{"id":4983,"date":"2013-11-06T09:52:37","date_gmt":"2013-11-06T15:52:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs2.davenportlibrary.com\/sc\/?p=4983"},"modified":"2013-11-06T09:52:37","modified_gmt":"2013-11-06T15:52:37","slug":"the-brilliant-nuptials-of-elise-koehler-and-theophilus-brown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/sc\/2013\/11\/06\/the-brilliant-nuptials-of-elise-koehler-and-theophilus-brown\/","title":{"rendered":"The Brilliant Nuptials of Elise Koehler and Theophilus Brown"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Koehler<\/a><\/p>\n

On the 28th<\/sup> of November, 1913, Miss Elise Jane Koehler, daughter of Oscar and Mathilde Koehler, married Theophilus Brown at 7 o\u2019clock in the evening at the Davenport Unitarian Church.<\/p>\n

The Koehler family was very well known in Davenport, and the Davenport Democrat<\/i> published a full-length column on the event two days later, adding color and detail to our archived photographs of the bride:<\/p>\n

\u201cShe was dressed in a gown of white charmeuse made with full court train and trimmed in Carrick ma-Cross hand-made lace.\u00a0 The long wedding veil of English tulle fell to the hem of the gown from beneath daintily fashioned cap of the tulle, that was wreathed with natural orange blossoms.\u00a0 She wore as her only ornament a pendant of sapphires and diamonds set in platinum, the gift of the groom, and the bridal bouquet was of lilies of the valley in shower arrangement.\u00a0 The bride carried her mother\u2019s wedding handkerchief of lace.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\"Koehler<\/a><\/p>\n

Although we have no images of the full bridal party in our collections, the wedding announcement tells us that the maid of honor was Otillie Koehler, the bride\u2019s sister, and their two younger sisters, Ida and Hildegarde, were the flower girls.\u00a0 The sister of the groom, Kate Brown, was the bridesmaid.<\/p>\n

It also tells us that the attendants wore yellow and white, and carried yellow roses:<\/p>\n

\u201cThe maid of honor and bridesmaid were both in yellow brocaded charmeuse dresses.\u00a0 These were made intraine:\u00a0 That of Miss Koehler being trimmed in yellow lace, and she wore gold ornaments in her hair.\u00a0 Miss Brown\u2019s dress was trimmed in white lace.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

For those interested in the fashionable details, the article goes on to describe the decorations of the church in great detail, and also the reception, which was at the Koehler home on 104 East Locust Street–even to mentioning the floral table arrangements for the guests who had to be seated in the basement!<\/p>\n

For the researcher, there are genealogical gems as well:\u00a0 the bride was escorted down the aisle by her uncle, as her father had passed away some time before.\u00a0 The groom\u2019s sister is named, as well as several out of town guests who might be part of the family tree, or at least provide geographical locations to search.\u00a0 And there\u2019s even mention of the bride\u2019s grandfathers, both prominent men.<\/p>\n

We wish all wedding announcements were this informative—and easy to find—but even with half the column inches, these resources can help bring the past to life!<\/p>\n

\"Koehler<\/a><\/p>\n

_____________________________<\/p>\n

Sources Used:<\/i><\/p>\n

\u201cBrown-Koehler Wedding Brilliant Society Event.\u201d Davenport Democrat<\/i>, November 30, 1913, p.6.<\/p>\n

Upper Mississippi Valley Digital Image Archive<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

On the 28th of November, 1913, Miss Elise Jane Koehler, daughter of Oscar and Mathilde Koehler, married Theophilus Brown at 7 o\u2019clock in the evening at the Davenport Unitarian Church. The Koehler family was very well known in Davenport, and … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[5],"tags":[1042,1082,375,1083,407,245],"class_list":["post-4983","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-local-history","tag-davenport-democrat","tag-elise-jane-koehler-brown","tag-hostetler-studios","tag-theophilus-brown","tag-upper-mississippi-valley-digital-image-archive","tag-weddings"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pd0CXc-1in","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/sc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4983","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/sc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/sc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/sc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/sc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4983"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/sc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4983\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4989,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/sc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4983\/revisions\/4989"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/sc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4983"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/sc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4983"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/sc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4983"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}