Chicago Tribune Dec 28 1908 CUPID SHOWS OCCULT POWER Guides Chicago Man to Steamer Where He Meets Unexpectedly His Old Sweetheart; Wedding Follows James Stevens, said to be an employe in a public building in Chicago, went to Ellis Island last Monday, and the first person he saw landing from one of the liners was his old sweetheart coming from Ireland in search of news of him. They married and are now on their way to Chicago. Stevens promised to spend his vacation with James Ward at Terryville, Conn., and on the way he planned to stop at Ellis Island to meet Frank Ford, an old friend in Dublin. When he arrived at Terryville he was accompanied by a bride, who was Miss Anna McAuley. Seven years ago in County Down, Ireland, he had been ready to marry her, but stern relatives, including a brother who was a priest and an uncle who was a bishop forbade the wedding. In despair Stevens left Ireland and came to Chicago.
What a wonderful love story - when one reads between the lines. Sharon Sharon Oddie Brown, Roberts Creek, BC, Canada. History Project: www.thesilverbowl.com On 20/05/2011 2:53 AM, Nan Brennan wrote: > Chicago Tribune > Dec 28 1908 > > CUPID SHOWS OCCULT POWER > Guides Chicago Man to Steamer Where > He Meets Unexpectedly His Old > Sweetheart; Wedding Follows > > James Stevens, said to be an employe in a public building in Chicago, > went to Ellis Island last Monday, and the first person he saw landing > from one of the liners was his old sweetheart coming from Ireland in > search of news of him. They married and are now on their way to > Chicago. > > Stevens promised to spend his vacation with James Ward at Terryville, > Conn., and on the way he planned to stop at Ellis Island to meet > Frank Ford, an old friend in Dublin. > When he arrived at Terryville he was accompanied by a bride, who was > Miss Anna McAuley. > > Seven years ago in County Down, Ireland, he had been ready to marry > her, but stern relatives, including a brother who was a priest and an > uncle who was a bishop forbade the wedding. In despair Stevens left > Ireland and came to Chicago. > > > -------------------------------------------------- > 440 list members as of 1 May 2011. We lost a lot of members when AOL blocked RootsWeb in December 2010, and even more when AT&T blocked RootsWeb in January 2011. If you get unsubscribed, just keep resubscribing until it works. > -------------------------------------------------- > Searchable list archive at http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index/NIR-DOWN > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NIR-DOWN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >