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Antonio Siragusa Children 1962  Salvadore & Lena Siragusa Guercio, Joe & Mary Mazzei Siragusa, Angeline Siragusa & Tony Barbato, Jennie Siragusa & Bat Morales Frank Siragusa is not pictured.  The Sunday Gazetteer
Sunday, September 19, 1909 pg. 4 Barbato ~ Siragusa A very pretty early fall wedding was that solemnized in St. Joseph's Church last Sunday afternoon when Miss Angelina Siragusa became the bride of Mr. Anthony Barbato. Promptly at five o'clock the wedding party entered the church to the sweet strains of the wedding march, Miss Lena Siragusa, sister of the bride, acting as organist for the happy occasio; first, the usher, Mr. Sam Parlat, uncle of the bride, then the attendants, Miss Tena Mamola, cousin of the bride and Louis Parlat, another uncle, following these the beautiful bride leaning on the arm of her uncle, Camille Siragusa, and last the happy groom and the bride's mother. The ceremony was performed by Rev. Father Hutcheson under a wedding bell suspended from an arch of evergreen before the Altar of Blessed Sacrament. Before the ceremony, Fr. Hutcheson addressed the bridal couple in both English and Italian, impressing on them the responsibility they were about to assume, and admonishing them to keep ever before their minds the teachings of the church regarding the indissolubility of the Sacrament of Matrimony and thus fulfill the law of God and his church in this holy estate. After the plighting of troths, the bridal party left the church in reverse order. The decorations of the church were evergreens, palms and potted ferns. The bride is the second daughter of Mrs. Kate Siragusa and the groom is a young man in every way worthy of the lovely bride he has won. The bride was attired in a lovely white hand-embroidered satin gown, made entrain and wore a point Esprit wedding veil. She carried a white prayer book. The maid of honor wore a princess slip of white silk mull, trimmed with Val. lace, and large picture hat. She carried a shower bouquet of white carnations and ferns. After the church ceremony the bridal couple had photographs taken, and then were driven to the home of the bride, 1115 W. Main street, where an elegant informal reception was held, some 200 relatives and friends being present. The parlor decorations were in the Italian colors, green, white, and red. Festoons reached from the four corners of the ceiling and met in the center, where bands of white held them in place; and red and white shades were used on the chandelier lights. Refreshments were served throughout the evening and at 9 o'clock supper was announced. The bride and groom presided over the table which was heavily laden with good things to eat. The bride's cake was an elegant six-layer cake which carried out the color scheme of the other decorations, being red, white and green layers. Mr. and Mrs. Barbato were the recipients of many useful and beautiful presents, some coming as far as New York. The bride's family is one of the best of our Italian families and she numbers her friends by the score both among the Italians and Americans. The groom has only been a resident of Denison for about a year, but that both of the contracting parties are very popular was attested by the large congration of both Italians and Americans present. The church was filled, many having to be seated in the choir loft. Mr. and Mrs. Barbato are at home to their friends at 1115 W. Main street, where they will reside with the bride's mother. Mr. and Mrs. J. Cassa and children, Mr. and Mrs. John Lala, and Miss Jennie Averallo of Ft. Worth were out-of-town guests and formed a house party at the Barbato~Siragusa wedding last Saturday, Sunday, and Monday.  Italian Roots Susan Hawkins © 2024 If you find any of Grayson County TXGenWeb links inoperable, please send me a message. |