Walsh wedding

WALSH

Posted By: Michael Kearney (email)
Date: 2/23/2003 at 13:29:47

The Clinton Herald Vo. 38 #253 Saturday June 30, 1906 Davenport, June 30 - Special to the Herald - The marriage of Miss Mary Walsh, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. P.T. Walsh, to Eugene J. Walsh, of this city, was celebrated here this morning at St. Mary's church with a solemn high mass at 8 o'clock in the morning. The marriage ceremony was performed by the Rev. J. P--an, assisted during the mass by the Rev. C.J. Donahue and the Rev. - P. Shanahan. The bridal party entered the church to the melodies of the Lohengrin wedding march, the bride leaning upon the arm of her father and preceded by her maid of honor, the bridesmaids and the ushers, the tiny flower girl assisting, she was met at the altar by the groom and his best man, J.W. Walsh, of Davenport. The beautiful edifice was handsomely decorated for the event with the altars banked with a profusion of roses, palms and carnations. The personnel of the wedding party included the ushers, George Higby of Burlington, Iowa; Fred B. Sharon of Davenport; Thomas Walsh of St. Mary's, Kansas, a brother of the groom, with James W. Walsh as best man. The maid of honor was Miss Alice Joyce of Ashland, Wis.; the two bridesmaids, Miss Helen Cassaretto of Chicago, and Miss Marie Corbett, of Marion, Ind.; the three young ladies classmates of the bride at Notre Dame. Winifred Belle Judd, of Scranton, Pa., served the bride as flower girl, the tiny maid a niece of the groom. The bridal gown was an exquisite princesse robe of cluny lace over white chiffon and taffeta, cut entraine, and worn with a garniture of corals. The coiffure was crowned with a wreath of lilies of the valley from which fell a full-length tulle veil. A shower bouquet of lilies of the valley was carried. The only ornaments worn were a diamond bracelet and a diamond brooch, gifts of the groom. Miss Joyce was gowned in light blue silk voile with a garniture of pale blue lace and pearls. A white picture hat, with a long blue plume was worn, and a bunch of bride roses carried. The bridesmaids were gowned alike in light blue silk chiffon with elaborate plumed hats. A wedding breakfast was served at the home of the bride's parents, 910 Marquette street, at which time one hundred guests, mainly relatives from many states in the union, including the Walsh family, just returned from a winter in the west: Mr. and Mrs. A. Walsh, Miss Clara Walsh, Mr. and Mrs. E.C. Walsh and sons Edmund and Carroll, of Clinton; M.A. Walsh of Norris, Ill., Charles Walsh of Burlington and Alfred E. Walsh of Clinton. An opportunity was given the friends for a survey of the magnificent array of wedding gifts, that included a $5,000 check from the Walsh Bros. The bridal couple left Davenport for Chicago en route to Atlantic City, N.J., where they will spend their honeymoon, before going to Alberta, Can. The groom, Eugene J. Walsh, is the son of Mr. and Mrs. A. Walsh, of Clinton, and the youngest member of the firm of Walsh Bros., capitalists and railway promoters. He is a graduate of the Clinton High school, later of the law department of the State university of Iowa, following this education with several trips to Europe. During the late winter and spring he has been active in looking after the interest of Walsh Bros. in Alberta, Canada, one of the new cities of the northwest. His bride, the daughter of one of the wealthy men of Davenport, is a social favorite and a most charming young woman.