Wedding Wednesday

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"NATALIE KOUNTZE BECOMES A BRIDE

Marriage to Duncan Sterling Jr. Takes Place in Parents’ Hotel Apartment.

BEFORE INTIMATE GROUP.

Miss Mimi Kountze Attends Sister and Oliver J. Sterling Is Best Man at Small Wedding.

  The marriage of Miss Natalie B. Kountze, second daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Herman Davies Kountze, to Duncan Sterling Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. Duncan Sterling of this city and Oyster Bay, L. I., took place yesterday afternoon in the apartment of her parents at the Savoy-Plaza. It was a small wedding. Only members of the two families were asked to the ceremony and small reception that followed.

  The bride, who is a granddaughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Herman Kountze and of the late Captain and Mrs. Henry Emerson Palmer, wore a gown of cream-colored lace and a veil of tulle held in place with orange blossoms. She carried a bouquet of gardenias and lilies of the valley.

  Miss Mimi Kountze, whose marriage to John Bigelow Clark will take place on June 14, was her sister’s only attendant. She wore a gown of white organdy and a large leghorn hat trimmed with blue ribbon.

  Oliver J. Sterling, a cousin of the bridegroom, was best man. There were no ushers.

  Mr. Sterling and his bride when they return from their wedding trip will live at 1140 Fifth Avenue."

    The marriage took place June 7, 1933 in New York City. Duncan (1907-1993) and Natalie (1911-1987) were married 54 years, and they had one child.

    Duncan Sterling, Jr. is my 4th cousin 2x removed.  Our common ancestors are Thomas Hubbard II and Sarah Boardman.