Marriages (April 24)

Betty Birdsall, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. S.M. Birdsall of Bainbridge [Chenango Co., NY], was married on Friday evening, Dec. 16, to Ove Munk, son of Mrs. Olga Munk of Bainbridge.  The wedding ceremony as performed in the "Little Church Around the corner," New York city.  Frederick Birdsall, brother of the bride, gave his sister in marriage.  Mrs. Paul Rosenkranz, sister of the groom, attended Miss Birdsall and Paul Rosenkranz was best man.  The bride wore a gown of aqua blue teal crepe, her corsage was of rose pink sweet peas, snap dragons and rosebuds.  Mrs. Rosenkranz wore a teal blue gown and her corsage was of tiny yellow rose buds.  The wedding supper was served at the Hotel Aberdeen.  After spending several days in New York the couple will be at home in an apartment in the Birdsall home.  [Bainbridge News & Republican, Dec. 22, 1938]

 

Two of Deposit's [Broome Co., NY] most respected young people, Mr. Edward Hinman and Miss Louise R. Brown, were married last evening at the home of the bride on Court street.  The marriage ceremony was performed by the Rev. Alfred Coons on the same spot where for the third time in a little over a year, happy nuptials have been consummated in the family.  During the ceremony, the couple, in very attractive style, the bride attired in a beautiful traveling suit of blue cloth, trimmed with white, stood facing a bank of palms, ferns and potted plants, and formed the graceful center of a most delightful wedding occasion.  After the ceremony cordial congratulations by the large company of guests were lavished upon the newly married couple.  This was followed by a feast of good things at the tables and a very enjoyable social interview.  the presents were a multitude of substantial and beautiful articles, designed to serve as a blessing to memory and home.  At nine o'clock the couple took the train for Binghamton and beyond, to be absent several days.  When they return, they will reside in their newly furnished home on Center Street.  [Notation:  Oct. 17, 1900]

 

Word has been received in Bainbridge of the marriage of Miss Madeline Dennison to Stephen B. Barrett, both of New York city, which event occurred June 25, at Newport, Kentucky.  Mrs. Barrett is well known in Bainbridge having attended school here previous to 1898.  She boarded at the Park Hotel, kept then by A.L Bevier.  Mrs. Thayer, her grandmother, now deceased, was with her. 

 

Miss Mary Galt Stockly a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Washington Stockly, who have made Lakewood [Chautauqua Co., NY] their home for several years, was married at noon the 23rd inst., to Mr. Owen Johnson, son of Robert Underwood Johnson, who is on the staff of the Century Magazine.  The entire altar front was solidly banked with apple blossoms, great palms and ferns, while knots of apple blossoms, tied with broad white satin ribbon marked the pews reserved for the wedding guests.  The bride, gowned in pure white satin, with Venetian point lace, flowing veil and orange blossoms, was given away by her father.  Her maid of honor was Miss Agnes McMahon Johnson, a sister of the bridegroom. There were six bridesmaids.  The best man was Franklin Carter, Jr., of Williamstown, Mass.,--N.Y. Sun.  The bride is a granddaughter of the late Alvin Devereux, of this place.  [Notation:  May 23, 1901]