Marriage Notices - P
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Peters-White
A brilliant wedding was celebrated Wednesday evening at Cheltenham, when Miss Mary D. White, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Oscar W. White, of Cheltenham, was married to Mr. Chas. Chandler Peters, son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles C. Peters, of North Fifteenth street, Philadelphia.
The wedding was held at 7 o'clock, at which only the family and a few friends were present. Later a large reception was attended by about 250 people.
Miss Estelle Dyer, of Philadelphia, was maid of honor and the bridesmaids were Miss Peters, sister of the groom, Miss Darrah, of Hatboro, and Miss Harrop, of Philadelphia, Mr. J. Horace Walter, of Philadelphia, was best man, and the ushers were Mr. John Dyer, Mr. George Westner and Mr. William H. Gaskill, of Philadelphia.
[Source: Ambler Gazette, October 5, 1899, p. 8. Submitted by Nancy.]
Pettee-Willson
Mr. Eugene C. Pettee, formerly of Ambler, and Miss Mary B. Willson, at one time teacher in the grammar school, Ambler, were married last Wednesday at the home of the bride at Warrensville, Pa., and are now at their own home in Unionville, Chester county.
[Source: Ambler Gazette, October 26, 1899, p. 6. Submitted by Nancy.]
Pfitzenmyer-Zearfoss
Mr. Frederick Pfitzenmyer, son of Charles Pfitzenmyer, of Ambler, and Miss Margaret Zearfoss, of Penllyn, were married last Wednesday by Rev. D.U. Wolff, D.D., at the parsonage of Boehm's Reformed church, Blue Bell. At present the bride and groom are living at the Fort Washington hotel.
[Source: Ambler Gazette, November 22, 1900, p. 5. Submitted by Nancy.]
Pfleger-Huffnagle
Mr. Percival Pfleger and Miss Carrie R. Huffnagle, of Ambler, were married in New York last Wednesday by Rev. Lester Bradner, assistant pastor of the Church of Ascension, New York city. The ceremony was witnessed by a few friends. They are residing in Ambler at present.
[Source: Ambler Gazette, November 22, 1900, p. 5. Submitted by Nancy.]
Phipps-Swensen
Willow Grove. On Tuesday of last week William Phipps and Miss Jessie Carna Swensen, of this place, were quietly married in the Doylestown M.E. parsonage by Rev. A.P. Hodgson. After a luncheon, served at the home of Charles B. Krause, uncle of the bride, the happy couple left on a train for Atlantic City, where they will spend their honeymoon at the Hatboro.
[Source: Ambler Gazette, September 1, 1898, p. 4. Submitted by Nancy.]
Pletscher-Gracey
Mr. Frederick J. Pletscher, of Penllyn, and Miss Isabel Gracey were united in the holy bonds of matrimony Wednesday evening, Oct. 7, at 8 o'clock, at the home of the bride's sister, Mrs. J. W. Lukens, Philadelphia, Rev. M.G. Richards, pastor of Upper Dublin Lutheran church, officiating. After the ceremony a reception was given and refreshments served to the large number of relatives and friends present. The bride and groom will reside at the McKean farm, near Spring house, where for some time Mr. Pletscher has been employed.
[Source: Ambler Gazette, October 15, 1903, p. 1. Submitted by Nancy. Note that this marriage notice was found among the obituaries of this paper.]
Plumley-Vanwinkle
Mr. Frank Plumley, of Ambler, and Miss Luty Van Winkle, daughter of Kline Van Winkle, of Edge Hill, were married at high noon Tuesday at the residence of the bride's parents, by Rev. Nelson, of Ambler Presbyterian church.
The bride was beautifully gowned in white, and the wedding march was played by her cousin, Milton S. Markley. Only the immediate families were present. The newly married couple after a wedding breakfast left for Philadelphia, and this Wednesday morning departed for Los Angeles, Cal., where they will spend the winter.
[Source: Ambler Gazette, October 12, 1899, p. 4. Submitted by Nancy.]
Pole-Gaumer
A very pretty home wedding occurred Tuesday evening, when Mr. William G. Pole, son of Edward Pole, of Ambler, and Miss Elda C. Gaumer, of near Allentown, were married by the Rev. Thomas R. Crooks, pastor of the Methodist church, of Ambler. Mr. Harry Reed, of Ambler, was best man and Miss Florence Pole was bridesmaid. After the ceremony, which took place at the home of the groom, refreshments were served in the dining room. Later in the evening the bride and groom left for their new home, on Rosemary avenue, amid a shower of rice and well wishes of all present for their future happiness in life.
[Source: Ambler Gazette, July 19, 1900, p. 8. Submitted by Nancy.]
Poole-Robertson
Oreland. Wm. Poole, of this place, and Miss Sophia Robertson, of Philadelphia, were married at Lansdowne on Friday last.
[Source: Ambler Gazette, October 27, 1898, p. 4. Submitted by Nancy.]
Potter-Reed
Penllyn. Mrs. S.E. Reed and Dr. Thomas Potter were married on Thursday, Oct. 13, at the residence of Mrs. Reed's brother, Mr. Francis Bond, Penllyn.
[Source: Ambler Gazette, October 20, 1898, p. 5. Submitted by Nancy.]
Potts-Casselberry
On the 27th of January 1877, by Rev. B. McGann, of Pottstown, Mr. Franklin F Potts, of Collegeville, to Miss Frances Casselberry of Lower Providence, Montgomery county.
[Source: Montgomery Ledger, February 6, 1877. Submitted by Diana.]
Potts-Nash
Jarrettown. Two weddings in one week is a pretty good record for this vicinity-Mr. T.E. Potts, who married a Miss Nash, of Ambler, and Mr. Augustus Lentz, who married Miss Bessie Taylor.
[Source: Ambler Gazette, June 9, 1898, p. 1. Submitted by Nancy.]
Powell-Wilson
Rev. Lyman Pierson Powell, of Lansdowne, and Miss Mary Gertrude Wilson, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. F.S. Wilson, of Jenkintown, were united in marriage Tuesday at high noon in the Church of Our Saviour, Jenkintown. The ceremony was performed by Bishop O.W. Whitaker, of Philadelphia, and Rev. Roberts Coles, of Jenkintown, and the beautiful little church was filled with the friends of both bride and groom who came to witness the ceremony.
Charles F. Murphy, Jr., organist, while the guests were assembling and during the service rendered: "Meistersingers of Nuremberg," Richard Wagner; march; Walther's Prize Song; "Hochzeitsmusik," op. 45, Adolph Jensen; wedding march; bridal song; "Spring Song," Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy; introduction to third act and bridal chorus from "Lohengrin," Richard Wagner; Notturno and wedding march from "Midsummer Night's Dream" music, Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy.
Promptly at 12 o'clock the wedding party arrived and the groom awaited the bride at the altar. The bride came up the aisle leaning on the arm of her father, followed by maid of honor, bridesmaids and ushers. The audience arose and remained standing during the ceremony and until the wedding party had filed out. The service was a most beautiful and impressive one and as each affirmed to the sacred vows the words could be distinctly heard over the church. The pledge of the ceremony was repeated and the bride came down the aisle of the church leaning on the arm of her husband.
The best man was Mr. Talcott Williams, city editor of the Philadelphia Press, and Miss Stella J. Wilson, sister of the bride, was maid of honor. Miss Grace Woodin, Springfield, Mass., and Miss Edith LaRue Jones, of Germantown, were bridesmaids. The bridesmaids and maid of honor wore white swiss, trimmed with lace, and carried bouquets of white carnations and asparagus. The bride was handsomely gowned in white silk, trimmed with chiffon and point appliqué lace. She had no flowers, but carried a white prayer book.
The ushers were Dr. Albert Shaw, editor of Review of Reviews, Hastings-on-Hudson, N.Y.; Rev. H.R. Hulse, rector of St. Mary's, New York; Mr. H.A. Moore, rector's warden, Lansdowne; Mr. John J. Houghton, Ambler; Rev. John S. Banting Christ's church, Christina, Delaware; Prof. F.W. Speirs, Philadelphia.
After the ceremony a handsome wedding breakfast was served the bridal party and a few friends at the home of the bride's parents. Rev. and Mrs. Powell left shortly before 2 o'clock for a short wedding trip, and on their return will be at Lansdowne after Sept. 15.
Rev. Powell, the groom, is well known in Ambler, where he was pastor of Trinity mission before assuming his present charge at Lansdowne. He was graduated from Johns Hopkins university and has been engaged in university extension and literary work much of his time since. He is the author of several works of merit and has done much reviewing for the magazines.
The bride was graduated from Sunnyside school, Ambler, in 1889, and then prepared for Wellesley college at the Walnut Lane school, Germantown. In 1895 she received her degree from Wellesley and accepted the professorship of history at the Willard preparatory school, Troy, N.Y.
The many friends of both the bride and groom and the "Gazette" wish them a happy and prosperous voyage on life's journey.
[Source: Ambler Gazette, June 22, 1899, p. 4. Submitted by Nancy.]
Preston-Dick
On the 8th inst., by the same [Rev. J. Gerdemann], Louis Preston, of Montgomery county, Pa., to Sarah Dick, of Scotland.
[Source: The Franklin Repository, August 30, 1865 p. 3. Submitted by Nancy.]