Black Weddings

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St. Joseph Museums

Name/Title

Black Weddings

Entry/Object ID

9999.BHF.223

Scope and Content

Weddings St. Joseph News-Press January 16, 1953 was an article (photocopies) of the wedding of Cynthia Pauline Enoex and Chester Charles Pipkin. They were married August 31at the A. M. E. Church. There is also a picture of the wedding party. Date unknown-there is a picture and article (photocopy) on the wedding of Margaret C. Griffin and Mr. Henry Hartford Brown. St. Joseph News-Press May 28, 1993, there is a picture of the marriage of Holland Alexander on his wedding date 1941. He married the former Zanomia Robinson Duff. The picture contains the wedding party. The wedding party: Winston Mays, Zanomia Elliot, Catherine Kerford, Abis Martin, Gregory Freeman, and Jeanne Alexander. The groom was the son of William and Mary Alexander. The bride was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Walter D. Duff. St. Joseph News-Press March 26, 1993, is an article and picture of the wedding of Mabel Chambers and John Brown. The article is about how strict parents ruled courtship. Mable and Charles were married on Thanksgiving Day at 18 and 19 years of age. Pucker Up Tales of Romance is the title of a picture published by the St. Joseph News-Press. It is the picture of Kathryn and Wilbur Gamble after tying the knot in 1968. Looking on are the Rev. Bouie, left, and Mrs. Gamble's sister Jessie White, and her husband, Theodore. Above right the couple celebrates the occasion. Note at bottom of picture see Katherine Gamble file.

Collection

Black Archives

Lexicon

Search Terms

Weddings, Black History, Black Weddings

Legacy Lexicon

Object Name

File, Folder

Condition

Overall Condition

Good

Maintenance

Maintenance History

Date

Jul 23, 2013

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Holland Alexander

Person or Organization

Mary Alexander

Person or Organization

Henry Hartford Brown

Person or Organization

Walter Duff

Person or Organization

Zanomia Robinson Duff

Person or Organization

Zanomia Mauryce Elliott

Person or Organization

Cynthia Pauline Enoex

Person or Organization

Gregory Freeman

Person or Organization

Margaret C. Griffin

Person or Organization

Kerfords

Person or Organization

Abis Martin

Person or Organization

Winston Mays

Person or Organization

Chester Charles Pipkin