Family: Vinal, George Wood Merwin / Fiegenbaum, Grace Gertrude (F118)
m. 19 Nov 1913-
Father | Male
Vinal, George Wood Merwin
Born 17 Dec 1882 Ellington, Ellington County, Connecticut, USA 
Died 7 Apr 1969 Weston, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA Buried Married 19 Nov 1913 [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6] Washington, D.C., USA [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6] Father Vinal, Washington Irving | F1045 Group Sheet Mother Wood, Emily Merwin | F1045 Group Sheet
Mother | Female
Fiegenbaum, Grace Gertrude
Born 17 Jun 1883 Washington, D.C., USA Died Feb 1973 Westerly, Washington County, Rhode Island, USA Buried Father Fiegenbaum, Adolph Heinrich | F21 Group Sheet Mother McKee, Margaret | F21 Group Sheet
Child 1 | Male
+ Vinal, Dr. Francis Ellsworth
Born 2 Sep 1915 Washington, D.C., USA Died 10 Oct 1973 Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA Buried Spouse Adams, Margaret Mary Lynn | F1044 Married
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Notes Married:
They were married at St. Mark's Episcopal Church. The following item appeared in The Washington Post on 18 November 1913.
Miss Grace G. Fiegenbaum, who is to become the bride of Mr. George W. Vinal tomorrow, was the guest of honor at many entertainments last week. Among these was a tea given Saturday afternoon by Miss Rawlings, at her apartment at the Marlborough. The Misses Lind held a card party and "shower" for Miss Fiegenbaum Saturday night. Sunday evening, Capt. and Mrs. William Richard Dear, entertained the bridal party at supper.
Mr. Gordon Murphy, of New York, is to be Mr. Vinal's best man, and the ushers are Mr. Edson S. Basten, Capt. W. R. Dear, U. S. A., Mr. E. L. Wallace, and Mr. G. M. Marechal. The last two named ushers and the best man are members of the Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity, of which the groom is also a member.
Miss Fiegenbaum's only attendants are to be her two bridesmaids, Miss Louise Hart, and Miss Ida Lind. The wedding will take place at St. Mark's Church tomorrow evening.
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Sources - [S80] James H. Holcombe, Holcombe Family Genealogy ( http://www.holcombegenealogy.com/ ), Vinal-Fiegenbaum marriage, 1913.
(http://www.holcombegenealogy.com/grant/grant008.htm#id11959), (http://www.holcombegenealogy.com/data/p276.htm#i13752) and (http://www.holcombegenealogy.com/data/p280.htm#i13973). Accessed in November 2001 and June 2012.
George Wood Merwin Vinal and Grace Gertrude Fiegenbaum were married on 19 November 1913. Place of marriage not given. - [S175] Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts, Descendants of Father Fiegenbaum (Chinook, Washington: F. Leenerts, 2002), page 123.
George Wood Merwin Vinal and Grace Fiegenbaum were married on 19 November 1913 at Washington, D.C. - [S217] Book.
Leonard, John William. Who's Who in Engineering; A Biographical Dictionary of Contemporaries. 2nd edition. New York, N.Y.: Who's Who Publications, 1925; page 2,158.
"Vinal, George Wood (Merwin).... ...m. Wash, D. C., Nov. 19, 1913, Grace G. Fiegenbaum; ch: Francis Ellsworth." - [S211] Article or notice, The Washington Post, 18 November 1913; page 7, column 6.
An annoucement of "many entertainments last week" prior to Grace G. Fiegenbaum's wedding planned for the evening of 19 November 1913 at St. Mark's Church. Members of the wedding party are named. - [S211] Article or notice, The Washington Post, 1 May 1916; page 14, column 6.
Adolph H. Fiegenbaum was elected a vestryman of St. Mark's Episcopal Church. - [S22] Obituary, "Dr. George Vinal U.S. Standards Physicist".
Boston Globe. 8 April 1969; page 46. Digital copy (PDF) accessed through ProQuest Historical Newspapers at (http://search.proquest.com/docview/366961804?accountid=8294) in April 2013.
"He leave his wife, Grace (Fiegenbaum); a son, Francis, of Weston; and four grandchildren."
- [S80] James H. Holcombe, Holcombe Family Genealogy ( http://www.holcombegenealogy.com/ ), Vinal-Fiegenbaum marriage, 1913.