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| If the bride's father and mother
are issuing the invitations, the conventional form is: |
Mr. and Mrs. John Carl Jones
request the honour of your presence
at the marriage of their daughter
Elizabeth Marie
to
Mr. Michael John Ryan
on Saturday, the eighth of July
nineteen hundred and ninety-nine
at three o'clock in the afternoon
First Baptist Church
Doraville, Georgia
| If the bride's parents are divorced, the parent with whom she lives usually
issues the invitations. If the mother issues the invitations and she has not remarried she
uses a combination of her maiden name and her divorced husband's last name: |
Mrs. Carson Jones
| A divorced father who issues the invitation uses the
conventional form: |
Mr. John Carl Jones
| If the bride's parents are deceased and the invitation is issued by an
older, unmarried sister or brother: |
Mr. Gregory Thomas Jones
requests the honour of your presence
at the marriage of his sister
etc.
| Other relatives such as grandparents, aunt or uncle may also issue the
invitations if the bride's parents are deceased. They would use the same formats as above
with the proper relationship changes. |
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| If the father or mother is deceased and the
surviving parent issues the invitation: |
Mrs. (Mr.) John Carl Jones
requests the honour of your presence at the marriage of her (his) daughter
etc.
| If the father or mother is deceased and the surviving parent has remarried, the remarried
mother would use her present husband's name, but the remarried father would use the
conventional form: |
Mr. and Mrs. David Lee Carson
request the honour of your presence
at the marriage of her daughter
...their daughter
....Mrs. Carson's daughter
etc.
| If the groom's family issues the invitations: |
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Allen Ryan
request the honour of your presence
at the marriage of
Miss Elizabeth Marie Jones
to their son
Mr. Michael John Ryan
etc.
| If the bride's parents are deceased and the invitation is issued by an
older married brother or sister: |
Mr. and Mrs. Robert James Baker
request the honour of your presence
at the marriage of her sister
etc.
| If the bride and groom issue their own
invitations the conventional wording
would be: |
Miss Elizabeth Marie Jones
and
Mr. Michael John Ryan
request the honour of your presence
at their marriage |
| ARMY, AIR FORCE, MARINES CAPTAIN OR HIGHER
to
Captain David William Anderson
United States Army
LIEUTENANT
to
Thomas Everet Sween
Lieutenant, United States Army
NON COMS AND PRIVATES
to
Eugene Joseph Perkins
United States Marine Corps |
NAVY ENSIGN AND HIGHER
to
Eugene Joseph Perkins
Ensign, United States Navy
PETTY OFFICERS AND SEAMEN
to
Dennis James Otto
United States Navy |
