Gruman - Dunsmoor marriage 1902

GRUMAN, DUNSMOOR, DUNSMORE, DEPUY, MARSHALL, HINES, SARGENT, BARTLETT, PUFFET, COWLES, SAGER, WILLIAMS, GLASS

Posted By: Terry Sargent (email)
Date: 3/21/2011 at 18:44:20

GRUMAN-DUNSMOOR

MARRIED: At the home of the bride’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Dunsmoor, in this city, on Wednesday, February 26th, at 12 o’clock M., occurred the marriage of their daughter, Miss Ida, to Mr. Martin Gruman. Rev. O.C. Depuy officiating.

The immediate relatives and friends of the bride and groom were present at the wedding and a sumptuous wedding dinner was served. In the evening a reception was tendered them by the Epworth League, of which Miss Ida was a member.
Mr. and Mrs. Gruman will make their home on a farm near the County Corners.

The best wishes of hosts of friends is extended to the happy couple for health, wealth, and happiness, in the years to come.
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Mr. and Mrs. Martin Gruman were the recipients of many useful and beautiful presents at the reception tendered them, last week, among which were the following: Mr. and Mrs. Fred Dunsmoor clock, Mr. and Mrs. Jas. Dunsmoor and Mrs. Phoebe Dunsmoor center table, Mr. and Mrs. Marshall rocking chair, Mr. and Mrs. Thos. Dunsmoor and Mr. and Mrs. Lester Hines set silver knives and forks, Misses Bertha and Grace Dunsmoor parlor lamp. Misses Mary and Bertha Gruman wash bowl and pitcher, Mr. and Mrs. O.P. Sargent banquet lamp, E. H. Sargent Sr. $1.00, Mr. and Mrs. Bartlett set porridge dishes, Mr. and Mrs. C.E. Puffet linen table cloth, Harford Sargent wash bowl and pitcher, Theodore Bishop cake dish. V. C. Puffet pickle dish, Miss Flora Cowles silver berry spoon, Miss Cora Sager glass fruit dish, Mr. and Mrs. P. A. Williams silver salad fork, Mrs. Glass sugar bowl and creamer, E. H. Sargent and Mr. and Mrs. Gruman set silver knives and forks. Epworth League head rest and guest book.

Sources:
~”Gruman-Dunsmoor” was published in the Mail-Press, Strawberry Point Clayton County, Iowa on Thursday, February 27, 1902
[The Mail: Vol. 8 No. 29 & the Press: Vol. 29 No. 1]
~A list of their reception gifts was published in the Mail-Press, Strawberry Point, Clayton County, Iowa on Thursday, March 6, 1902 [The Mail: Vol. 8 No. 30 & the Press: Vol. 29 No. 2]

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Added by Reid R. Johnson on 3/4/2021:

Last Wednesday at the home of the bride's parents, Fred Dunsmore and wife, occurred the marriage of their daughter Ida to Martin Gruman. Both parties are well known here. They will be "at home" on a farm near County Corners, which the groom has rented from his father.

Elkader Register, Thur., 03 Mar. 1902. Strawberry Point column