Ratay-Johnstone Ancestors - Person Sheet
Ratay-Johnstone Ancestors - Person Sheet
NameJames Taylor MULFORD
Birth3 Jan 19185,66
Death7 Oct 1994, Montclair, Essex County, New Jersey5,66
BurialMontrose, Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania1541,66
OccupationTextile stylist: John Wolf Inc. NY
Education3 yrs college in 1940; Syracuse University
FatherPaul H. MULFORD (1885-1950)
Spouses
Birth29 Jan 1925, Allentown, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania1541
Death20 Feb 2004, Princeton, Mercer County, New Jersey1541
BurialMontrose, Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania1541,66
FatherDonald Newell FORDYCE (1899-1952)
MotherMargaret KECK (1895-1982)
Marriage4 Dec 1948, Allentown, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania1542,1543
Marr MemoChrist Lutheran Church
Military notes for James Taylor MULFORD
Captain, 3rd Army in Europe, under General George S. Patton
Notes for James Taylor & Patricia (Family)
New York Times, 5 December 1948, p. 83

Patricia Fordyce, J.T. Mulford Wed

New York Girl Becomes Bride of Former Army Captain in Allentown, Pa., Church
Special to the New York Times

Allentown, Pa., Dec 4 – In Christ Lutheran Church here this afternoon, Miss Patricia Fordyce, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Donald Newell Fordyce of 17 Gramercy Park South, New York, was married to James Taylor Mulford, son of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Hunting Mulford of Wellsboro, Pa. The Rev. Dr. Henry Pflum performed the ceremony.

The bride wore a white satin gown, made with a fitted bodice finished with a heart-shaped neckline and long sleeves. Her tulle veil was fastened to a headdress of Chantilly lace, and she carried white flowers.

Mrs. Philip Gillispie of Jeannette, Pa., who was the matron of honor, wore white chrysanthemums.

Paul H. Mulford Jr. of Sunbury, Pa., was best man for his brother, whose ushers were William R. Harris of Pawling, N.Y., and Donald S. Webster of Wilmington, Del.

A reception was given in the home here of the bride’s uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. C. Raymond Harned.

Mrs. Mulford was graduated from Mary Lyon Junior College in Swarthmore, Pa. She is a granddaughter of Mrs. Raymond N. Keck of Allentown, the late Mr. Keck and the late Mr. and Mrs. Robert Hayes Fordyce of Paterson, N.J.

Mr. Mulford, an alumnus of Syracuse University, served with the third Army in Europe as a captain.

After a wedding trip, the couple will live in New York.
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