- New York Times
June 10, 1934
Kingston, N. Y., June 9. - Margaret Astor Chanler Aldrich, daughter of Mr. and Mrs, Richard Aldrich, of Barrytown and New York City, and Christopher Temple Emmett Rand of Salisbury, Conn., son of Mr. and Mrs. William Blanchard Rand were married today at Christ Church, Red Hook, by the Rev. Paul Huntington, rector.
A reception was held at Rokeby, the estate of Mr. and Mrs. Aldrich at Barryton. Leila Delano, daughter od Mr. and Mrs. Lyman Delano, was maid of honor, and Rosilla Hornblower, Marian Merrill and Elizabeth Meyer were bridesmaids. Mr. Rand had his brother, William B. Rand Jr., as best man. Ushers were John A. Rand, also a brother; Winthrop Emmett, a cousin; Richard Chandler Aldrich, a brother of the bride; Donald Ryan, S. E. R. Whitman, Peter Merrill and John Jenkins.
The bride, a descendant of the first John Jacob Astor, studied at Sorbonne in Paris and was graduated from Vassar College in the class of '33. She is well known as a horsewoman and is a member of the Rumbout Riding and Hunt Club of Dutchess County. Mr. Rand, a descendant of Robert Emmett, the Irish patriot, was graduated from Groton School and is a senior at Yale.
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