An evening reception had been planned, but Joseph Hauer, father of the groom, died June 6.
At my dad's house quite awhile ago, in the basement where, I'm sorry to say, all things archival have been buried for ages (yes! pictures too! feel my pain!), I happened upon a large manila envelope stuffed with greeting cards that my grandpa Rosmer Kerr had given to my grandma Evelyn during the many years of their marriage. Evelyn had even identified the contents as such on the front of the envelope.
I may have peeked at one or two of the cards. Most were still in their own little envelopes. It didn't seem like a motherlode of genealogical information or family history, just a big pack of sentimentality, and if you've been here before, you know I've had much bigger fish to fry from the archival pool in the basement. So back into the cupboard went the manila envelope full of greeting cards.
I happened to be at my dad's the other day waiting for an electrician, and since my sister had taken Dad shopping, I had nothing to do so I brought the greeting cards up and commenced going through them one by one, taking each from its envelope to have a look.
Amidst the greeting cards, tucked into one of the envelopes, I was stunned to find that several real treasures were stowed, including the one above, an invitation to the 1893 wedding of Evelyn's parents, Felix Hauer and Elizabeth Schulte.
Let this be a lesson to you, my genea-friends... make no assumptions! Go through everything!
4 comments:
This is the first time I have seen a reception cancelled due to death. It was exciting that the wedding ceremony was performed.
Who had died?
Hi Claudia, thanks for stopping by. It was Felix's father, Joseph Hauer, who died 6 June 1893 and was buried on the 10th at Mount Elliott Cemetery. And thanks for asking, as it just now occurs to me that I don't have a gravestone photo. Putting that on my "one o' these days" list!
I CAN'T believe this find! I thought the marriage invitation of Evelyn & Rosmer was BIG but this is right up there, too. Gotta love that grandma of yours! Tell you what you and I can do when I am there in a few weeks-off to Mt Elliott cemetery (and maybe Trinity, too) to get some photos. Are you brave enough? I'm not really afraid of the area but then again it has been a good 25 years since I have ventured down there! I'll treat for lunch just not down there!!!
I knew you'd get a big kick out of this one, Ms. Schulte! Check your inbox!
We definitely should plan a little genie jaunt while you're in town. What date do you pick up the newest li'l Schulte? Email me!
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