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June is the month of weddings so it seems appropriate to have at least one blog that features brides and their weddings. Now I knew that my grandparents, Gertrude Richards and William D. Hannah were married in 1902. What I did not know were the details.
I had discovered that The PostCard has digitized and searchable copies of a number of newspapers from New York. I decided to see what that site might have on my grandfather, William D. Hannah. So you can imagine my delight when I found this announcement of their wedding from the Daily Standard Union:
Brooklyn, December 4, 1902.
Standard Union:
Brooklyn, December 4, 1902.
The
marriage of Miss Gertrude Richards to William D. Hannah, of Auburn.
N
Y . took place last night at the home of the bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Abiathar
Richards, 124 Fort Greene Place. Miss Richards wore a beautiful
costume
of white chiffon trimmed with repousse applique lace. She was attended
by
the groom's sister. Miss Hannah, as maid of honor. The bride’s brother. William
F. Richards acted as best man. The parlors, where the ceremony occurred, were
beautifully decorated with chrysanthemums, palms and trailing ivy. Promptly at
7:30 o'clock the
principals,
surrounded by their friends and relatives, took their places under a floral
canopy,
where the ceremony was per formed by Rev. Dr. Charles W. Homer of St. James
Church. A wedding reception and collation followed. Mr. and Mr. Hannah then
took a carriage to the station. After a short wedding tour in the South, the Hannahs
will return to Auburn, the groom's home, where they will begin housekeeping.
Among
those present were Mr. and Mrs. Chester R. Ingersoll Richards, Mrs. D. B. Dearborn, D. B. Dearborn, Jr., Mrs. George F. Lewis, H.
Lewis, Miss Lewis, Frank Morse, Miss
Morse, Mr. and Mrs. Irving Fisher, Dr.
Fisher, Mr. and Mrs. Nathaniel
Fisher,
Miss Edith Downey, John Downey, Jr., Mr. and Mrs. William Washburn.
I would love to more about that wedding. If I could, I would ask for more information about her dress as well as what did the groom and bridesmaid were. Also, what did you have to eat and drink? Was there a cake? Where in the South, did you go for your wedding trip?
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