Austen Family Wedding Announcements Collection, 1895
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Description
Austen Family Wedding Announcements Collection, 1895
Overview
This digitized collection comprises five printed wedding invitations issued in 1895 by members of the Austen family and their social circle in Staten Island and New York City. The items are scanned as high‑resolution JPEG images, each accompanied by OCR‑derived text. The collection is housed by the Alice Austen House and is presented in English.Background
The invitations were produced by prominent local families—McKean, Austen, Davis, Williams, and Thurber—whose members were active in the social life of late‑Victorian New York. The document set reflects the customary practice of announcing marriages through formal printed notices, a primary source for genealogical and social history research. The collection was created in 1895 and later digitized for public access.Contents
- Marian Honora Parmele – April 15, 1895, St. John’s Church, Clifton, Staten Island.
- Adelina Elwell Sawyer – June 12, 1895, Grace Church, New York.
- Anna Townsend Ripley – June 18, 1895, Linden Hill, Clifton, Staten Island.
- Charlotte Eleanor Dustan – June 20, 1895, Plaza Hotel, New York.
- Caroline Simonson – June 3, 1895, Holy Trinity Church, 122nd St. & Lenox Ave., New York.
Each image contains the full invitation text, including names, dates, venues, and the request for attendance. The OCR text confirms the printed wording and provides a searchable transcription.
Scope
The collection covers wedding announcements dated exclusively to 1895, located in English, and focused on the Austen family’s social milieu. It includes only the five printed invitations listed above; other family correspondence, photographs, or ancillary documents are not part of this set. The material offers insight into Victorian social customs, marriage practices, and the geographic spread of Staten Island families into Manhattan’s social scene.Raw Cheimarros Data
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Files (6)
1895_4-15-April 2001 copy.jpgJPEG
OCR Text
Mr. William Blair McKean requests your presence at the marriage of his daughter Marian Honora, to Mr. Edward Andariese Parmele. Monday afternoon, April the fifteenth, at five o'clock. St. John's Church. Clifton, Staten Island.
1895_6-12-June 2003 copy.jpgJPEG
OCR Text
Colonel & Mrs David Elwell Austen request the honour of your presence at the marriage of their daughter, Adelina Elwell, to Mr Willis Lee Sawyer, on Wednesday, June the twelfth, at twelve o'clock, in Grace Church, New York.
1895_6-18-June 1002 copy.jpgJPEG
OCR Text
The Reverend Benjamin J. Davis. Miss Anna Townsend Ripley, Married, on Tuesday, June the eighteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-five, Linden Hill, Clifton, Staten Island.
1895_6-20-June 4002 copy.jpgJPEG
OCR Text
Mr. Samuel Thomson Williams, Miss Charlotte Eleanor Dustan, Married, on Thursday, June the twentieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-five, at the Plaza Hotel, New York.
1895_6-24-June 2002 copy.jpgJPEG
OCR Text
At Home on Tuesdays, after June twenty-fourth, Brightside, Southern Boulevard and Westchester Avenue.
1895_6-3-June 3002 copy.jpgJPEG
OCR Text
Mr. & Mrs. J. Louis Thurber request your presence at the marriage of their daughter, Caroline, to Mr. B. Hustace Simonson, on Monday evening, June third, at eight o'clock, Holy Trinity Church, 122nd Street and Lenox Avenue, New York.
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