Famous Weddings & Divorces in 1905

Famous Weddings

John J. Pershing

Jan 26 General officer John J. Pershing (44) weds Helen Frances

Thomas Mann

Feb 11 Novelist Thomas Mann (29) weds Katia Pringsheim (21) in Munich, Germany

Guglielmo Marconi

Mar 16 Inventor and electrical engineer Guglielmo Marconi (30) weds Beatrice O'Brien

Eleanor & Franklin D. Roosevelt

Mar 17 Eleanor Roosevelt (20) marries Franklin D. Roosevelt (23) later 32nd US President in New York, & given away by her uncle, 26th President Theodore Roosevelt

  • Jun 15 Princess Margaret of Connaught marries Gustav, Crown Prince of Sweden.

Calvin Coolidge

Oct 4 30th US President Calvin Coolidge (33) weds Grace Anna Goodhue (26) in Burlington, Vermont