Hansen, Leo J. & Katharine Mousel (Marriage News 1911)

HANSEN, MOUSEL

Posted By: Linda Ziemann, Volunteer (email)
Date: 8/3/2013 at 13:03:49

Alton Democrat
January 14, 1911

WEDDING BELLS ARE RINGING

At St. Mary’s church at eight o’clock on Tuesday morning, January tenth,
occurred an unusual event—a double wedding ceremony. Very Rev. F. J. Brune
officiated at the solemn ceremonies of the Catholic church which united Leo
J. Hansen and Miss Katharine Mousel and also Math Konz and Miss Anna Mousel
in the holy bonds of matrimony. A host of friends of the young people
attended the services—the first double wedding ceremony that was solemnized
in St. Mary’s.

Miss Katharine Mousel was attended by Miss Teresa Mousel. Miss Susan Mousel
attended Miss Anna Mousel. Both brides were elegantly gowned in white
mesaline, and the bridesmaids looked pretty in their costumes of lavender
sousienne. Mr. Hansen was supported by Mike Hansen, and John Konz acted as
best man for Mr. Konz.

Immediately after the ceremony, the bridal couples left for the Mousel home
seven miles southeast of Alton, where a wedding breakfast was served. The
Mousel home had been tastily decorated—bridal roses and carnations having
been used in profusion. Mr. and Mrs. Mousel kept open house all day and
evening, friends were coming and going constantly. The young people were
showered with gifts—beautiful as well as useful.

The young people hardly need an introduction to the community. The three
families—Mousel, Hansen and Konz—are prominent and foremost in this
community. They are old settlers, have gone through the hardships of
pioneering, and are now enjoying the fruits of their labors. The three
families are very well to do and their farms are among the best in this
section of the country. The brides have been at home, helping their mother.
They are thoroughly qualified to take charge of their new duties. The
grooms have both been engaged in farming, helping their fathers. They will
now go to farming for themselves, well trained and with all the
qualifications to make good.

Mr. and Mrs. Leo J. Hansen will farm near Dell Rapids, South Dakota, and Mr.
and Mrs. Math Konz will operate a farm near Granville.

The young folks gathered at the Mousel home in large numbers in the evening
and had a merry time. The following out of town relatives and friends
attended the festivities: John Mousel, of Dell Rapids, South Dakota; Mr.
and Mrs. John Beck, Mr. and Mrs. J. Herbst and Mr. and Mrs. Theodore
Sudtelgte, of Remsen; Mr. and Mrs. Peter Hourseht and
children, of Windom, Minnesota; Mr. and Mrs. Frank Mayers, Mrs. J. P.
Tentinger and Mr. and Mrs. Charley Mayers of Oyens, Iowa; Mrs. Hazel and
Misses Margaret and Maud St. John, of LeMars; Mrs. Mich, Mr. and Mrs. Ben
Plathe Jr., Joe and Peter Klein, and Mr. and
Mrs. Peter Croat, of Granville; Mr. and Mrs. Peter Wagner and Mr. and Mrs.
John Klein, of Dell Rapids, South Dakota; Andy Wagner of Ralph, South
Dakota; Mike Allen of Orient, South Dakota; Mr. and Mrs. John Burkel of
Milwaukee, Wisconsin; Pete Hoffman of White Lake, South Dakota; Martin
Hoffman of Alta Vista, Iowa; and Barney and Miss Sophia Kramer of Lismore,
Minnesota.