MARRIAGE: James MARSSARO to Donatto ROBOENE, 1899, Blair County, PA

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AN ITALIAN WEDDING.
The Groom Thought the Bride Cheap at $49.

  The inhabitants of Little Italy, on Ninth avenue, celebrated a 
marriage yesterday according to the rites of their mother country.  At 
2 o'clock yesterday afternoon James Marssaro and Donatto Roboene were 
married at St. Mark's Catholic church by Father N. J. O'Reiley.  After 
the ceremony they returned to a house at 935 Ninth avenue, where a 
reception was tendered them by their countrymen.  There were sixty or 
more in attendance, and they passed the evening in dancing, singing, 
etc.
  The custom of the Italians is for the groom to buy the bride, and 
this is what Marssaro did, having gladly paid Nick Roboene $49 for his 
sister.

Morning Tribune, Altoona, Pa., Monday, August 28, 1899