Shawano Co, Wisconsin MARRIAGE:  



Subject:  Jensen - Genzke

               Zernicke - Genzke



Submitter: Cathe Ziereis

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Date: Friday, Sept 19, 1879 





Source:  Shawano, Wisconsin



DOUBLE BLESSEDNESS. Last Friday there occurred in Hartland one of the grandest 

weddings ever held in this county. The two daughters of Mr. Genzke were the same day 

to be married to young men of that town, and great were the preparations for the grand 

"hoch geitsfeirer" of these happy couples. The wedding hour was set for ten o'clock, but,

 owing to the absence of the minister who was to unite them, the Rev. Mr. Koontz, of 

Belle Plaine, the ceremony wasn't performed until afternoon. Long before the appointed 

hour however, parties began to gather from all the neighboring towns, as well as from the

 more immediate circle of acquaintance, and by twelve o'clock the house and grounds 

were crowded. At two o'clock the first couple, FRED JENSEN and AUGUSTA GENZKE,

 were married at the house by Rev. J.H.H. Bierbaum, whose services were solicited when 

it was found that Mr. Koontz would not be there. Soon after this the wedding party moved to

 the Methodist church, where MARTIN ZERNICKE and LOUISA GENZKE were also 

married by Mr. Bierbaum. Returning to the house, the wedding festivities were begun, and were

 kept up without thought of stopping until the next morning. The tables groaned with good 

things, and every face wore a smile. The rooms were toward evening cleared, the music 

started up, and the dance commenced, to end only with the appearance of daylight, when

 the wearied dancers started homeward, wishing to the young people a long life and 

a happy one.

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