{"id":29599,"date":"2018-03-05T10:28:16","date_gmt":"2018-03-05T15:28:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.genealogybank.com\/?p=29599"},"modified":"2018-03-05T10:28:38","modified_gmt":"2018-03-05T15:28:38","slug":"finding-my-3rd-great-grandparents-wedding-announcement-in-the-newspaper","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/finding-my-3rd-great-grandparents-wedding-announcement-in-the-newspaper.html","title":{"rendered":"Finding My 3rd-Great-Grandparents\u2019 Wedding Announcement in the Newspaper"},"content":{"rendered":"

Newspapers can be helpful for finding all kinds of interesting and useful information about your relatives, but some of the sweetest discoveries come when you find a newspaper article that relates directly back to your life. Such was the case when I discovered my third-great-grandparents\u2019 wedding announcement in an 1833 newspaper article.<\/p>\n

I made this sweet discovery by employing the same strategy I used in my last post: searching GenealogyBank\u2019s Historical Newspaper Archives<\/a> for the last name Huse (one of my family names) and the keyword \u201cSanbornton,\u201d which is the Huse family\u2019s hometown. (See: Using One Wedding Announcement to Find Multiple Cousins<\/a>)<\/p>\n

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Source: GenealogyBank<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I sifted through a few pages of results, some mentioning other Huse cousins, before coming upon the wedding announcement of my third-great-grandparents William Brier Huse<\/a> (1810-1884) and Fanny Plummer<\/a> (1812-1888):<\/p>\n

\u201cIn Sanbornton, by Rev. Mr. Bodwell, Mr. William B. Huse to miss Fanny Plumer, both of S.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Source: GenealogyBank, New Hampshire Observer (Concord, New Hampshire), 27 December 1833, page 3<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

It\u2019s incredible to think that because of that union on a cold December day in 1833, I\u2019m sitting here today, generations later, typing this article.<\/p>\n

William and Fanny went on to have seven children and live long lives together, dying within just a few years of each other. They are buried together in New Hampton, Belknap County, New Hampshire.<\/p>\n

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Photo: Huse gravestone. Source: Find-a-Grave.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The inscription on their stone reads:<\/p>\n

\u201cFarewell my friends who stand around<\/em>
\n Where my poor remnants lay<\/em>
\n I rest beneath the silent ground<\/em>
\n Till the last judgment day\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Genealogy Tip:<\/em><\/strong> Notice that abbreviations are commonly used in newspaper articles. The phrase \u201cboth of S.\u201d refers back to the town, Sanbornton, where they both lived and where the marriage was performed. Become familiar with this common practice and look for it when you read old newspapers.<\/p>\n

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