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From: "B.C. French" <>
Subject: Re: [GEN-NYS] Order of people in wedding article
Date: Wed, 9 Sep 2009 08:15:11 -0700 (PDT)
In-Reply-To: <01dc01ca3155$d1a67a10$74f36e30$@net>

Don't assume Mrs. Anna Drosinas is a misprint. She might have married a cousin of the same surname -- she very well might be Mrs. James Drosinas. I've seen this before.

And if "Mrs" could be a misprint, "sister" could also be a misprint -- she might be a sister-in-law. A study of George's family prior to the marriage might clear this up, as would following up on James Drosinas.

As far as who else Mr. and Mrs. James Drosinas are, they might be anyone related to the family. It's important not to draw assumptions about relationships, if they aren't specifically mentioned.

I've not found that there is any particular order in which guests are named in newspapers, though parents of the bride and groom do tend to be listed near the top.

...Barb


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Barbara C. French,
"Never confuse wisdom with luck." -- The 44th Rule of Acquisition


--- On Wed, 9/9/09, Chris Shearer Cooper <> wrote:

> From: Chris Shearer Cooper <>
> Subject: [GEN-NYS] Order of people in wedding article
> To: , , ,
> Date: Wednesday, September 9, 2009, 9:59 AM
> Can I assume that etiquette of the
> time (1918) would impose a certain order
> on the names of the people attending the wedding?
>
>
>
> Here's the back story.  Thanks to the kind folks on
> these newsgroups, I have
> a newspaper article about my great-aunt's wedding
> (fultonhistory.com, search
> for Drosinas).
>
>
>
> The main people are:
>
> Bride: Rachel Johnson, daughter of Frank and Selma (Olsson)
> Johnson
>
> Groom: George Drosinas
>
> Maid of Honor: Miss Marie Jones
>
> Best Man: Nick Marathon
>
> Ushers: Clifford Johnson (Rachel's brother) and Christopher
> Pappas
>
> Bridesmaid: Mrs. Anna Drosnias, George's sister
>
>
>
> So if Anna is married, why is she listed with her maiden
> name?  Probably a
> misprint, should be "Miss".  In the 1920 census we see
> that she married
> Alexander Courtessis.
>
>
>
> Anyway, here is the key point of my question.  The
> article goes on to say:
>
>
>
> The guests included Mr. and Mrs. Drosinas, Miss Marie
> Jones, Nicholas
> Marathon, Clifford Johnson, F. V. Doughty, Robert Frazell,
> Miss Mary
> Frazell, blah, blah, blah, Mr. and Mrs. James Drosinas,
> blah, blah, blah.
>
>
>
> Is it a reasonable assumption that "Mr. and Mrs. Drosinas"
> are George's
> parents (because they head up the list)?  Or is it
> more reasonable to assume
> that the names are just in whatever order the reporter got
> people's names? 
>
>
>
> I guess Frank and Selma don't show up in the guest list
> because they weren't
> guests, they were the ones who threw the party?
>
>
>
> James could then be a brother or an uncle or a grandfather
> .
>
>
>
> And I guess a bigger question, who got the information for
> the article?  Was
> this something that the newspaper sent a reporter (seems
> unlikely, I don't
> think these were "important" people)?  Or is this like
> an obituary, where
> it's the family's job to submit the article?
>
>
>
> Thanks,
>
> Chris
>
>
>
>
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