The morning journal-courier., 1908-11-18
Marriage of Harrison Irving Mersereau and Miss Joseph inc Murphy Made Public
 After Two Months.
GROOM A HILL SCHOOL MAN
Came Here to Take Ynle Examina- lions and Was Studying at George l.. Fox's When He Met
 His Bride.

Through the return of the bride to this city another romance between a. student and a city girl has come to light. this time of student who was just about to enter Yale and local girl who has hosts of friends. The contracting parties are Harrison Irving Mersereau of Portland, Ore, and Miss Josephine Murphy of 5o7 Congress ave- nue. They were married in Jersey City the very day Mersereau was toN have entered Yale, September 2s, and now he has gone west to fix up tho matter with his parents.
 Mrs Mersereau is about IS years old and Is the daughter of Richard Mur- phy q retired farmer. She has lived in New Haven practically all her lifs and Is well known here. Since her re-. turn from her honeymoon she has been stopping with her sister, Mrs. Jacob N. Rohr of 70 Cedar Hill avenue and 1t is there that her husband will go td get her when she comes east,
 The marriage took place after an ac< quaintance covering several weeks, NIersereau had prepared for Yale at Hll school and failing to pass some of his examinations studied in New Haven at George L. Fox's school dur- ing the latter part of the summer and through September. It was in this period that he met Miss Murphy and they went around together consider- able. Finally they decided to be mar rled, first to walt until after Mer- sereau had graduated, but later when this seemed too long to wait. they de- cided to be married at once. So in- stead of entering Yale September 28 Mersereau and Miss Murphy the lat- ter without informing her parents went to New York and then over to Jersey City where the knot was tied. From there they went to Philadelphia to spend the honeymoon.
 | From Philadelphia Mersereau in- | formed his brother, Egbert Mersereau, | who is one of the ends on the present | Yale football eleven. and his father, | William Mersereau of Portland, Ore. Matters did not go quite as smoothly as was expected and his father re- quested him to come to the Pacific coast as fast as possible. and made no mention of an invitation to his young bride. So the young man left on his diplomatic career to his parents homo and Mrs. Mersereau returned to New Haven. She had before this informed her parents of the marriage and sev- eral of her friends had learned of 1t. 1 Mrs. Mersereau thinks that there Is no doubt of her young husbands re- turn east in a few weeks and says that she expects him almost any time, Both parties were of marriageable age ac- cording to the laws of New Jersey.
 Mrs. Richard Murphy, Mrs. Mer- sereau's mother, said last night that she had known of the marriage since late In September and that her daugh- ter had told her as soon as the wed- ding occurred. She, has met the young grom and thinks that he Is a very commendsble young man. Since the marriage, she says. efforts have been made by Mersereau's parents toward an annulment of the marriage, but as both were of age and as both evidently wanted to get married she sees no rea- son why they should not be allowed to go ahead.
 Mrs Mersereau Is one of the prettiest girls in New Haven, She Is blonde with beautiful curly hair, and her many friends will be surprised to learn | of her marriage.