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Hunter Valley · Weddings

Weddings, 1896

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A Wedding at Miller's Forest

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 11 January 1896 · page 3

A pretty little wedding was celebrated at Miller's Forrest on New Years' Eve, when Mr. James McLardy, of Sydney, and Miss Sarah Jane Osborne, second daughter of Mr. William Osborne…

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Wedding Bells

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 11 January 1896 · page 4

A marriage was celebrated at St. John's Cathedral, West Maitland, on Tuesday last, by the Rev. Father McAu[?]iffe, the parties being Mr. Thomas Joseph Hamilton, of Sydney, a twin son of…

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The Date for the Wedding

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 25 January 1896 · page 6

Mrs. Swayback sighed when her daughter told her that Mr. Trivvet had asked her to be his wife and that she had become engaged. "I suppose I ought not to feel badly about…

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Wedding

Singleton Argus · Saturday 25 January 1896 · page 2

A quiet, but very pretty, wedding was celebrated in St. Andrew's Church, Singleton, on Tuesday last, the Rev. J. S. White, M.A., LL.D.,'officiating. The contracting…

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Tamworth. a Wedding in Gaol

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 7 February 1896 · page 3

Ethel Wright, who was sentenced to four years' penal servitude for perjury in connection with the sensational Gunnedah poisoning case, was yesterday married in Tamworth goal to Frederick Edward…

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Scene at a Wedding

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 8 February 1896 · page 13

Considerable excitement was caused on Saturday evening in the R. C. Church, Rylstone, the occasion being the marriage of two well-known residents of the Rylstone, Cudal, and Mudgee districts. The…

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Aunt Olive's Wedding

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 2 March 1896 · page 3

Aunt Olive, as she was called in the days when Abraham Lincoln know her, was an Illinois woman the story of whose weddings as she used to tell it, was decidedly worth…

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Unexpected Wedding Gifts

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 14 March 1896 · page 4

Not unfrequeutly a marriage ceremony has an added air of romance attached to it by tho bride's receiving from a known and unknown source a wedding present which was quite…

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A Queer Golden Wedding

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 21 March 1896 · page 11

The Hart family looked very smiling. This was not an unusual condition with them, but it seemed that this morning there was something unusual to smile about Mary Belle looked important, Dan…

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Salvation Army Wedding

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 28 March 1896 · page 14

Considerable interest was taken in the proceedings of the Salvation Army in West Maitland on Tuesday evening, the announcement having been made public a week ago by…

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Wedding Bells

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 4 April 1896 · page 4

A very pretty and planning ceremony took place on Thursday forenoon, at the residence of Mr. Samuel Porter, Pitnacree, when Mr. A. R. Filmer and Mien Elizabeth (Delly) Porter ware joined together in…

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Wedding Bells

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 9 April 1896 · page 2

A correspondent supplies the following:— A very pretty wadding was solemnized in St. Mary's Star of the Sea Church, Newcastle, on Wednesday, 8th instant, the church being very nicely decorated for…

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Wedding Bells

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 10 April 1896 · page 3

A very pretty though quiet wedding (writes a correspondent) took place on Wednesday morning, 8th instant, at St. Paul's Church, West Maitland, when Mr. James Ray, of Hamitlton, was married to…

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Wedding Bells

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 11 April 1896 · page 16

On Tuesday morning Miss Coberoft and Mr. J. H. F. Waller were united in the bonds of matrimony in St. Peter's Church, East Maitland, by the Rev. Archdeacon Tyrrell. The…

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Weddings

Singleton Argus · Saturday 11 April 1896 · page 2

On Wednesday last the Rev. A. E. Grabha[?] joined together in holy matrimony Ronald Burns, son of the Mr Robert Burns, of Sedgefield, and Clace Stocks,…

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A Wedding Present

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 15 April 1896 · page 4

They had all been shopping, and they happened to drop in at the club at the same time. " Oh, dear me," cried the girl in the black velvet hat," never had such a good time in my…

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A Royal Wedding

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 22 April 1896 · page 5

The wadding of Princess Alexandra of Coburg, third daughter of the Prince of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha and granddaughter of Queen Vicetoria, and Prince Hohenlohe Langenburg, Statthaltes, or…

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Wedding at Glennie's Crack

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 29 April 1896 · page 2

Wednesday, the 15th instant, was quite a gala day at "The Oaks," the residence of Mr A. J. Drake, Glennie's Creek, to commemorate the union of the adopted…

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Wedding at All Saints

Singleton Argus · Saturday 2 May 1896 · page 2

On Wednesday last a wedding took place in All Saints' Church, when Miss Clara E. Robinson, youngest daughter of Mrs F. T. Robinson, of "Trafalgar," Singleton, was…

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A Novel Wedding

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 23 May 1896 · page 3

An account of a somewhat novel wedding, says The Clock Tower, a London weekly journal, which was recently celebrated in Columbia, may not be out of place:—…

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