52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks
Week 23
Prompt – Going To The Chapel
On November 20, 1938, my mother and
father got married. - Jacob Peters and Lydia Vivian Sullivan
McLaughlin. There was a time when it was quite common to have a
write up put in the local newspaper announcing the marriage. I am
lucky that I have their announcement. Although not in the best of
shape at least it is still readable. I believe this was posted to
Saskatoon Star Phoenix in the week following the wedding. I do not
have the exact date.
Like obituaries much information can be
taken from these notices that otherwise would be lost to future
generations. For example the wedding was held on a Sunday at “high
noon”. We find out who attended the bride and groom. Also they
had an after ceremony wedding dinner at the bride's home and a
reception at the groom's home in the evening. I had to look up what
“Madeira” lace cloth and found out that it is an embroidery that
was desired by all and especially the aristocracy of the nineteenth
century.
The announcement tells us that they
plan to live in Saskatoon which they did.
Much of this I knew about. It is a
good place to look into for additional genealogical information.
Sometime in 1977, my sister, Bonnie
took an oral history of mom and dad's wedding. She wrote it up and
it gives even more information about their wedding. I have copied
some parts of the oral history from her write up which gives us
even more details. Thank you Bonnie.
"Mom
and dad were married on a clear, cold, sunny Sunday in November. It
was the twentieth day in that year nineteen-hundred and thirty-eight.
The place was Saskatoon, Saskatchewan and the setting was the
depression times...”
“The
wedding guests turned out to be more than listed. The wedding was
held at twelve noon following the church service. Pastor Eisfeldt
turned out to be quite considerate and invited the whole congregation
of St. Paul's Lutheran Church (then at 8th and Dufferin) to stay for
the wedding ceremony, and so they did, the whole group. Mom and Dad
were not in church and so they were rather surprised to see the whole
church present.”
As
in all weddings there was even a little bit of drama;
“The
groom's attendant was John Harder - dad's cousin and the bridesmaid
was Lenora Krikau. Mom's best friend, Eunice, would not stand up for
her cause she wasn't in favor of dad. Another friendly guest was
Mrs. French who said the marriage would last a year. That was said
thirty-seven years ago.”
And
more specifically we find out the exact addresses of both of their
parents and mom and dad's first home.
“The
noon dinner was held at 512 Ave K. South - mom's parents place. The
reception was held at dads' parents place - 1108 Ave C North.
No
honeymoon was afforded by the couple. Their first home was made in a
room in the 300 block of 25th Street."
Between the two sources we are able to visualize more specifically their wedding day.
Wendy
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