Wedding Anniversary June 19, 1917 - June 19, 2007

My Mother (Elizabeth Mary Flood) and Raymond Marks L’Amoreaux were married. on Tuesday, June 19, 1917 - 90 years ago. Father Richard Grace married them in the rectory of St. Anthony’s Catholic Church, in Hillsdale, Michigan. The reason that they weren’t married in the church was because my Dad was a Baptist. About 20 years later, he became a convert. They met while working in the Freight office of the New York Central Railroad in Hillsdale, Michigan.
I never thought about it before, but recently, I checked a “perpetual” calendar, and June 19, 1917, fell on a Tuesday. I only wish that I had known before, and I would have asked my Mother why they were married ona Tuesday, rather than a Saturday? I used to tell people that my parents were married in June, and I was born in November! Then, when my Mother got all flustered, I would add - “A year later.”.
I wish that I had talked to my Mother about the flu pandemic of 1918 - during the year that my Mother was pregnant, and I was born. Apparently, it was the Good Lord’s call - to spare the two of us, when so many others died.
A note of interest. Recently, Bill Parr - who is very interested in genealogy, forwarded a copy of my Dad’s registration for the World War I draft, to my granddaughter Melissa. She then sent the copy on to me. The date that he registered was June 5, 1917 - two weeks before he was to be married! He didn’t claim an exemption, yet, he wasn’t drafted. Again, I only wish that I had known this many years ago, and I would have asked him about it.