Catherine Allensen.
Witnesses Conrad Allensen and Johann Allensen, apparently both of Blenheim.
On July 25, 1858.

Marriages recorded in the County Marriage Registers from this era do not typically show the exact place of marriage. Evidently the family's residence was in Blenheim Township of Oxford County, but the marriage is recorded in the Waterloo County register. They may very well have been married in the town of Preston (now a part of the city of Cambridge). A newspaper notice of the marriage might tell a different story. It is possible that the clergyman attended at a family farm for the marriage, but this then should be recorded in the pertinent county's register.