The eldest daughter of Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar, 34, married Stephen Wissmann, 31, in Prairie Grove, Arkansas, on Thursday, according to People’s exclusive report on the 500-guest wedding.
Jana’s bridal party included sisters Jessa Duggar Seewald, who was her maid of honor; Joy-Anna Forsyth; Johannah Duggar; Jinger Duggar Vuolo and Jordyn Duggar as well as sister-in-law Abbie Duggar.
Dad Jim Bob Duggar walked her down the aisle.
Jana Duggar called the wedding “a dream come true” in a interview with People before the nuptials.
How Jana Duggar, Stephen Wissmann met Wissmann and Duggar met through their families more than a decade ago.
The popular TLC personality Jana Duggar of “19 Kids and Counting” and “Counting On” is wed!
According to People’s exclusive report on the 500-guest wedding, Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar’s eldest daughter, who is 34, married 31-year-old Stephen Wissmann on Thursday in Prairie Grove, Arkansas.
The Duggar family has been contacted by USA TODAY to provide a response.
Two months after becoming engaged, the ceremony was held. Jana’s sisters—Joy-Anna Forsyth, Johannah Duggar, Jinger Duggar Vuolo, Jordyn Duggar, and maid of honor Jessa Duggar Seewald—as well as sister-in-law Abbie Duggar were among her bridal party. Jimmy Bob Duggar, her father, led her down the aisle.
Before the wedding, Jana Duggar described the union as “a dream come true” in an interview with People.
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“We love to be able to get together and celebrate moments like these, coming from two bigger families,” the woman remarked. It simply means a lot to have them all there. ****.
About 30 minutes separated her and her siblings’ Tontitown childhood home from the ceremony site.
Stephen Wissmann: Who is he?
People claims that Wissman, who has a large family, resides in Nebraska and is one of thirteen siblings. Along with painting and sandblasting, he installs irrigation systems for businesses.
After moving to Nebraska, Duggar plans to join Wissman, “who has a little house we bought that we’ve been fixing up,” she said.
The meeting of Stephen Wissmann and Jana Duggar.
Over ten years ago, Wissmann and Duggar got to know each other through their families.
“It was around thirteen years ago that they came to our house and got snowed in, which is not something that happens very often in Arkansas,” Duggar said to People.
“All I remember is that we would play games and work puzzles together until the snow melted and they could return home.”. Since I’m older than Stephen, I wasn’t really aware of him, so I don’t really remember him all that well. “.
Years ago, they got back in touch and tried dating again, but eventually called it quits. They stayed in contact, and in 2022, her brother Jeremiah Duggar wed Hannah, Wissman’s sister. Sometime earlier in the year, they reignited their romance and discovered that they were still in love. Duggar remarked, “We still genuinely value one another.”.
The scandals surrounding Jana Duggar’s family.
From 2015 to 2020, “Counting On” ran for 11 seasons. In 2021, after Josh Duggar was indicted on charges of child pornography, TLC decided to cancel the program. Jim Bob Duggar’s eldest child was found guilty and given a 12-year prison sentence.
TLC canceled the series, which was a spinoff of “19 Kids and Counting,” which ran from 2008 to 2015. Josh Duggar was found to have sexually molested five young girls, including his sisters, when he was a teenager.
Parents of Douggars criticize the “Shiny Happy People” document as “derogatory and sensationalized.”.
The four-part limited docuseries “Shiny Happy People: Duggar Family Secrets” debuted last year and featured accusations against the once-loved reality TV stars, who were known for their large family and conservative values. Among the accusations was Jill Duggar Dillard, the fourth child of the Duggar family. According to the show, when the Duggar parents were young, they joined a cult headed by a man who was allegedly a sexual predator.
In response to how their family was portrayed in the Amazon Prime series, Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar expressed their disapproval, saying it “paints so much and so many in a derogatory and sensationalized way because sadly that’s the direction of entertainment these days.”. “.
Ashford Joy made a contribution.
