One of my favorite parts about researching family history are the stories and newspaper articles I find; more specifically: old wedding announcements. (These were found on Newspapers.com). Attached are some of my favorite announcements that I have found.
This wedding announcement is very interesting to me. The bride and groom have a fifty-one year age difference! (James Milligan is an ancestor who is related through my Papaws side of the family). I did some more research and unfortunately the marriage ended two years later. This wedding announcement was written in the Brazil Indiana Clay County Enterprise on May 30th, 1878.
This is another wedding announcement of a couple with quite a large age difference (twenty-six years!) (Amanda Whittington is an ancestor who is related through my Papaws side of the family). I am unsure if the relationship worked out because on Zenos death certificate six years later, he is listed as single. This wedding announcement was written in the Brazil Indiana Democrat in 1894.
This marriage announcement is probably my favorite. A secret wedding in the early 1900's! I love that the friends of the bride and groom found out about the occasion and paid them a visit with bells and other noisemakers. Fred Romas is an ancestor on my Mamaws side of the family. According to my research, Fred and Della were married for 47 years until her death in 1955. This wedding announcement was written May 6, 1908 in the Brazil Weekly Democrat.
Isn't it fun to see these? I'll admit I had to giggle at the flowery writing style of the 1st-["the Hymenial altar"???]. The age difference is curious, and perhaps telling. Women didn't have a lot of options for financial security in those days. Wonder what their stories were. The 1st bride is listed as "Mrs"--Was she a young widow? A divorcee? Abandoned? Interesting...
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