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| Year | Stories |
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| 1888 | 4 |
| 1889 | 5 |
| 1891 | 3 |
| 1892 | 9 |
| 1893 | 23 |
| 1894 | 10 |
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59 stories matching bride
- The Political Wedding of the Season
A look back at the high-society union of a Tacoma banker and the daughter of a Chief Justice, which captivated 1891 Seattle.
- The First Wedding in Franklin
A historic ceremony marks the beginning of a local tradition for the growing industrial settlement.
- Henry Sprague Died by Suicide in an Unfinished House
A young farmer in Medical Lake ends his life in the unfinished house he was building for his bride-to-be after she marries another.
- The High-Society Union of Alena Hayden and Wellington Clark
A meticulously decorated home ceremony in Seattle highlights the turn-of-the-century social season, marking the departure of a beloved local figure to Walla Walla.
- The Runaway Romance of Spokane’s High Society
A teenage bride and her bookkeeper groom flee to Idaho to escape her wealthy father’s disapproval, settling into a Seattle hotel for their honeymoon.
- The Captain and the Bride of Puget Sound
A festive wedding at the corner of Ninth and Pine unites a prominent Seattle sea captain and a daughter of the Pacific Northwest.
- Wedded in Under an Hour
A long-distance correspondence turns into a lightning-fast wedding after a lamp nearly explodes.
- Ballard Wedding Celebrated with Community Cheer
Miss Jennie Dow and Mr. John Kyle were wed in a ceremony attended by local family and friends at the Dow home in Ballard.
- Forced Marriage in Skagit
A young man looking for a way out of a paternity suit finds himself wedded to an Indigenous bride instead of boarding a train to Kansas.
- The Unspeakable Theft: A Seattle Victorian Scandal
A young bride-to-be suffers from a mysterious, compulsive urge to steal, forcing a wealthy family to confront the era's cruel morality regarding mental health.
- The Groom, the Bride, and the Exclusion Act
After being ordered deported, a Chinese merchant successfully fights the federal government to reunite with his wife.
- The Disappearing Lay Reader of Tacoma
A Minnesota man and church treasurer leaves his bride and his creditors behind in a cloud of financial scandal.
- A Silent Wedding in Seattle
A young couple, both deaf, marry in a quiet ceremony at the Seattle National Bank building.
- The Scandal of a Spokane Millionaire's Secret Marriage
After his bank failed and his first wife passed away, A.M. Cannon's secret wedding to a divorced woman sparked a nationwide media sensation and accusations of insanity.
- Forced into Marriage in Tacoma
A young woman is reportedly coerced by her father to marry a miner against her prior engagement.
- The Groom Who Vanished: A Tacoma Bride’s Wedding Day Turned to Ashes
A Chicago furniture manufacturer arrived in Tacoma with a 'pretty bride' and a request for cash. By the next morning, he was gone, leaving behind a suspicious telegram from his employers and a trail of fraud that spanned the West Coast.
- The Gilded Union: A Chorus Girl and a Chinese Actor Defy Convention in Seattle's Chinatown
In a scandalous departure from social norms, Jessie Kitchie and Ah Bock exchanged vows in the opium-scented apartments of Jackson Alley, marking a rare public union across racial lines in 1889.
- The Bride of Sixteen and Her Husband of Fifty-Eight
A teenage bride petitions for divorce, citing a forced marriage, cruelty, and the abandonment of a child.
- He Wed to End a Lawsuit, Then Fled His Bride at the Gate
W. Estabrook married the plaintiff in a Woodinville breach-of-promise case, slipped out of Seattle, and ran from his new wife when they reached her gate—then disappeared again when she came looking.
- The Preacher's Daughter Eloped, and Her Father Met the Groom With a Shotgun
Emery Bickafoose and Rose Holgate slipped out of Oakesdale, married in Idaho, then drove home for a parental blessing. They got a loaded reception instead.
- The Price of a Child Bride
A sexagenarian is granted a divorce from his 12-year-old wife, but the court ensures he pays dearly for the union.
- The Fight for Mary Laneville
A legal tug-of-war erupts as a sister attempts to rescue a teenage bride from the House of the Good Shepherd.
- The Coal Miners’ Masquerade Wedding
A wedding in the company town of Black Diamond turns into a spectacle when local miners gatecrash the festivities in full gear.
- A Marriage Cut Short by Tragedy
A young bride dies suddenly on her second wedding anniversary, triggering a callous rumor mill that the press quickly works to correct.
- Mary Stein Feist, 21, Dies by Suicide in Tacoma
A young bride, isolated and grieving for her family in Germany, takes her own life just seven weeks after her wedding in Tacoma.