52 Ancestors No. 51: The Broderick-Murray Wedding

I was quite excited to locate a Border Cities Star article dated January 5, 1935 that had the Wedding announcement of Mary Margaret Broderick (1911-1994) and John Charles Murray (-1995)

Source: Border Cities Star; Jan 5, 1935; Page 6 of 28; Found online

The caption reads:

"Mr. and Mrs John Charles Murray, JR; whose marriage took place this morning at Immaculate Conception Church, are shown with their attendants immediately following the ceremony. From left to right are Miss Marcella Broderick, maid of honor; Mrs Murray, the bride, who was before her marriage Miss Madeline Margaret Broderick; daughter of Mrs. Clara Broderick of Marentette Ave and the late Leo Broderick; Mr Murray, the bridegroom, son of Mr and Mrs Charles Murray of Church street and Mr. Raymond Marcotte, best man. Mr and Mrs. Murray will take up residence on Church street following their return from a motor trip to New York City. Mr Murray is physical training instructor at the Windsor-Walkerville Vocational school.

Miss Madeline Margaret Broderick on her wedding day 1935

Madeline Margaret Broderick was the daughter of Detective Leo Broderick and Claire Gignac

Madeline's parents Detective Broderick and Clara (Gignac) Broderick

I wanted to include this beautiful photograph of this most gorgeous child - their son Donald Murray.

I am fortunate to have connected with some Broderick-Murray distant cousins through my genealogical research. That is why I enjoy doing genealogy so much. You meet wonderful relatives that you never knew you had!

52 Ancestors No.46: Creighton Wedding Photos

I thought that for the 2015 #52 Ancestors project, I would dedicate the last six posts to share photographs that I have in myy collections and that I want to share with cousins near and far.

This 46th post is a file of wedding photographs that I have of five of the seven children of  Frederick Douglas Creighton (1907-1976) and Dorothy (Moreland) Creighton (1909-2000)

O'Connor-Creighton

1950

Huston-Creighton

1952

Moynahan-Creighton

1956

Creighton-Balzer

May 1963

Creighton-Tremblay

Aug 1964

52 Ancestors No. 23- The Moynahan-McHugh Wedding (1954)

This is my twenty-third of 52 blog posts for the 2015 edition of the 52 Ancestors challenge. I have been blogging my family history for the #52Ancestors challenge since it began in 2014.

#52Ancestors asks bloggers to "have one blog post each week devoted to a specific ancestor. It could be a story, a biography, a photograph, an outline of a research problem — anything that focuses on one ancestor. 

June is a month for weddings and in this week's post I am sharing the beautiful photos that I have in my collection of my aunt Patricia Moynahan (my father's sister) and my uncle Edward McHugh who were married in 1954.

Newspaper clipping (newspaper not known)
January 20, 1954

The bride and groom with their parents:
Mr and Mrs. John McHugh of Detroit and
Ernest and Rhea (Coughlin) Moynahan of Windsor

The large wedding party which included Patricia's two brothers: John and Ernest Jr. 

The happy couple leaving 912 Marentette Ave. Windsor

52 Ancestors No. 14: A Favourite Photo: My Grandparent's 1929 Wedding

April 2015 Themes

The theme for Week 14 of the 52 Ancestor challenge is "Favourite Photo" and there are so many wonderful photos in my family history files that it was really hard to decide which one to use this week.

I chose the photographs of my grandparent's wedding day in 1929 in Windsor, Ontario. There is so much to love. The dress style is so "Gatsbyesque" and my grandmother is holding a magnificent bouquet of Lily of the Valley! One of my favourite flowers!

The quality of this first photograph is extraordinary and I am not sure that my scan of it has done it true justice. (I wish that the name of the photographer was on the photo.)

Yes. These photos are definitely some of my favourites!

From left to right: Miss Viola Coughlin, Rhea Fern (Coughlin) Moynahan,
Miss Gretta Coughlin (maid of honour) and Eileen Demarse (Rhea's niece)

From left to right: Miss Viola Coughlin, Rhea Fern (Coughlin) Moynahan,
Bernard Moynahan, Eileen Demarse (Rhea's niece)
Ernest Joseph Moynahan and Miss Gretta Coughlin (maid of honour)