1957 - Annette Becomes First of Dionne Quintuplets to Wed

Published by the Stockton Evening and Sunday Record in Stockton, California on October 11, 1957

QUINTUPLET WEDS - Annette Dionne, one of the four surviving Dionne quintuplets, was married today to Germain Allard in Notre Dame de Salette Church in Montreal. At the extreme left are the bride and groom. Directly behind Annette, wearing a carnation, is Pierre Allard, father of the bridegroom. Next, left to right, are Germain's sister, Gertrude; Mr. and Mrs. Claude Allard; two unidentified guests and at the extreme right, wearing a carnation, is Oliva Dionne, father of the bride.

MONTREAL, Oct. 11 (AP) - Annette Dionne today became the first of the famed Dionne quintuplets to wed.

She was married to Germain Allard in a simple ceremony amid the splendors of a Roman Catholic Church--Notre Dame de la Salette in downtown Montreal.

The Rev. Germain-Marie Lalande, provincial of the Fathers of the Holy Cross, performed the ceremony and celebrated the wedding mass.

Only the parents of the bride and the bridegroom and a few guests were invited to the wedding and reception.

Annette is 23 and her husband, a finance company agent, is 24. They tried to keep the wedding as quiet as their two-year courtship. The plans for their wedding leaked out only this week.

Annette was given in marriage by her father, Oliva Dionne, who drove here last night with Mrs. Dionne from their home in North Bay, Ont. Pierre Allard, father of the groom, was best man.

The marriage is a second separation for the quints. They were grief stricken in 1954 when their sister Émilie died during an epileptic seizure at Ste. Agathe, Que.

Today Cécile and Marie Dionne sat side by side in one of the front pews. Yvonne, fourth of the surviving quints, was in a hospital with the flu.