A photo of the Van Tassel wedding in Walnut Creek, CA. Just married! My son Jan married Janene Grignon in Walnut Creek, CA. A happy occasion! Pieter & Richard, their father Raymond, and myself. We had just divorced the year before! Jan and Janene, then Jack Redman. (He knew Van since their school days at Oakland Tech & gave the bride away.) Steffie Delmont was Bride's Maid. (She was the daughter-in-law of Jennie, the woman who finally tamed Raymond & remained with him until he died.) Raymond's Aunt Katie Aldridge Merrill is on the right, the elder of the family.
The 1960's were years of great change: Protests (Vietnam War, Free Speech, Civil Rights), assassinations (JFK, Martin Luther King Jr, Bobby Kennedy), conflict (the Cuban Missile Crisis, the Cold War, ...
Antique and old photos showing weddings and anniversaries through the centuries.
Did you know that the white wedding dress was popularized in the West by Queen Victoria in the 1800's? In the East, a red wedding dress is considered good luck.
Regardless of particular customs or...
Bethel Nadine Holmes of the gold dredging town of Hammonton, Calif. Author of "Peeks Into Sierra Pantries" & "Wood Chips To Game Chips, History of North Lake Tahoe Casinos." Retired from Univ of Nevada Library. Grandaughter of Samuel Jackson Lewis & Martha Love Barker and John Hughes Holmes & Clarissa Angella Laine. Descendant of Wm Braden & Euphemia Jackson, Van Rensselaer Holmes & Elizabeth Ross (dau of Ignatius), Melissa Sheral, Casandra Le Sueur, and James Barker & Martha Patsie Love Emmitt.