NEWS: John & Effie BONSELL, 25th Anniversary, 1915, Blair County, PA Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Sharon Miller <shabodeho@aol.com> Copyright 2009. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/blair/ _________________________________________ Married Twenty-Five Years Mr. and Mrs. John Bonsell Celebrate Silver Anniversary Down in Spruce Creek valley, twenty five years ago, Mr. and Mrs. John Bonsell were united in holy bonds of wedlock. The marriage ceremony was performed at the old Bonsell homestead, in the presence of a large number of friends. Mr. and Mrs. Bonsell moved to Altoona and resided there eighteen years, and then moved back to the old homestead were they have resided ever since and where Rev. Mr. Harnish performed the second ceremony on Saturday evening, September 18. The affair was attended by a large number of friends, who enjoyed every minute of the time. A delicious wedding luncheon was served following the reception. Mr. and Mrs. Bonsell were the recipients of many beautiful and useful gifts. Among the guests present were the following persons: I. M. Ingram and wife, L. A. Bonsell and wife, D. P. Henderson and wife, G. M. Nearhoof and wife, Mrs. G. W. Johnston, Miss Nan Ingram, Mr. Johnston and wife, Rev. Mr. Harnish and wife, Walter R. Shultz and family, J. P. Espy, Mrs. Herzog and daughter, B. C. Burkett and wife, Mrs. Koener, Ralph Houser and wife, Henry Bonsell and family, R. J. Kingston and family, Mrs. M. K. Davis, Sidney Isett and wife, George Bonsell, C. E. Brown, R. S. Eberts, J. B. Isett and wife, Ralph Bonsell and wife, C. Raup and wife, Dr. Peterson and wife, J. H. Miller and wife and Carl Bonsell and family. Tyrone Herald, Tyrone, Pa., September 23, 1915 1910 Spruce Creek, Huntingdon County census - John Bonsell, 40 Effie Bonsell, 37 Carl Bonsell, 18 Mae Bonsell, 17 Alma Bonsell, 14 Margaret Bonsell, 13 John Bonsell, 11 Raymond Bonsell, 9 Meril Bonsell, 7 Dorothy Bonsell, 4 Norman Bonsell, 3 Annie Bonsell, 46 1900 Altoona Ward 8, Blair County census - John P. Bonsell, 30 Effie M. Bonsell, 28, m. 1889 Carl S. Bonsell, 9 Effie M. Bonsell, 7 Alma M. Bonsell, 5 Margaret G. Bonsell, 3 John L. Bonsell, 1