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From: "Sharon J. Yokaitis" <>
Subject: Re: [IA-IRISH] DUNN/DUGGAN marriage 1879
Date: Sat, 15 Dec 2001 17:30:37 -0500
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What is so funny is that the current New York Times wedding announcements submitted
today often sound almost exactly like this - very gossipy and chatty and with
extensive reliance for info from "a best friend." It would be much fun to know the
extent to which all the superlatives were true!

Cathy Joynt Labath wrote:

> I am pretty sure this is the brother to my great grand aunt, Mary Ann Dunn
> who married Patrick Joynt.
>
> Dyersville Commercial
> Dyersville, Dubuque, Iowa
> Friday, Feb 14, 1879
>
> ORANGE BLOSSOMS
> Brilliant Wedding of Mr. Thomas DUNN and Miss Honora DUGGAN
>
> We are pleased to have an opportunity of mentioning one of the most
> brilliant weddings of a much respected couple, that has ever occured on
> Bankston prairie. The parties to this pleasant and enjoyable affair, were
> Mr. Thos. DUNN and Mrs. Honora DUGGAN, both of Iowa township, this county.
> The occasion was celebrated Tuesday afternoon at St. Clemens church, Rev.
> Father C.G. McGOWAN, of Tivoli, officiating.
> After the tying of the Godian knot that binds "two souls with but a single
> thought, two hearts that beat as one," the assembled throng repaired to the
> residence of the bride's parents. This included guests from Dubuque, Farley,
> Dyersville and other places, who proceeded to enjoy themselves by "tripping
> the light fantastic," and in divers [sic] and sundry ways, in which
> everybody felt free to converse and be at home with everybody else.- The
> terpsicorean reveries were kept up from about four o'clock Tuesday, until
> the rising of the sun the next day, and then the assembled throng were
> compelled to separate and repair to their own homes, each one departed
> feeling that it had been one of the most enjoyable events of their lives.
> Miss DUGGAN, now Mrs. DUNN, is the daughter of the well-known and highly
> respected postmaster of Tivoli, and enjoys an enviable reputation as a young
> lady of culture, winning amiability and well deserved personal popularity
> and perhaps the highest compliment that has been paid the groom is conveyed
> in the congratulations upon having won a bride of whom he is in every way
> worthy.
> It might be well for us to state, that for the facts in regard to the above
> enjoyable epoch in the history of the two persons mentioned, we are under
> obligations to our esteemed friend, Mr. C.C. Chesterman, Jr. who was
> present, and speaks of it as being one of the most pleasant gatherings he
> has ever attended.
>
> Descendants of John Dunn
>
> 1 John Dunn b: in Ireland
> . +Anne Murphy
> ........... 2 Mary Ann Dunn b: 03/25/1849 in St. Louis, Mo src: Palo
> Alto County Death Records-Book 3 d: 05/31/1914 in Emmetsburg Iowa src:
> Palo Alto County Death Records-Book 3
> ............... +Patrick Joynt b: 05/1839 in Galway Co. , Ireland m:
> Abt. 1869 src: 1900 Census-Palo Alto Co. d: 10/28/1920
> ......................... 3 Margaret Joynt aka: Maggie b: 1865 src: St.
> John's Cemetery Records d: 03/22/1935 in Cylinder, Palo Alto, Iowa src:
> St. John's Cemetery Records Burial: 03/25/1935 St. John's Cemetery/Palo Alto
> County, Iowa Source: St. Thomas Church Records-Deaths 1905-1989
> ............................ +Charles Slagle b: 01/10/1858 in Goodhue,
> Minnesota m: 02/22/1898 in Emmetsburg,Iowa d: 09/22/1930 in
> Emmetsburg,Iowa
> ......................... 3 Winifred Joynt b: 06/03/1871 in Palo Alto
> County, Iowa src: 1895 Iowa Census-City of Emmetsburg d: 04/03/1901 in
> Mason City, Iowa
> ............................ +Michael P Kane b: 03/17/1874 in Palo Alto
> County, Iowa src1: 1895 Iowa Census-City of Emmetsburg, src2: Assumption
> Church Baptismal Records m: 06/02/1896 d: 12/21/1925 in Clinton, Iowa
> src: Obit Baptism: 04/05/1874 Assumption Church/Emmetsburg, Palo Alto, Iowa
> ......................... 3 John R Joynt aka: Big John b: 10/08/1872 in
> Palo Alto Co, Iowa src: Assumption Church Baptismal Records d: 05/10/1950
> in Council Bluffs, Iowa src1: St. John's Cemetery Records, src2: Assumption
> Death Records, Palo Alto Co, IA 1927-1948 Burial: 05/13/1950 St. John's
> Cemetery/Palo Alto County, Iowa Source: Assumption Death Records, Palo Alto
> Co, IA 1927-1948 Baptism: 10/13/1872 Assumption Church/Emmetsburg, Palo
> Alto, Iowa
> ............................ +Margaret Ryan b: 06/07/1873 in Troy,New York
> src: 1900 Census-Palo Alto Co. m: 01/14/1896 src: 1900 Census-Palo Alto Co.
> d: 08/03/1921 in Emmetsburg, Palo Alto, Iowa src: St. John's Cemetery
> Records
> ......................... 3 David Joynt b: 06/15/1874 in Emmetsburg, Palo
> Alto, Iowa src: Assumption Church Baptismal Records d: 01/06/1962 in
> Emmetsburg, Palo Alto, Iowa src1: Palo Alto County Death Records-Book 4,
> src2: Assumption Death Records, Palo Alto Co, IA 1927-1948 Burial:
> 01/08/1962 St. John's Cemetery/Palo Alto County, Iowa Source: Assumption
> Death Records, Palo Alto Co, IA 1927-1948 Baptism: 07/28/1874 Assumption
> Church/Emmetsburg, Palo Alto, Iowa
> ............................ +Katherine Regina Brennan aka: Nathie b:
> 08/14/1878 in Emmetsburg, Palo Alto, Iowa src: 1900 Census-Palo Alto Co.
> m: 04/30/1901 in Emmetsburg, Palo Alto, Iowa src: Palo Alto County Marriage
> Records-Book 5 d: 04/01/1959 src1: St. John's Cemetery Records, src2:
> Assumption Death Records, Palo Alto Co, IA 1927-1948 Burial: 04/03/1959 St.
> John's Cemetery/Palo Alto County, Iowa Source: Assumption Death Records,
> Palo Alto Co, IA 1927-1948
> ......................... 3 Thomas Patrick Joynt b: 03/22/1876 in
> Emmetsburg, Palo Alto, Iowa src: Assumption Church Baptismal Records d:
> 11/25/1957 in Clear Lake,Iowa Baptism: 04/02/1876 Assumption
> Church/Emmetsburg, Palo Alto, Iowa
> ............................ +Mary Theresa McNally aka: Rose McNally b:
> 09/27/1880 in Emmetsburg, Palo Alto, Iowa src: 1900 Census Palo Alto
> County, Iowa m: 08/25/1903 in Emmetsburg Iowa d: 06/15/1966 in Clear
> Lake,Iowa
> ......................... 3 Anna D Joynt b: 02/1879 in Emmetsburg, Palo
> Alto,Iowa d: 1933
> ............................ +Robert Kinsella b: 07/13/1875 in
> Streator,Illinois src1: Palo Alto Co. Birth Records-Book 3, src2: 1935 Tax
> Assessors List, Palo Alto Co, Iowa m: Abt. 06/18/1913 in Emmetsburg,Iowa
> d: 08/22/1946 in Santa Cruz, California src: St. Thomas Church
> Records-Deaths 1905-1989 Burial: 08/29/1946 St. John's Cemetery/Palo Alto
> County, Iowa Source: St. Thomas Church Records-Deaths 1905-1989
> ......................... 3 Honora Joynt aka: Sister Mary St. Thomas b:
> 03/02/1882 in Emmetsburg Iowa src: Palo Alto Co. Birth Records-Book 1
> ......................... 3 Joseph F. Joynt b: 10/09/1883 d: 1944
> ......................... 3 Agnes D. Joynt b: 04/12/1886 in Iowa
> ............................ +Joseph Heisler m: 04/20/1920 in Emmetsburg,
> Palo Alto, Iowa src: Newspaper
> ......................... 3 Charles Alfred Joynt b: 12/19/1887 in
> Emmetsburg,Iowa d: 11/20/1974 in Emmetsburg,Iowa
> ............................ +Mary Reinders b: 09/16/1893 in Palo Alto
> County, Iowa src: 1895 Iowa Census-Ellington Twp m: 05/15/1923 in Mallard,
> Iowa d: 05/31/1975 src: St. John's Cemetery Records
> ......................... 3 Ellen Charlotte Joynt aka: Lottie b:
> 01/09/1890
> ............................ +August Heisler m: Bef. 1920
> ......................... 3 Rose Coletta Joynt aka: Sister Ambrose b:
> 01/09/1890
> ......................... 3 Daniel Raymond Joynt aka: Raymond or Ray Joynt
> b: 02/11/1892 in Emmetsburg township, Palo Alto, Iowa d: 01/17/1928 in
> Emmetsburg, Palo Alto, Iowa src1: St. John's Cemetery Records, src2: St.
> Thomas Church Records-Deaths 1905-1989 Burial: 01/19/1928 St. John's
> Cemetery/Palo Alto County, Iowa Source: St. Thomas Church Records-Deaths
> 1905-1989
> ............................ +Mary Ellen Donovan aka: Nellie b: 1887 in
> Iowa m: 01/12/1914 in Minneapolis, Minnesota d: 1968 src: St. John's
> Cemetery Records
> ......................... 3 Mary Joynt aka: Sister Mary Josephine b:
> 09/16/1893 d: 05/31/1975 Burial: St. John's Cemetery/Palo Alto County,
> Iowa
> ........... 2 Hannah Dunn b: Bet. 1853 - 1854 in Missouri d: in Sioux
> City, Iowa
> ............... +Lawrence J Murphy b: 08/16/1854 in Elgin, Illinois src1:
> 1870 Census, src2: Obit m: 05/17/1886 d: 04/09/1939 in Emmetsburg, Palo
> Alto, Iowa
> ......................... 3 Lawrence J Murphy b: Bet. 1887 - 1888 in Palo
> Alto County, Iowa src: 1895 Iowa Census-City of Emmetsburg d: Bef. 1939
> ......................... 3 Daniel Murphy b: Bet. 1889 - 1890 in Palo
> Alto County, Iowa src: 1895 Iowa Census-City of Emmetsburg d: Bef. 1939
> ......................... 3 Anna R Murphy b: Bet. 1890 - 1891 in Palo
> Alto County, Iowa src: 1895 Iowa Census-City of Emmetsburg d: Bef. 1939
> ............................ +Matt Schoen
> ......................... 3 John Murphy b: Bet. 1891 - 1892 in Palo Alto
> County, Iowa src: 1895 Iowa Census-City of Emmetsburg d: Bef. 1939
> ........... 2 Thomas Dunn
> ............... +Honora Duggan m: 02/11/1879
> ........... 2 Maggie Dunn
>
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