Wedding Tidbits
1st Colonial Wedding 1st Wedding Web Site Greenery Herb Meanings
Jackie’s Dilemma Flower Meanings Queen Victoria Queen Elizabeth
The first Colonial American documented marriage was in Virginia in 1609, between Anne Burrows, a maid, and John Laydon, a carpenter.
The first wedding web site was erected in 1870, by George Durand, a Louisiana sugar-cane planter. He wanted to have a memorable entrance for the guests coming to his daughter’s wedding. To this end, he imported South American spiders. The spiders were placed in the oak-trees that lined the drive of his plantation. By the day of the wedding, the spider had spun very elaborate, large webs. Durand had the webs sprinkled with gold dust which shown in the sunlight creating a beautiful entrance way to the wedding.
Queen Victoria’s cake was a delicate taste treat weighing 300 pounds. More about Queen Victoria and Victorian weddings is available on the following websites:
- Queen Victoria’s Wedding – Victoriana magazine article
- The White Wedding – Information about how the tradition of white weddings derived
Queen Elizabeth’s cake weighed about 500 pound! More information on Queen Elizabeth’s wedding is available on the following websites:
- Queen Elizabeth’s Wedding – Lovetripper.com
- Queen Elizabeth Cake – recipe from Allrecipes.com