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row
Groom William
Swift, Bride Laura Fitzgerald, Cousin Ella Mae Wilson, Bridesmaid Nellie Hewitt
and Best Man Harry Lee
Orange County Times
Press, Tuesday, September 28, 1909 published Middletown, New York
Miss Laura Isabelle,
daughter of Eugene Fitzgerald, of Goshen, and William Swift, of Paterson, N.
J., were married at the home of Mr. and Mrs. George B. Hewitt, 16 Myrtle
avenue, at 4:15 o'clock, Sunday afternoon, by Rev. Floyd Crane, of Goshen.
Miss Nellie Hewitt,
cousin of the bride, acted as bridesmaid, and Harry E. Lee, of this city, was
best man.
The Hewitt home was
tastefully decorated with ferns and cut flowers in a general color scheme of
green and white by Gilbert, the florist, and the ceremony was performed under a
floral bell.
The ring service was
used and the ring bearer was Ella May Wilson, also a cousin of the bride, who
carried the ring on a heart shaped cut glass server. The wedding march from Lohengrin was played
by Miss Daisy Decker accompanied on the violin by John Ryan.
The bride wore light
blue moire silk, embroidered with chiffon lace and carried a shower bouquet of
white roses. Her traveling gown was of
dark green cloth, with hat to match. The
bridesmaid wore blue satin, trimmed with gilt and carried pink roses. The ring bearer was gowned in white.
Following the ceremony a
wedding supper was served, prepared by Mrs. Hewitt.
The gift of the bride to
her bridesmaid was a diamond brooch, and the groom's gift to his groomsman was
a diamond scarf pin.
At 8:09 Mr. and Mrs.
Swift took the Erie for New York and Washinton, D. C., and after October 15
will be at home at 62 Main street, Paterson, N. J., at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Albert Bogert, relatives.
The bride is a daughter
of Eugene Fitzgerald, of Goshen, and has been making her home at the residence
of her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Clark, of that place. She is a member of the Methodist Church of
Goshen. The groom is a designer and
warper in a large silk mill in Paterson and is a member of several societies of
a social and fraternal nature.
The friends of the bride
and groom remembered them with many handsome gifts of cut glass, china, checks,
linen, furniture and other useful and ornamental things.
The out of town guests were: Mr. and Mrs. G. E. Clark, Miss Viola Clark,
Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Clark, Mr. and Mrs. Albert Bogert, Miss Martha Ainlay, Mr.
and Mrs. Orlando Masker, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Mathewson, of Newburgh; Miss Mary
Lewis of Attleboro, Mass.; Mrs. Alexander Frazer, of New York City; Mrs. David
Pullis and Mrs. Abram Doremus, of Hampton; Mr. and Mrs. Harry Waring, of
Maybrook, and Mrs. Anson Gibson, Miss Mabel Gibson, Mrs. Dell Knapp, Miss
Hattie Knapp and Mr. and Mrs. A. R. Clark, of Goshen.
Note: Laura is my first cousin twice removed. I know—confusing!
Laura was the daughter of Minnie I. Clark and Eugene Fitzgerald. Minnie I.
Clark was the daughter of Jeremiah B. and Harriet (Ogden) Clark. Minnie died
when she was only 27 years old so Laura spent much of her time at her Clark Grandparents’
home. Grandmother Harriet (Ogden) Clark is pictured above in the 2nd
row between William and Laura.
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