A very pretty wedding took place Dec. 18, 1901 at the home of Mr. & Mrs. Louis C. Rousseau. It was the marriage of their oldest daughter, Clara Z. Rousseau to S. Ernest Canfield.
At the hour of 7 p.m. Miss Carrie Canfield took her place at the organ, which was placed in the hall, and as the strains of the Wedding March floated on the air, the bride and groom descended the stairs and took their place underneath an arched bower, where the marriage ceremony was pronounced by the Rev. Harris Francis.
While the congratulations were being given Miss Carrie Canfield sang, "Two hearts that beat as one."
Only the immediate families of the two parties residing in Aldine were present, and Dr. G. R. Burney and wife of Chicago, Ill. cousins of the bride, who arrived that morning, their visit being a surprise.
The house was most tastefully decorated. The dining room in Yupon berries, Spanish Moss, Mistletoe and Holly. The hall and stair case banked with fralins and with the walls hung with holly & mistletoe.
The parlor was trimmed in Smilax, holy, mistletoe and fralins. On the south side of the room was the crowning piece an arched bower of the living greens. The lamps had rose colored shades & shed a soft effulgent light over all.
The bride was attired in a traveling suit of Grey Venitian cloth, trimmed in stitched bands of taffeta silk a shade darker, under the short Eton jacket was a white tucked silk waist trimmed in chiffon & valencennes lace. The groom wore the conventional black.
Although the event was not unlooked for it was a surprise to their many acquaintances, and as one of the friends afterward remarked, "it was like a shower after a long drouth, long looked for, but a surprise, when it at last came."
The presents numerous, useful and beautiful.
A reception was given the young couple at the home of Mrs. Eleanor Canfield, the mother of the groom the following day. The married people being invited to dinner & the young people to supper & spent the evening in social ways.
The family of the groom came here from Mi. Co. Kans. in Feb. 1899, & have since been active factors in Aldine society.
The bride's parents came here in April 1899, from Putnam County, Ill. & builded on their farm 4 miles southeast of Aldine.
The happy couple have gone to house-keeping in their new home 2 mi. S.E. of Aldine.
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