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Notes for Rudolph Charles Nadeau/Coralee Clarinda O'Clair

According to an article in the paper, "Penacook Girl Wed Today 1/31/27"--Miss O'Clair Is Bride of Rudolph Nadeau This Morning"--Penacook: January 31--The marriage of Miss Coralie C. Oclair, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Felix Oclair, and Rudolph Nadeau, was solemnized at 7:30 o'clock this morning at the Church of the Immaculate Conception. The ceremony was performed by the paster, Rev. T. C. Laughlin, D., D., who also celebrated the nuptial/mass, and two young cousins of the bride, Francis Oclair and Felix Lebrun, served mass. Solos in the mass were rendered by George Supry, who sang "O Salutaris," and Harry McShane, who sang the "Ave Maria." Miss Josephine Coakley played Lohengrin's Wedding March and other appropriate organ selections. The couple were attended by a sister of the bride, MissAlma A. OClair, as bridesmaid and a brother of the groom, Leonal Nadeau, as best man. The ceremony was witnessed by a large number of relativesandfriends. It was a very pretty wedding. The bride wore an exquisite gown of white satin and lace flouncing, beaded in pearls and studded with brilliants. Her veil was of white net trimmed with silk applique and fastened on the head, turban fashion, with pearl embroidery and orange blossoms. She wore white kid slippers. Her flowers were a shower bouquet of brides roses and lillies of the valley. The bridesmaid was dressed in green, a gown of flat crepe trimmed with velvet and gold buttons and a hat to match. She carried an arm bouquet of pink roses.

Awedding breakfast was served at the home of the bride and attended by about 75 adults besides numerous children. The room devoed to the wedding gifts was filled to overflowing with all kinds of household furnishings, including a chamber suite, several pairs of wool blankets table silver from the bride's mother; a handsome living room set, several pieces of which were the gift of the groom's mother; a gray breakfast set from fellow-employees and other friends of the groom; and a wealth of silver, cut glass, china, pyrex, luminum, electrical appliances, table furnishings in tea sets, dinner sets and linens of all kinds, lampsand clocksand many novelties, gifts from relatives and friends in Waterville, ME, and in this vicinity.

Mr. a nd Mrs. Nadeal left on an early afternoon train for Boston where they will pass their honeymoon. The bride went away in a peach colored dress, green coat with fur trimmings and a hat to match. Out of town people herefor thewedding were Charles Pooler, the groom's grandfather, and his two aunts, Mrs. Johnn Poulin, and Mrs. Alexander Pelletier, all of Watterville, ME, Mr. and Mrs. Felix Gibeau of East Concord and Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Mayo of Concord.

An unusual feature of family history was the presence at the wedding of four generations in the families of both the bride and the groom; the bride's grandfather, Dennis Brodeur, his daughter, Mrs. Fred Mayo, her son, Alfred, and his little daughter, Dorothy; and in the Nadeau family, the grandfather, Charles Pooler, his daughter, Mrs. William Nadeau, her son Edmund, and his son, Paul.

Mr. and Mrs. Nadeau will return home on Thursday, February 3, as a reception will be tendered them that evening in Graphic Hall. They will make their home with the bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Felix O'Clair.

They honeymooned in Boston at the Arlington Hotel Room 50. Also, they stayed in Manchester, at the Carpenter in Room 755. They had their reception after they returned from their honeymoon on February 3, 1927 at the Graphic Hall in Penacook NH.[pdrive_myfamily.ftw]

According to an article in the paper, "Penacook Girl Wed Today 1/31/27"--Miss O'Clair Is Bride of Rudolph Nadeau This Morning"--Penacook: January 31--The marriage of Miss Coralie C. Oclair, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Felix Oclair, and Rudolph Nadeau, was solemnized at 7:30 o'clock this morning at the Church of the Immaculate Conception. The ceremony was performed by the paster, Rev. T. C. Laughlin, D., D., who also celebrated the nuptial/mass, and two young cousins of the bride, Francis Oclair and Felix Lebrun, served mass. Solos in the mass were rendered by George Supry, who sang "O Salutaris," and Harry McShane, who sang the "Ave Maria." Miss Josephine Coakley played Lohengrin's Wedding March and other appropriate organ selections. The couple were attended by a sister of the bride, MissAlma A. OClair, as bridesmaid and a brother of the groom, Leonal Nadeau, as best man. The ceremony was witnessed by a large number of relativesandfriends. It was a very pretty wedding. The bride wore an exquisite gown of white satin and lace flouncing, beaded in pearls and studded with brilliants. Her veil was of white net trimmed with silk applique and fastened on the head, turban fashion, with pearl embroidery and orange blossoms. She wore white kid slippers. Her flowers were a shower bouquet of brides roses and lillies of the valley. The bridesmaid was dressed in green, a gown of flat crepe trimmed with velvet and gold buttons and a hat to match. She carried an arm bouquet of pink roses.

Awedding breakfast was served at the home of the bride and attended by about 75 adults besides numerous children. The room devoed to the wedding gifts was filled to overflowing with all kinds of household furnishings, including a chamber suite, several pairs of wool blankets table silver from the bride's mother; a handsome living room set, several pieces of which were the gift of the groom's mother; a gray breakfast set from fellow-employees and other friends of the groom; and a wealth of silver, cut glass, china, pyrex, luminum, electrical appliances, table furnishings in tea sets, dinner sets and linens of all kinds, lampsand clocksand many novelties, gifts from relatives and friends in Waterville, ME, and in this vicinity.

Mr. a nd Mrs. Nadeal left on an early afternoon train for Boston where they will pass their honeymoon. The bride went away in a peach colored dress, green coat with fur trimmings and a hat to match. Out of town people herefor thewedding were Charles Pooler, the groom's grandfather, and his two aunts, Mrs. Johnn Poulin, and Mrs. Alexander Pelletier, all of Watterville, ME, Mr. and Mrs. Felix Gibeau of East Concord and Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Mayo of Concord.

An unusual feature of family history was the presence at the wedding of four generations in the families of both the bride and the groom; the bride's grandfather, Dennis Brodeur, his daughter, Mrs. Fred Mayo, her son, Alfred, and his little daughter, Dorothy; and in the Nadeau family, the grandfather, Charles Pooler, his daughter, Mrs. William Nadeau, her son Edmund, and his son, Paul.

Mr. and Mrs. Nadeau will return home on Thursday, February 3, as a reception will be tendered them that evening in Graphic Hall. They will make their home with the bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Felix O'Clair.

They honeymooned in Boston at the Arlington Hotel Room 50. Also, they stayed in Manchester, at the Carpenter in Room 755. They had their reception after they returned from their honeymoon on February 3, 1927 at the Graphic Hall in Penacook NH.
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