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Meghan Murphy met Jeffrey Alexander Gould when she was a freshman at Pennsylvania’s Bucknell University. They had their first date on Halloween, when Jeff invited Meghan to a party at his fraternity house.
On the evening he proposed marriage, Jeff took Meghan to dinner at their favorite restaurant in New York City. She thought the date couldn’t have been more perfect until he later brought her to Flute, a Champagne bar, where he surprised her by having her close family and friends waiting to help celebrate.
The couple was married by the Reverend Broderick M. Walsh at St. Paul the Apostle Church in New York City. After the ceremony the wedding party went to Central Park, where they took photographs. A reception followed at the New York Athletic Club on Central Park South. The bride carried an heirloom diamond brooch on her bouquet that had belonged to her late maternal grandmother; she honored her paternal grandmother by dancing with her father to “Paper Doll,” a hit recording by the Mills Brothers.
The daughter of Karen and Charles J. Murphy of New Canaan, the bride is a 1998 graduate of New Canaan High School. She received a bachelor’s degree in English from Bucknell and is project manager for Nine West Shoes, a division of the Jones Apparel Group.
The groom graduated from Bucknell with a degree in accounting. He is a vice president for leveraged finance in the investment banking unit of Barclays Bank. His parents are Clare and George Gould of Coram, New York.
The couple spent a two-week honeymoon on the islands of Anguilla and St. Barths before returning home to New York City.
Cool summer breezes, a dramatic granite coastline and a picturesque lighthouse set the stage for the destination wedding of Erika Lyn Thompson of Darien and Troy Lee Killam at Pemaquid Point in New Harbor, Maine. The weather cooperated just long enough to complete the outdoor ceremony, officiated by notary Frank Bedell. Then everyone hurried to nearby Bradley Inn, where they celebrated under tents as the skies opened up in a thunderous downpour.
The rain didn’t dampen the spirits of family and friends gathered for the occasion, including the bride’s sister, matron of honor Vickie Lombardi, and the groom’s brother, best man Chad Killam, as well as Darien friends Robert and Tina Deverill, Reed Deverill, Robin Croteau, Ann-Marie Kaye and Patricia Melero, among others.
The bride is a graduate of Darien High School and received a bachelor of fine arts degree from the University of Connecticut, Storrs. She manages and teaches yoga at Elements Yoga & Wellness Center in Darien. Her parents are Robert and Susan Thompson of Tampa, Florida, formerly of Darien.
The groom attended Charlottetown Rural High School in Prince Edward Island, Canada, and completed a postgraduate year at the Kent School in Kent, Connecticut. He received a bachelor’s degree in marketing from the University of Connecticut, where the couple met. He is a retail store manager in Scarsdale, New York, and coaches in the Greenwich Blues Minor Hockey Association. His parents are Wayne and Brenda Killam of
Prince Edward Island.
The couple spent their honeymoon in Maine in a cottage with a view of the ocean. They plan to return there next summer to celebrate their first anniversary.
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