My grandmother Terrill holds a very special place in my heart. I was overwhelmed when mom gifted some paperwork from her family, and included was the invitation to my grandparents' wedding. As would have suited my grandmother, the invitation is very simple, with a great font choice. It reads: Mr. and Mrs. Moses B. Grant request your presence at the marriage of their daughter Daisy Lucinda to Mr. George Wentworth Terrill on Wednesday evening, July seventeenth at seven o'clock, at their residence, Northampton. 1907. I had known the date, but now know it was an evening wedding.
Daisy Grant was the daughter of Moses Brown Grant and Martha Edith Dow and was an 18 year old spinster. George Terrill was a 23 year old bachelor and farmer, the son of Jacob William Terrill and Cordelia Flora Estabrook (or Estabrooks as shown on the marriage record).
My grandparents were joined in marriage by Dr. Wilfred Currier Kierstead, pastor of the United Baptist Church in Woodstock, New Brunswick. Dr. Kierstead was a very educated man, having graduated with a Bachelors of Arts Degree from the University of New Brunswick, followed by a Master of Arts Degree from that same institution. He then attended Bates College and Divinity School in Lewiston, Maine, and then earning his Ph.D. from the University of Chicago. He left his pastorate in Woodstock in September, 1908, and was appointed to the faculty of the University of New Brunswick as a Professor of Philosophy and Economics.
The witnesses to my grandparents' marriage were Daisy's older brother, Elmer Jesse Grant, and George's sister, Miss Marguerite Otille Terrill.
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