Saturday Spotting - Heir of the Valentine Estate Weds

Appeared on Saturday the 23^rd of October in 1875 in the Indianapolis Sentinel out of Indianapolis, Indiana

WEDDED WEALTH.

TWO VAST ESTATES UNITED BY THE TENDER TIE OF HUSBAND AND WIFE.

     The Fall River correspondent of the New

York Herald contributed the following to

Wednesday’s issue of that paper: The mar-

riage of Miss Ella E. Valentine and Walter

M. Green, so long the theme of social

interest in this city, came of the evening at

the Valentine mansion, which had been

most elaborately decorated for the occasion.

The event called together a large company of

personal friends form their vicinity and the

large cities. Miss Valentine is the young-

est heir to the great Valentine estate, which

has descended to the heirs of the fourth

generation, the ancestor bequeathing it hav-

ing survived all his children and

passing it over the head of his

grandson about thirty-six years ago.

The aggregate at the present would place

it among the largest fortunes in the land,

and a very large portion of it is still invested

in established enterprises that have greatly

enriched this city. Mr. W M. Green is the

son of a wealthy merchant of Providence,

whose fortune places him among the solid

men of that city. The interior of the man-

sion where the ceremony was performed

was splendidly decorated with fortunes of

roses, smilax and fern. The wedding

ceremony took place under a finely

wrought arch of flowers with.

A FLORAL CROWN IN THE CENTER.

The refectory, improvised for the occasion

outside of domicile, was rendered very

attractive and beautiful with its profusion

of flowers and splendor of illuminations.

The lawn in front of the mansion was also

illuminated with about thirty glass globes

and stars lit up with gas. An arbor was

built from the front door to the sidewalk,

and the latter was carpeted to the street.

A steamer was charted to bring the guest

from Providence, and at the hour appointed

for the ceremony there were about 800

spectators. The ceremony was performed

by the Rev. A.K. P. Small, of the First

Baptist Church, in a very impressive man-

ner, and many were the congratulations

showered upon the happy pair. The music

for the occasion was rendered by an

orchestra from Providence. The presents

were numerous, elaborate in design and

combined the useful and beautiful In-

cluded in the display were statuettes,

candlesticks, engravings, chromos, tea and

dinner sets, and lastly a pair of solitaire

diamond ear drops, a present from the

bridegroom to this bride; a magnificent chro-

nometer with Swiss watch chain and pend-

ants, valued at $1,000, a present from the

bride to her husband. The newly married

couple left this evening for San Francisco,

where they purpose to spend the winter. 

(*above article found on Genealogy Bank website)

Saturday Spotting - Sopatski, Polish Girl Stands Strong

Appeared on Wednesday the 4^th of January in 1893 in the Worcester Daily Spy out of Worcester, Massachusetts

NOT HER VALENTINE.

A Young Girl Refuses to Marry on Her

Wedding Day.

  MERIDEN, CONN., Jan 3. – The parents

of Annie Sopatski, a comely Polish girl,

have tried to force her to marry a young

Pelander who hails from New Britain and

is known as Valentine. About two weeks

ago Annie met him for the first time, and,

yielding to the importunities of her

parents, agreed to marry him.

     The wedding was set for Dec. 20, but

when Valentine appeared the girl refused

to fulfil her part of the agreement. Val-

entine gave her two days’ grace and ap-

peared again on Saturday. The girl had

awakened to a realizing sense of the

“deal,” and absolutely refused to get

married.

     This so enraged her mother that she

burned up the girl’s wedding trousseau

and otherwise abused her. Annie sought

police aid, and her lover was ordered out

of town under penalty of arrest. Before

he went, however, he demanded recom-

pense for her failure to keep her agree-

ment, and the girl gave him $15 of her

hard-earned money.
(*above article found on Genealogy Bank website)

Saturday Spotting - Double Wedding Stelzer Family

Appeared on Thursday the 30^th of September in 1897 in the St Louis Republic out of St Louis, Missouri

A DOUBLE WEDDING IN SOUTH ST. LOUIS

VALENTINE STELZER AND HIS

SON CHRISTIAN CELEBRATE THEIR

WEDDING TOGETHER.

It Was The Father’s Sliver Wedding

 and a Happy Time Was Had.

A wedding ceremony a little out of the or-

dinary was celebrated in South St. Louis

yesterday. Christian Steizer of 2620 Arsenal

street and Lena Brandschwede of 1615 South

Broadway were joined in wedlock, and on

the same occasion the silver anniversary of

the marriage of Valentine Stelzer and his

wife, parents of the groom, was celebrated.

The young people were married in the

Church of St. Francis de Sales at Texas

and Cherokee streets at 8 a.m. The old

folks also went through a church ceremony,

the blessings of the church being again

bestowed upon them. John Stelzer, a broth-

er of Christian Stelzer acted as best man

and Anna Drisler as bridesmaid for the

young people. Joseph Abele and Mrs. Al-

bert Reldermelster acted in similar capaci-

ties for the old folks.

A reception was held last night at the

Southwestern Turner hall at Texas and

Cherokee streets. It was largely attended

by the friends of both parties. A number

of handsome presents were received by

both couples. Some of the presents were

from Chicago, where the elder Stelzer lived

before they came to St. Louis.

The occasion was a triple celebration

for Valentine Slelzer. Besides being the sil-

ver anniversary of his wedding, the year is

the twenty-fifth anniversary of his arrival

in this country from Germany; and he has

been 25 years employed by the same firm.

He went to work shortly after his arrival in

this country for Fairbanks & Co in Chica-

go. Four years later he was transferred to

the St. Louis branch where he is now em-

ployed. 

(*above article found on Genealogy Bank website)