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Caroline had four children: Joseph Thomas O'Brien, Suzanne O'Brien, Robert George O'Brien (myself), and Thomas Henry O'Brien. The first two (Joseph and Suzanne) are deceased. Joseph died in 1970. I don't remember when Suzanne passed on. My younger brother Thomas and I are still very much alive.

~~Contributed by 'Find A Grave' member, Robert O'Brien (#48733097), 16 June 2015

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MISS CAROLINE HERPOLSHEIMER will attend the Ivy ball this week-end at University of Pennsylvania as a guest of MARCY O'BRIEN, a senior at the university. Miss Herpolsheimer and her mother, Mrs. Henry B. Herpolsheimer, will leave Wednesday morning for Philadelphia.

THE GRAND RAPIDS PRESS, Grand Rapids, Mich., Tues., Apr. 13, 1926, Pg. 17, Cols. 2-3, Item 6 (Personal Mention.)

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MICHIGAN MARRIAGES, 1867-1952
Name: Mr Joseph M O'Brien
Gender: Male
Race: White
Age: 23
Birth Year: abt 1904
Birth Place: Grand Rapids
License County: Kent
Marriage Date: 27 Sep 1927
Marriage Place: Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan, USA
Residence Place: Grand Rapids, Michigan
Father: Thomas F O'Brien
Mother: Harriett C Martin
Spouse: Caroline B Herpolsheimer
Gender: Female
Race: White
Age: 21
Birth Year: abt 1906
Birth Place: Grand Rapids
Residence Place: Grand Rapids, Michigan
Father: Henry B Herpolsheimer
Mother: Caroline K Brandt
County File Number: 9705
State File Number: 41 4126

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MISS HERPOLSHEIMER AND MARCY O'BRIEN MARRIED AT HOME

The east end of the living room at the home of Mrs. Henry B. Herpolsheimer on Lafayette-av., was converted into a veritable garden as a setting for the marriage of Miss Caroline Herpolsheimer to J. Marcy O'Brien at 8 o'clock Tuesday evening.

The stair railing was entwined with southern smilax with loops of white silk cord holding clusters of Easter lilies and roses. From the foot of the stairway at either side pedestal baskets of yellow chrysanthemums, Japanese and Easter lilies and roses formed an aisle to the altar.

The bridal party stood before a wide garden archway of smilax bordered with silver king and roses. Gates at the base of the arch opened into a garden of Pernet, Premier and Columbia roses and Easter lilies. Back of the flowers was a drop resembling moonlight on a waterfall and the candle light throughout the room added to the picturesque scene. A garden wall at the sides of the arch bore arrangements of lilies, gladioli and roses. The fireplace also was treated as a garden wall with ropes of smilax overhanging cybotium ferns. A mass of yellow and pink roses and delphinium with seven lighted tapers at either side graced the mantel pieces.

The bride's gown was made in medieval style of transparent velvet and real Venise lace. The bodice was tight with two points in back and a pointed yoke of the lace embroidered in pearls and rhinestones. The sleeves were long and tight, made of the lace with a slender panel of the velvet widening at the cuff and embroidered with pearls. A fan shaped drape, fastened with a rhinestone ornament marked the waistline in front and fell into the full skirt, made with four points patterned with insets of the embroidered lace. The court train was very long, lined with silver cloth and made in two points with a long panel inset of the lace. Her slippers of white satin have French bridal buckles made of rhinestones in tiny bowknots. The veil of tulle is fastened to a cap made from a panel of her mother's wedding gown and heavily embroidered with pearls. A tiny coronet came to a point in the front and at each side with the veil caught at the side. Her large shower bouquet combined lilies-of-the-valley, gardenias and forget-me-nots, tied with chiffon satin.

The matron of honor, Mrs. Arther B. Herpolsheimer, wore a period gown of orange peach chiffon with points of rhinestone embroidery marking the waistline and alternating with the pointed panels in the full skirt, which was instep length. A large French corsage fastened at the shoulder and finished the neckline. Hers was an arm bouquet of Ophelia and Pernet roses with an orchid in the center edged with blue satin ribbon and tied with gold.

The gown of Miss Margaret Florey, maid of honor, was also in period style of peach gros de londre with a tight bodice and a petaled skirt faced with French blue. French flowers were appliqued on the bodice and a ribbon of satin shading from French blue to delphinium passed over the shoulder, across the back and fastened again at the side front in a great bow. The rounded neckline was finished with French blue. Her slippers were of blue satin to match and she carried a colonial bouquet made with a circle of Butterfly roses at the outer edge, Columbia next and Premier in the center. Three shades of blue malines formed a frill around it and the tie was coral and gold.

Miss Gertrude Adams and Miss Gertrude Kuperus, two of the bridesmaids, wore Nile green gros de londre with tight bodices and full scalloped skirts faced with coral, longer in back than in front. French flowers were appliqued on the bodice from the shoulder across the back and marking the waistline in front to be fastened to bows of satin ribbon in three shades of green. They wore green slippers to match and their colonial bouquets were similar to that of the maid of honor with an edge of flame color sweet peas and a frill of green matines all tied with silver and green. The other two bridesmaids, Miss Amelia Hardy and Miss Jane Weldgenant, wore rose orchid gros de londre made in a similar fashion and faced with Nile green with bows shading from the rose to a fuchsia shade. They wore rose orchid satin slippers. Their bouquets, also colonial, were centered with red roses and shaded to pale pink with three shades of malines from pink to cerise surrounding it.

The little flower girl's frock of pink taffeta had insets of pale pink and green tulle to match little zig-zag ruffles of the tulle on the skirt. French flowers fastened on one side of the square neckline with long streamers of French ribbons. She scattered rose petals from a basket of pine and green malines with a cluster of lillies-of-the-valley and sweet peas on it.

Ralph Newcomber of Harrisburg, Pa., was best man and the ushers were Frank O'Brien of Philadelphia, Walter Steketee of Holland and Frank Holland and Charles E. Norton of this city.

Mr. and Mrs. Charles R. Lively were master and mistress of ceremonies, Mrs. Lively wearing a French gown of coral embroidered crepe with a beaded bolero. Her bouquet was of orchids, Pernet and Butterfly roses and orchid sweet peas.

Mrs. Herpolshiemer's gown was of green chiffon over metal cloth shot with gold. The bodice was embroidered with gold beads and the skirt was fashioned of narrow velvet panels of green velvet lined with the gold cloth, and graduating in length in the back. She wore green slippers with gold heels, patterned in gold beads. Her arm bouquet combined yellow and pink roses and orchids in the center tied with gold ribbon.

Mrs. O'Brien wore black chiffon velvet with a deep pointed yoke of black chiffon embroidered with rhinestones over a slip of silver cloth. The bodice was slightly bloused and patterned with rhinestones and the skirt fell in two circular panels, longer in back than in front. A corsage of Pernet roses, orchids and swainsona completed her attire.

The ballroom, where dinner was served to 60 guests, was a bower of southern smilax and Spanish moss overhanging the entire room. The bridal table represented a garden having oblong flowerbeds placed zigzag along the table. The beds were centered with tapers with sweet peas, lilies-of-the-valley and Butterfly roses and maidenhair ferns surrounding them. The guest tables had round beds of the same flowers. Large baskets of chrysanthemums, roses and delphinium decorated other rooms in the house.

Mr. and Mrs. O'Brien left for an eastern honeymoon and after Nov. 1 will be at home at 119 Lafayette-av., N.E.

THE GRAND RAPIDS PRESS, Grand Rapids, Mich., Wed., Sept. 28, 1927, Pg. 19, Cols. 1-2 (Miss Herpolsheimer and Marcy O'Brien Married at Home)

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Mr. and Mrs. J. Marcy O'Brien and Mrs. O'Brien's mother, Mrs. H.B. Herpolsheimer of Lafayette-av., N.E., have returned from a motor trip through the southern states and Florida. The party spent a week at Miami and a week at Havana, Cuba, returning through the Everglades to St. Petersburg on their way home.

THE GRAND RAPIDS PRESS, Grand Rapids, Mich., Thurs., Mar. 7, 1929, Pg. 19, Cols. 5-6, Item 2 (Personal Mention.)

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CALIFORNIA BIRTH INDEX, 1905-1995
Name: Joseph Marcy Obrien
Event Type: Birth
Event Date: 13 Jul 1930
Event Place: Los Angeles, California, United States
Gender: Male
Mother's Name: Herpolsheimer

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Mrs. Henry B. Herpolsheimer of Lafayette-av. has returned from Beverly Hills, Calif., where she spent the winter months with her son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. J. Marcy O'Brien.

THE GRAND RAPIDS PRESS, Grand Rapids, Mich., Tues., Apr. 14, 1931, Pg. 15, Col. 5, Item 17 (Personal Mention.)

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CALIFORNIA BIRTH INDEX, 1905-1995
Name: Catherine Suzanne Obrien
Event Type: Birth
Event Date: 28 Oct 1932
Event Place: Los Angeles, California, United States
Gender: Female
Mother's Name: Herpolsheimer