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From: Sharon / Harry Colquhoun <>
Subject: Re: [NJHUNTER] Re: Newspaper article/Hopewell area
Date: Sun, 07 Nov 1999 17:56:50 -0500


Diane, I recognize MOST of the surnames. I'm forwarding the newspaper article to
several "peripheral cousins". A couple of them grew up in Hopewell during that
time period and will, doubtless, remember some of the guests. Of course, the
cousins are wayyyy older than I am...... Thanks so much for posting it!
Sharon Moore Colquhoun
Belle Mead NJ

wrote:

> The following is the newspaper report of a Bridal shower. The article was
> found in my grandfather's Bible and I believe it to be from the period
> 1915-1920. There are many names, and they are in no apparent order.
>
> "Shower for Miss Hixson
> A domestic shower was tendered Miss Alma Hixson, at the home of her parents,
> Mr. and Mrs. William Hixson, on Hart Avenue, on Saturday afternoon, in honor
> of her approaching marriage to George Genther, of Lawrenceville. She received
> many useful gifts with which to engage in housekeeping. A pleasant hour was
> spent by the guests present.
> The invited guests were: Mrs. Stephen Woolston, Mrs. Elizabeth Morrell, Mrs.
> Julia Hixson, Mrs. Russell Drake, Mrs. Alfonso Stout, Mrs. Leimann, Miss
> Emily Stryker, Miss Clara Blackwell, Miss Lena Carver, Miss Mary Buck, Miss
> Anna Stout, Miss Melvo Fowler, Miss Olive Fowler, Miss Sadie Stout, Mrs.
> Arthur Fowler, Mrs. Moses Stout, Mrs. James Fowler, Mrs. Purrington Stout,
> Mrs. Earl Burroughts, Mrs. Charles Hunt, Mrs. Noah Hixson, Mrs. Clarence
> Hixson, Mrs. Walter Hixson, Mrs. William Hixson, Mrs. Paul Cadwallader, Mrs.
> F. M. Leigh, Mrs. Fannie Hunt, Mrs. Mary Savidge, Mrs. J. C. Fisher, Mrs.
> George Snowden, Mrs. William Piggott, Mrs. W. N. Skillman, Miss Elsie
> Skillman, Mrs. Enoch Drake, Mrs. Elmer Ewing, Mrs. Russell Riley, Mrs. George
> Carver, Mrs. Charles Hixson, Mrs. Alfred Buchanan, Mrs. Jacob Weart, Miss
> Garietta Genther, Mrs. Rosa Ege, Miss Lizzie Pittman, Miss Mary Hixson, Mrs.
> Elsie Wyckoff, Mrs. George Haigh, Mrs. Margaret Latourette, Mrs. Ida Stout,
> Mrs. Carrie Bull, Mrs. Gilbert Leming, Mrs. Issac Reed, Miss Viola Johnson,
> Miss Alada Johnson, Miss Ethel Wyckoff, Miss Myrtle Ernest, Miss Lillian
> Ernest, Mrs. Mary E. Matthews, Mrs. Charles Warman, Miss Mary Matthews, Miss
> Nellie Wendland, Miss Anna Phillips, Miss Mary Phillips, Miss Hazel Waldron,
> Miss Heln Drake, Miss Mabel Van Dyke, Miss Bessie Servis, Miss Hilda Height,
> Miss Millie Sheppard, Mrs. Amanda Stout, Mrs. Bessie Labaw, Mrs. William
> Stryker, Mrs. Walter Housel, Mrs. William Corcoran, Mrs. William Davis, Mrs.
> William Williamson, Mrs. Edith Seville, Mrs. Bessie Hunt, Mrs. Cora Voght,
> Mrs. Sarah Cavanaugh, Mrs. George Ewing, Mrs. George Seals, Miss Carrie Noll,
> Miss Jennie Lawyer, Miss Laura McWalters, Miss Ella Savidge, Miss Olive
> Wyckoff, Mrs. Henry Genther, Mrs. Emmett Bunn, Mrs. Charles Bunn, Mrs. Joseph
> Bunn, Mrs. Caroline Hixson, Mrs. John Sked, Mrs. Alex Mason, Mrs. Mary
> Woolston, Miss Mary Woolston, Miss Susie Titus."
>
> I would be happy to hear from anyone who recognizes any of these surnames.
> Diane
>
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