Surnames: Wedding, Crothers

----Source: Neillsville Press (Neillsville, Clark County, Wis.) Thursday, 06/15/1922

Wedding, James (20 June 1922)

James Wedding Ill

Portland, Ore., June 8, 1922.

Dear Mr. Crothers:

Just a line to you, telling of James Wedding’s serious illness. He is very low with dropsy of the heart and has been in bed for over a week. He has been under a doctor’s care for two months.

Just a few words about our Oregon weather. We are having a rather late spring, but it is getting warm now. We have our own garden truck to eat, green onions, radishes and lettuce, and also strawberries. We are getting ready for our annual Rose Carnival, which will be the 25th , 26th and 27th days of June. They are decorating in town now. We live 8 miles from the business part of the city, but are in the city limits.

Yours Truly,

Mrs. James Wedding, 1521 Oatman St., Portland Oregon.

Surnames: Wedding, Polin, Neverman, Juneau, Oettinger, Bell, Ballou, Holcomb, Franch, Schultz, Leopold, Green

----Source: Neillsville Press (Neillsville, Clark County, Wis.) Thursday, 06/26/1922

Obit: Wedding, James T. (1846? - 20 June 1922)

James T. Wedding, son of Franklyn and Elizabeth Wedding passed away at his home in Portland, Ore., June 20, 1922, at the age of 76 years. Mr. Wedding was married to Laura E. Polin October 23, 1875. To this union were born seven children: Henry Wedding of Ridgefield, Washington; Eva, Mrs. Max Neverman, of Neillsville, Wisconsin; Lizzie, Mrs. Andy Juneau of Minneapolis, Minn.; Louis Wedding , at home in Portland; Della, Mrs. Adam Oettinger of Laona, Wisconsin; Nettie Bell, deceased; Bert Wedding of Portland, Oregon.

On April 12, 1898, he was married to Ida Wing Ballou, who with tow children of this marriage, survive him: Coralie, Mrs. Joseph Holcomb of Portland, Ore., and James D. Wedding , Jr. at home in Portland.

Mr. Wedding was a veteran of the Civil War. He enlisted with Captain E. S. Williams of Co. K. 146th Illinois Infantry Volunteers. He was discharged from the service of the United States July 8th, 1865 at Springfield, Ill.

Beside his wife and children he leaves to mourn his death, his only sister, Mrs. F. M. Franch of Montague, California, a half sister, Mrs. Mary Schultz of Neillsville, Wisconsin, and one half brother, John Leopold, of Neillsville, Wisconsin. His only brother, Henry Wedding, died during the Civil War, and one sister, Amanda Green, passed away three years ago.

Funeral services were held at the Chapel of Chambers Co., Inc. 248-250 Killingsworth Avenue, interment at Mount Scott Cemetery.

"Sleep noble one in your grave alone, You will be numbered with the noble, good and true, When the robe of white is given the faded coat of blue."

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Bio: Wedding, James T. (2 Aug1847, Bear Creek Twp., Hancock, IL - 20 Jun 1922, Portland, OR)

--Wedding ca1874
Wife: Laura Elizabeth Bolin 1 Oct 1857, Decatur Twp. Green Co., WI–12 Jan 1894, Wausau, WI)

Children of Laura Elizabeth Bolin and James Thomas Wedding: Henry Franklin Wedding 1 Nov 1875, Merrillan, WI–6 Apr 1967, Vancouver, WA; Eva Laura Wedding 29 Mar 1877, Levis, Clark, WI– 1 Jul 1928, Neillsville, WI; Wedding Jun 1879– ?; ​​Lewis Coleman Wedding 23 Apr 1880, Merrillan, WI–11 Augl 1958,Multnomah, OR; Edna Adella Wedding 17 Mar 1882, Wausau, WI– 66 May 1977, Crandon, WI ; Nettie Bell Wedding 15 Nov 1884, Wausau, WI –3 Sep 1894, Wausau, WI; Albert Alton Wedding 8 Jan 1888, Wausau, WI – 1927

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Bio: Wedding, Lewis Coleman (23 Apr 1880, Merrillan, WI - 11 Augl 1958, Multnomah, OR)

Lewis Coleman Wedding was born in Merrillan, Jackson Co., WI, the son of James Thomas and Laura E Wedding.  He married Viola C. Oldham in Eau Claire, WI.  They named their son, Lester.  After their divorce, he married his younger brother, Bert's, widow, Isabelle Mae Juneau Wedding and they were listed as husband and wife on the 1930 census in Portland, Oregon, but I could not find a marriage record for them.

In 1905 lived in Levi's, Clark Co
In 1910 in EC Town of Washington
In 1917 in Clark Co., WI
In 1920, Vancouver, Clark Co., Washington

After Divorce, Viola married Ed (Deak) Williams of Strum, Wisconsin.

Obit: Wedding, Lewis Coleman (23 Apr 1880, Merrillan, WI - 11 Augl 1958, Multnomah, OR)

Lewis Coleman Wedding
Birth: 23 Apr 1880, Merrillan, Jackson County, Wisconsin, USA
Death: 11 Augl 1958 (aged 78)
Multnomah, Multnomah County, Oregon, USA
Cemetery: Lincoln Memorial Park, Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon, USA

Other family members are buried there as well, but not Isabelle.

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Bio: Wedding, Albert "Bert" Alton (8 Jan 1888 - 1927)

Wedding, "Bert" (Albert Alton); WWI Draft Registration, Natural born citizen

Address: Rock Falls, WI, Employed in Park Falls, WI

Birth: 8 Jan 1888, (29 yrs. old) Wausau, WI, Medium height, slender build, blue eyes, light hair, not bald, no physical deformities.

Wife: Needs Support

Albert "Bert" Alton was the son of James Thomas and Laura E Wedding.

Marriage

Isabelle Mae Juneau Wedding (b. 16 Mar 1896, Hansen, WI - 7 Jan 1963)
Father:: Israel Juneau, Mother: Emma Premo Juneau

Obit: Wedding, Isabelle Mae Juneau (16 Mar 1896 - 7 Jan 1963)

Oregon Death Index, 1903-1998
Isabelle Wedding
Age 66
Death Date 07 Jan 1963
Death Place Tillamook, Oregon
Spouse's Name Lew Wedding
Certificate Number 1362

Parents

Israel Juneau 1861–1912
Marriage: 29 October 1884, Rudolph, Wood, WI
Emma Primeau 1863–1902

Children of Emma Primeau and Israel Juneau: Verna Mae Juneau, 1889–1940; Isabelle Mae Juneau, 1896-?; Bell Juneau Wedding, 1899-?; Coralus Juneau, 1899-?; Elmer Charles Juneau, 1899–1960; Leland Juneau, 1900-?; Herbert Israel Juneau, 1902–?

Isabelle Mae Juneau was born 16 Mar 1896 in Hansen, WI, the second daughter of Israel & Emma Premo Juneau.  She was married to Albert "Bert" Alton Wedding, a slender, blue eyed Caucasian of medium height who was one of the men who helped build the Hatfield Dam on the Black River which formed Lake Arbutus in Wisconsin. He was eight years older than Isabelle. 

At the time of the WWI draft, they were living in Park Falls, Price County, Wisconsin  in the woods of the Chequamegon National Forest. It is a small community divided by the North Fork of the Flambeau River.  The city began in the late 19th century as a small river village called "Muskellunge Falls". It was later renamed Park Falls for the scenic beauty surrounding the former falls on the south side of town. With a pulp and paper mill, the town grew rapidly and was incorporated as a city in 1912. At the height of the city's industrial success the city's population swelled to more than 4,000 residents. At the same time, commercial development fueled a sizeable downtown, which largely remains today.  Several residential neighborhoods, particularly along 1st Avenue North, were constructed of nearly identical homes, and this affordable housing stock is one of the community's lasting assets. (excerpt from Wikipedia).

Park Falls, Wisconsin about 1916