Today, I have posted the wedding announcement of my maternal grandparents, Leland and Gladys Marling Norris. Up until this week, I never knew this article existed. Not only that, until my mother read this newspaper clipping, she wasn't aware that her parents had had a church wedding. She had always just assumed they had recited their vows in front of a justice of the peace. So, it was quite a surprise to read that they were married at the Presbyterian church in Elkhart, Indiana and then had a wedding supper at the home of my great grandparents.
I have to thank Genealogy Bank for giving me the chance to own this treasured bit of my family history. I hadn't looked at their website for a couple of years and this week when I discovered they now had the Elkhart, Indiana newspapers available, I knew I had to get a membership. Within the first 10 minutes of researching, I found this wedding announcement. I also found an article pertaining to their marriage license
and my grandmother's bridal shower.
I discovered another fact while searching within the pages of the Ekhart newspapers. My great grandfather, Ralph Marling, who was a moulder by profession, also happened to be the financial officer of the moulder's union. Pretty exciting news for someone who makes her living at being a bookkeeper! His name is mentioned numerous times during the newspaper's coverage of the union's strike in Elkhart. My great uncle, Chet, is not left out. His marriage announcement and several articles detailing his World War I army service are included.
This is just further proof that family history research cannot be done with just one website, at one time, and even when you think you are "finished" with a branch of your family tree, you can always discover something new, wonderful, totally unexpected! You never know when you might find a new "treasure"!
I love those old newspapers! Even the 'little' mentions of ancestors in the social or gossip sections of the papers can really give a good feel to what their lives were like. Thank goodness for these newspapers being so readily available!
ReplyDeleteExciting Lori! We do love our newspapers! Yes indeedy!
ReplyDeleteI love reading old newspapers, especially small town ones! There's always a lot of "Mrs. Evans has returned from visiting her sister." or "Mr. Johnson is down with a cold this week." I find it so amusing. :)
ReplyDeletewow what a story. And the picture ... so vintage old. So great these papers are still around!
ReplyDeleteCongratulations on your find. I agree with Karen....I love finding newspaper articles. Fortunately, ancestry.com has numerous newspapers scanned that have added to my genealogy research. I'll have to give Genealogy Bank a spin.
ReplyDeleteFabulous finds, Lori. It's great when you can locate a variety of pieces from many sources that, together, tell a more complete story of an event like this. Thanks for posting!
ReplyDeleteThanks for all your comments! I can't tell you how excited I was to find these. I could never travel to all the cities in which my ancestors lived, so the newspaper websites are very treasured resources for me!
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