Wedding Dress, Carrie Case
silk
Wedding dress bodice and skirt; extra fabric in box, and a pair of gloves.
Donation of wedding dress of Carrie Case’s 1872 wedding dress, worn at Avon Congregational Church.
Genealogy from Mary’s papers that she donated—
Ralph Leroy Wheeler married Mary Caroline (Carrie) Case, Feb. 14, 1872.
Mary Carolina (Carrie) Case Wheeler was born April 27, 1847 in Simsbury and died April 2, 1897, age 49. Buried in East Avon Cem. Her father: Jay Case, and Mary Caroline Case (they had same name)
Ralph Wheeler born Sept. 21, 1842 (says Gavin Genealogy; family bible at Avon Library says Sept. 21, 1840): in Avon and died May 11, 1919, age 76. Buried in East Avon Cemetery plot 328. Father Luther Wheeler and mother Abigail Elvira Thompson. His first wife died, and she was Mary E. Hinman. They married May 26,1863. Mary Hinman died July 15, 1867.
Ralph and Carrie had 8 children.
Donation of wedding dress of Carrie Case’s 1872 wedding dress, worn at Avon Congregational Church.
Genealogy from Mary’s papers that she donated—
Ralph Leroy Wheeler married Mary Caroline (Carrie) Case, Feb. 14, 1872.
Mary Carolina (Carrie) Case Wheeler was born April 27, 1847 in Simsbury and died April 2, 1897, age 49. Buried in East Avon Cem. Her father: Jay Case, and Mary Caroline Case (they had same name)
Ralph Wheeler born Sept. 21, 1842 (says Gavin Genealogy; family bible at Avon Library says Sept. 21, 1840): in Avon and died May 11, 1919, age 76. Buried in East Avon Cemetery plot 328. Father Luther Wheeler and mother Abigail Elvira Thompson. His first wife died, and she was Mary E. Hinman. They married May 26,1863. Mary Hinman died July 15, 1867.
Ralph and Carrie had 8 children.
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