From Paris and Jazz: A Collaboration Propelling Sidney Bechet to Fame Posted on October 30, 2010 by Maggie Bechet met Ziegler in 1928, during his first stay in Paris, but lost touch with her for over twenty years while he was out of the country. During 1951, while on tour in Algiers, Bechet met Ziegler again. They were married in Cannes in front of a large crowd. Sidney Bechet Dancing with His Wife, Elizabeth Ziegler, at their Wedding at Antibes French Riviera  Bechet wedding, 1951 http://www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/musicians-sidney-bechet-and-elizabeth-ziegler-smiling-on-news-photo/544759447 Sidney Bechet And Elizabeth Ziegler. Credit: Keystone / Stringer Caption: Musicians Sidney Bechet and Elizabeth Ziegler smiling on their wedding day, after the ceremony at the Town Hall of Antibes, July 18th 1951. (Photo by Keystone/Hulton Archive/Getty Images) Why Musicians Choose White Wives Jet Jan 8, 1953 Jack Sohmer. "Bechet, Sidney"; http://www.anb.org/articles/18/18-00081.html; American National Biography Online Feb. 2000. Access Date: Tue May 19 2015 18:08:28 GMT-0700 (MST) In August 1951 he married Elisabeth Ziegler, his third wife, in Cannes to a citywide celebration of street floats and parading jazz bands. The couple had no children. Updated from MyHeritage Family Trees via partner Sydney Bechet by SmartCopy: May 17 2015, 0:44:41 UTC https://blogs.mediapart.fr/ficanas/blog/061014/souvenirs-pourquoi-klaxonner-pour-les-mariages