• A request was made in June 1976 of the County Clerk of Cook County, Illinois to search for Elizabeth Marie Pajewski's birth record.
• The June 24, 1976 response was Not Found.
• However, the record does show that they searched Pageski and Page. It should have been Pajewski, perhaps that change could make a difference.

• For this timeframe mandatory birth registration was not required by the State of Illinois. However, because of the Social Security Program and the need to prove your age as part of the Social Security, sometimes a delayed birth record was filed. Elizabeth apparently did not do this.

No. 804579

Herbert A. Jordan of Chicago, in the County of Cook, State of Illinois, being duly sworn and deposed says that he is of the age of 21 years, and that

Miss Elizabeth Page of Chicago, in the County of Cook, State of Illinois and is of the age of 20 years and that said above named persons are single and unmarried and may lawfully contract and be joined in marriage.

Subscribed and sworn before me this
7 August 1918
Robert Sweitzer County Clerk (signature)
Deputy (signature)
Elizabeth Page (signature)
Herbert A. Jordan (signature)
Address: 7007 Normal Ave.

• At the top of the application is hand written: July 24, 1897 and December 8, 1897. These dates of birth led to the 21 years for Herbert and 20 years for Elizabeth. However these are not their years of birth. Herbert was born July 24, 1898 and Elizabeth December 8, 1895. In actuality, Herbert was 20 and Elizabeth was 22. It appears they desired that he was "officially" older than she. They maintained this "adjusted" year of birth throughout their lives. Elizabeth insisted that 1898 be put on her tombstone and not 1895 which was on her Baptismal Certificate.

• It is also of interest that Elizabeth used the surname Page instead of Pajewski. The surname was officially changed to Page in 1926, 8 years after Elizabeth's marriage. However, it appears that the family began using the anglicized Page version well before that.
• The address 7007 Normal in Chicago is the same address that Herbert's mother lived in for several years and was in that address for the 1920 Census. While this was Herbert's home address, it is likely he was on leave from the Army for a short time while he got married.

No. 804579

Marriage may be Celebrated, in the County of Cook and State of Illinois between Mr. Herbert A. Jordan of Chicago, in the County of Cook and State of Illinois of the age of 21 years, and Miss Elizabeth Page of Chicago, in the County of Cook and State of Illinois of the age of 20 years.

Witness Robert M. Sweitzer County Clerk of the County of Cook, and the Seal thereof, at my office in Chicago, this 7 day of August A.D. 1918.

Robert M. Sweitzer (signature) County Clerk

The Person who Solemnizes Marriage is cautioned against making any changes in this License.

State of Illinois, Cook County

I, Joseph M. Schutte a Clergyman hereby certify that Mr. Herbert A. Jordan and Miss Elizabeth Page were united in Marriage by me at Chicago in the County of Cook and State of Illinois, on the 21st day of August 1918.

Rev Joseph M. Schutte (signature)

Address 6015 Justine St. Chicago, Ill.

This is to Certify
That Herbert A. Jordan
and Elizabeth M. Page
were Lawfully Married
on the 21 day of August 1918

According to the Rite of the Roman Catholic Church
and in conformity with the laws of the State of

Rev. Joseph M. Schutte
officiating in the presence of Charles Pettele
and Rose Page Witnesses, as appears from the Marriage Register of this Church

Dated September 12, 1976

• Elizabeth consistently used Page instead of Pajewski among the 3 marriage certificates.

• Rose Page is Elizabeth's younger sister. She was 18 at the time of the marriage.
• Charles Pettele is a new name; it must have been a friend of Herberts.

• Elizabeth's year of birth was 1895.

• Go to the Herbert and Elizabeth Jordan Initial Page
• Go to the Herbert and Elizabeth Jordan Family Chart
• Go to the Jordan Genealogy Source Records Page
• Go to the Page Genealogy Source Records Page