Andrew Van Blarcom m. Sarah Streit Riker -- 1906
Miss Sara Streit Riker, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Marsh Riker of83 Lincoln Park, Newark, was married to Andrew Van Blarcom in the South Park Presbyterian Church, Newark, last evening.The ceremony was performed by the Rev. Lyman Whitney Allen, pastor of the church.The bride was attended by her sister, Miss Berrian Riker, while Leonard Van Blarcom, brother of the bridegroom, was best man.
The flower girls were Miss Marguerite Riker and Miss Prudence Durand, and the bridesmaids were Miss Elsie Riker of East Orange; Miss Alice Allen of Williamsport, Penn.;Miss Annie Orr of Pittsburg, Penn. [sic]; Miss Matilda Dodd, Miss Elizabeth Carter, and Miss Elsie Tripp of Newark.The ushers were Harold Dodge, Franklin Conklin, Jr., and Henry Kays of Newton; Robert Southard, Charles Inslee, and Ralph Inslee of New York.Owing to a recent death in the bride's family, there was no reception.
Source:New York Times, May 10, 1906.