ANNOUNCEMENT
The bride in a Pennsylvania wedding is a descendant of the first settlers in Trenton (which included Lamoine), Massachusetts (now Maine).

WEDDING
Sandra N. Holland and Michael R. Murawsky were married July 12, 2008, at Lebanon United Methodist Church in Ligonier, Pennsylvania. Sandra is the daughter of Monte W. and Carolyn (Cornell) Holland, Laurel Mountain Borough, Pennsylvania. Michael is the son of Ronald and Sheila (Marien) Murawski of Houtzdale, Pennsylvania.

The bride wore a white gown and carried a bouquet of freshly picked summer flowers.

Unique to Sandra’s bridal outfit were the traditional “something old” items. She wore a garter that was worn by her mother in her 1966 wedding.

Sandra also incorporated items from her great grandmother’s wedding: May Isabelle (Mable) Walker married Albert Briskay on December 29,1920 in Quincy, Massachusetts.

Sandra’s bouquet was wrapped in a hand-beaded piece of her grandmother’s 88-year old wedding gown and tied with a length of ribbon from the 1920 wedding corsage.

In addition, Sandra’s white bible, presented to her by her parents on Easter when she was nine years old, laid on the altar. Mable’s silk wedding gloves and a dried rose from her wedding corsage rested on the Bible.

WEDDING PHOTOS
http://www.flickr.com/photos/carolyncholland/2696522773/in/photostream/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/carolyncholland/2696522851/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/carolyncholland/2696522691/in/photostream/

LAMOINE ROOTS
Although May Isabelle Walker did not live in Lamoine, she must have visited there frequently. Her father, Allen Wilson Walker, grew up in Lamoine. He was the son of Charles French and Armenia (des Isles) Walker.
 
Charles was the son of Isaac and Abigail (Holt) Walker, who seemingly traveled between Exeter/Gardner, Maine and Lamoine. Armenia was the daughter of William and Isabella (Young) Des Isles.

William Des Isles was the son of Louis and Mary (Googins) des Isles. Isabella Young was the daughter of Solomon and Sarah (Lord) Young.

Solomon Young was the son of Elkanah and Mary (Lewis) Young. I do not have information on the parents of Sarah Lord’s parents.

Elkanah Young removed to Mt. Desert and Trenton from Eastham, Massachusetts about the late 1770s.

Louis des Isles emigrated from France to Trenton about 1791. Mary was the daughter of Roger and Elizabeth (Welch) Googins, who removed to Trenton from Biddeford, Maine in the late 1760s. Mary was born in Trenton in 1775.

LAMOINE ANECDOTES
Allen Walker, who lived on the road to Lamoine Beach (near and across from the John Winterbotham residence---click on photos below) owned a boat, the Arabella. According to the late Gladys Vigent (also a des Isles descendant), he used it to take people from the dock at Lamoine to the Ovens across the water, where summer picnics were held. (Read IN SEARCH OF THE ARABELLA: A Story of Two Boats )
PHOTOS: http://www.flickr.com/photos/carolyncholland/2416768839/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/carolyncholland/2416768807/in/photostream/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/carolyncholland/2417589132/in/photostream/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/carolyncholland/2453691917/

Gladys also said that Mable Walker played the piano at her wedding, and that Mable’s son, the late John (Jack) Walker Briskay, sang at her wedding. Mable’s daughter, Nancy Isabelle Briskay, assisted in the wedding activities.

Nancy, who married Robert William Cornell of Brocton, Massachusetts, was Sandra’s grandmother and my mother. 

NOTE: A simplified family chart appears at the end of this post.

REQUEST FOR READER RESPONSE
I’d enjoy hearing from readers who are connected in any way to the above families (des Isles, Googins, Rogers, Young, Holt, Walker), or who are interested in these family genealogies, are welcome to contact me.

If readers can identify and document any errors, I would appreciate hearing from you.

E-mail chollandnews at yahoo.com or call, 724-238-3493.

(NOTE: Laurel Mountain Borough approximately an hour southeast of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. We are 20.5 miles away from the September 11, 2001, crash site in Somerset, Pennsylvania, and the same distance from the Quecreek Mine Disaster site, where the nine miners were all rescued alive.)

SIMPLIFIED FAMILY CHART

Thus, Sandra’s line is as follows:

Sandra Holland d/o Carolyn Cornell Holland

   Carolyn Cornell Holland d/o Robert W. Cornell and Nancy Isabelle Briskay

      Nancy Isabelle Briskay d/o Albert Briskay and May Isabelle (Mable) Walker

         May Isabelle Walker d/o Allen Wilson Walker and Elizabeth Smart

            Allen Wilson Walker s/o Charles French Walker and Armenia des Isles

               Charles French Walker s/o Isaac and Abigail (Holt) Walker     
               m. Armenia des Isles d/o William W. and Isabella (Young) des Isles
              
                  Isaac Walker m 23 Jan 1829
                  Abigail Holt Walker b 24 June 1809 in Ellsworth d 19 Oct. 1900
     
                  William W. s/o Louis and Mary (Googins) des Isles                   
                  Isabella Young d/o Solomon and Sarah (Lord) Young

                     Louis and Mary Googins des Isles, b.   d.
                     Louis des Isles, French emigrant about 1791
                     Mary Googins d/o Rogers and Elizabeth (Welch) Googins

                     Solomon Young s/o Elkanah and Mary (Lewis) Young
                     Solomon Young b Mt. Desert 5 Dec. 1785 d 1869                
                     Mary Lewis d. 1825             

ADDITIONAL READING:

THE ICE CREAM MAN

LOGGING IN MAINE AND ON THE PERU-BRAZILLIAN BORDER

A PASTOR'S ROLE IN DOMESTIC VIOLENCE Part 2

CHILD ABUSE AND SCRIPTURE

FROM THE BASTILLE TO CINDERELLA

OF FIREFLIES AND LIGHTNING BUGS

KEEPING PEACE IN SOUTH AFRICA Part 1

LET MIND GIVE WAY TO HEART

BRAMBLES (Brief RAMBLES) 1-5 June 15, 2008

BEAR CONFRONTATIONS: SAFETY PRECAUTIONS

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