Wedding Wednesday is a daily
prompt at Geneabloggers that asks family historians to create a post in which
the main focus is wedding photos, announcements, and invitations.
This pretty little keepsake is the cover of a wedding
book most likely presented by a minister as a gift to the bride and groom. In this instance, the bride was my grandaunt
Velma Davis who married Arthur “Woody” Woodring on January 15, 1927.
The minister, Arthur Maiden, was a cousin by marriage, married
to Velma’s cousin Minnie Coleman Maiden.
The wedding was held in the parlor of Velma’s home in
Shenandoah, Virginia.
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| Woody and Velma January 15, 1927 |
Wedding gifts were on display in the dining room.
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| Wedding Gifts |
The guest book was simply loose half-sheets of paper
folded to create a booklet. No sticker for decoration. No bow to hold it together. Not even a staple.
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| The cover of the Guest Book I wonder if Velma didn't have enough paper to start over. This is not her handwriting. Maybe her sister Violetta made this booklet for her. |
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| Click to enlarge |
It seems only some of the guests signed their own names because
much of the handwriting looks the same. Guests
included Velma’s sister and brothers, some aunts and uncles and cousins, a few
neighbors, and college friends. There are no other “Woodrings,” so apparently
Woody’s family did not make the trip from Pennsylvania for this happy occasion.
I wonder what my great-grandparents Walter and Mary Frances
Jollett Davis served at their daughter’s reception.
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2014, Wendy Mathias. All rights reserved.
I think all these weddings of yesterday, often inside one's own house or gardens, were the most lovely of weddings, and besides the closeness, and money saved, think about all the memories that you can relive everything you're there. Yes, more of us should return to this, don't you think?
ReplyDeleteOh, look at all of those lovely gifts on the table. What a shame that the groom's family wasn't present at his wedding.
ReplyDeleteAs humble as they may have appeared, how wonderful that these keepsakes were passed down to you now!
ReplyDeleteLovely memories of a family wedding, a beautiful keepsake.
ReplyDeleteThe cover of the wedding book is lovely. I love it when these special things survive the years for us to enjoy today/
ReplyDeleteI love the photo of the gifts. I just found a newspaper article about my 2nd great grandparents' 25th wedding anniversary celebration and there was a list of the gifts they received - and I believe two of them are in my house!
ReplyDeleteI like their wedding outfit, simple though elegant and in style with the era.
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