Marriages (November 14)

Anderson - Hollenback

1937

New York:  Daniel E. Anderson, 55, a farmer, widower, of Norwich [Chenango Co., NY] and Miss Martha Caroline Hollenback, 55, of 507 West 121st street, New York, will be married here on September 15 in Riverside church.  The ceremony will be performed by the Rev. Eugene Carder.  They procured a license to wed at the marriage bureau here Monday afternoon.  Mr Anderson was born in Norwich, the son of Orrin L. and Alice Skinner Anderson.  Miss Hollenback, who is the daughter of William H. and Mary Hollenback, was born in Owego [Tioga Co], N.Y.

 

Wednesday, September 22, Miss Martha C. Hollenback fo New York city, formerly of Owego, and Daniel E. Anderson, of Norwich, were married in Riverside church in new York city.  Mr. and Mrs. Anderson will reside in Norwich.

Almstead - Ross

1941

Miss Vera Mabel Ross, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Peter Ross of the Chenango lake road [Norwich, Chenango Co., NY] became the bride of John Ivar Almstead, son of Mr. and Mrs. John O. Almstead of South New Berlin [Chenango Co., NY] at one o'clock Saturday in Emmanuel Episcopal church, Rev. L.S.Charters, rector; performing the ceremony.  Attending the couple were Miss Florence Cooley of Norwich and Albert F.O. Almstead of New Berlin, brother of the groom. The bride was charming in a street gown of soldier blue with dark blue accessories and her corsage was of white roses.  Her attendant chose a wine colored street dress with navy blue accessories and her corsage was also of white roses.  Following a reception at the home of the bride's parents, Mr. Almstead and his bride left for a wedding trip to Washington D.C. and other southern points.  They will reside in South New Berlin.

Almstead - Cole

1942

Miss Margaret E. Cole, daughter of Mrs. Fred Cole of Sauquoit, and Albert F. Almstead of South New Berlin [Chenango Co., NY] were united in marriage at the bride's home Saturday, August 29. Rev. Henry Bridge, pastor of the Sauquoit Methodist church officiated.  The couple were attended by Mrs. Monroe Dixson of Edmeston and Ivar Almstead, brother of the groom.  The bride wore a wine-colored street dress and a corsage of white roses.  Mrs. Dixson wore a hunter green dress and a corsage of talisman roses. The mother of the bride was dressed in navy blue and white and the groom's mother wore black and white. Both wore gladioli corsages.  Mrs. Almstead is a graduate of Sauquoit high school, and the Utica Memorial Hospital nurses training school.  She is a school nurse in Otsego school, Edmeston.  Mr. Almstead is a graduate of the South New Berlin school and also of New York State College for Teachers at Albany. A reception was held in the bride's home which was decorated with gladioli and other late summer flowers.  Following the reception Mr. and Mrs. Alstead left for a short wedding trip after which they will reside in South New Berlin.

Mr. & Mrs. Orrin Anderson

55th Anniversary - 1934

A few relatives and friends of Mr. and Mrs. Orrin L. Anderson surprised them at their son's home Tuesday on the occasion of their 55th wedding anniversary.  December 25, 1879, Alice Skinner and Orrin Anderson were married at the home of the bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Skinner, on the Norwich - South New Berlin road.  Mr. and Mrs. Anderson lived for many years on the farm where their son, Daniel Anderson, now resides. To them were born two children, a son, Daniel E. Anderson, who married Lena Pudney, and a daughter, Eunice, who married Charles Pudney.  Eunice Anderson Pudney died in April, 1926.  There are four grandchildren, Lavern D Anderson, who married Anita Belle Christman of South New Berlin; Olive Anderson, who is her father's housekeeper since her mother died, and Richard and Donald.  Mr. and Mrs. Anderson have always lived within three miles of their present home.  They are both well known in Norwich and South New Berlin and have many friends here.  At 2 o'clock a bountiful turkey dinner was served to which the company did ample justice.  Later  Mr. Aldrich, in behalf of the company, presented the couple with a radio, which he said would speak for them in the days to come.  Mr. and Mrs. Anderson are in usual good health, and hope to enjoy many more years together.  A poem "Fifty-five Years Married," written by Miss Maude Mathewson and dedicated to Mr. and Mrs. Anderson appears below:

Fifty-Five Years Married

 

This Christmas Day of 1934

Brings memories by the score.

Long ago, before my time,

Occurred a wedding in Dec., 1879.

 

Alice Skinner was the fair-haired bride

Orrin Anderson was the man by her side.

A farmer's daughter she,

And a farmer he was bound to be.

 

The wedding ceremony done.

A new home was soon begun.

Not far from her father's house, less than a mile,

They began their home on the farm of Smith Guile.

 

For full many a year

They lived on this farm here;

But when their son married and brought his bride home

The old folks left them and started to roam.

 

In all they have live in places three,

But now live near the old place, just as should be.

The years have brought joys and pleasures by the score.

But sorrow has knocked at their door.

 

Eunice, their joy and pride, has crossed the tide,

And Lena has joined her on the other side.

They two are waiting in heaven fair

For the grand reunion when we shall meet them there.

 

The hopes of this couple today

Are centered in their grandchildren four;

One girl and three boys,

Bring them plenty of joys.

 

Our love and best wishes we bring today,

As we help them celebrate this mark along life's way.

They who have lived through peace and strife.

Fifty-five years as man and wife,

Fifty-five years of married life.

                              Maude Mathewson