52 Ancestors – 52 Weeks

This week’s prompt is Wedding. As a young woman I loved to read the newspaper accounts of weddings. The articles described the bride and bridemaids’ dresses, the wedding venue detailing flowers and other decorations, honeymoon destination, address of the new couple’s home and the date that the couple would welcome guests to their home.

I do not have written details of my grandparents’ or parents’ weddings. I am pleased that I have pictures of the bridal parties and pertinent details of their special days.

My paternal grandparents’ wedding picture

• Groom: John Hugh Fitzgerald (1886 – 1970)
• Bride: Grace Elizabeth Carew (1889 – 1984)
• Date: September 14, 1914
• Location: St. Patrick Catholic Church, Town of Lebanon, Waupaca County, Wisconsin
• Attendants: Timothy Fitzgerald, (brother of groom), Alice Carew (sister of bride)

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My maternal grandparents’ wedding picture

• Groom: Francis Joseph Flannery (1888 – 1952)
• Bride: Ellen “Nellie” Mary Crain (1894 – 1982)
• Date: June 29, 1915
• Location: Holy Ghost Catholic Church, Chippewa Falls, Chippewa County, Wisconsin
• Attendants: John Flannery (brother of groom); Elizabeth Crain (sister of bride)

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My parents’ wedding picture

• Groom: John Joseph Fitzgerald (1920 – 2000)
• Bride: Mary Elizabeth Flannery (1918 – 2001)
• Date: June 30, 1947
• Location: St. Mary Catholic Church, Bear Creek, Waupaca County, Wisconsin
• Attendants: James Fitzgerald (brother of groom), Irene Flannery (sister of bride)