The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1902-09-04
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Meyer Celebrated
Their Golden Wedding at st.
George Church Today.
RENEW VOWS OF HALF CENTURY.
Many Friends Gather at the Meyer Home
Congratulations to Aged Couple.
(From Tuesdays Daily.)

One of the events of the season
among the Germans of the city was
the celebration of the fftieth anniver-
sary of Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Meyer,
which occurred at st. George church
at nine o'clock this morning. The
celebration of the golden wedding was
an event of more than usual interest
on account of the fact that Mary Mug
gen and Joseph Meyer were among the
first people to be married at St. George
when the temple was built fifty years
ago.
In honor of the celebration the
church had been beautifully decorated
with palms and flowers and the chan
eel in which Mr.. and Mrs. Meyer knelt
while they renewed the VOWS made
half century ago was resplendent
with a great bank of palms and sum-
mer flowers. A solemn high nuptial
mass was celebrated by the Rev.
Father E1skamp, pastor of the church,
he being assisted by large number of
visiting clergymen from other
churches in Kenosha and from other
cities.
Three hundred invitations had been
sent out for the service and almost
every seat in the church was filled by
the friends of the aged couple. Many
of the people attending the wedding
were among those who attended the
original ceremony. so many years ago
and after the wedding there was an in
formal reunion of many of the pioneer
mem bers of st. George church who
had resided in the city and in the
neighborhood for fifty years and over.
After the pretty ceremony at the
church Mr.. and Mrs. Meyer and the
members of the Meyer family returned
to the family residence on Oak street
where family dinner and reunion
was held at noon. In honor of there
union of the family the house was
deliberately decorated with flowers.
Nearly every member of the family
was present at the dinner held at
noon.
In the afternoon and this evening
Mr.. and Mrs. Meyer will hold an in
formal reception to their many friends
in the city and county and it is ex-
pected that more than three hundred
guests will be present at the reception.
The celebration of the anniversary
will end with an informal party this
evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. Meyer are among the
best known of the early pioneer set
tiers of Kenosha. Mr.. Meyer came to
this country from Germany in 184o
and settled on farm in the town of
Pleasant Prairie. A year later his
wife came to Kenosha county and set
tied near the Meyer farm. The we'd
ding was the elimination of one of
those early day romances and the wife
assisted her husband in the early days
trials so common to the lot of the pio-
neer settlers.
Mr.. and Mrs. Meyer are each eighty
one years of age but both are in COM
plete possession of the vigor that is
the result of life we'll spent and it is
doubtful if two better preserved people
can be found IN the county. They
are able to be about the house every
day and on account of their cheerful
they are great favorites
with the younger people on the North
side.
They received many handsome and
appropriate presents as souvenirs of
their golden wedding and the dearest
hope of their friends is that they may
be spared to celebrate diamond
wedding" twenty-five years hence.
Mr.. and Mrs. Meyer have eight chill
dren and all of them were here to at
tend the ceremonies of the day. The
children are: P. J. Meyer, of Plain
field, Wis; M. w. Meyer, of Kenosha;
Joseph Meyer and C. G. Meyer, of
Pleasant Prairie; Mrs. John Balm, Jr.,
Mrs. Louis Schultz. Helen and Marga-
ret Meyer, all of Kenosha.