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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Weddings

Weddings, 1947

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Weddings

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 12 March 1947 · page 10

MAJORIE JUNE SWAN wore a face over taffeta frock for her marriage to Maurice James, son of Mr and Mrs. C. D. Ewing, of Mayfield,…

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Weddings

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 14 March 1947 · page 8

MRS. ROBERT CUMPSON, formerly Dorothy May, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. A. James, of Cardiff Heights, who carried frangipanni…

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Most Australian - Yank War Weddings Succeed

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 15 March 1947 · page 2

WASHINGTON, Friday: Eighty-five per cent. Australian- American war marriages are working out successfully Only five per cent. can be called a…

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Golden Wedding Anniversary

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 17 March 1947 · page 8

THE skirl of bagpipes played by Messrs. J. and B. McEwan wel-comed Mr. and Mrs. James Lindsay in true Highland fashion when, they…

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Torn £5 Note Led To Wedding Plan "Herald" Service

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 18 March 1947 · page 1

PITTSBURGH' (Ohio), March 17—The torn half of an Australian £5 note served as a card of introduction which started a romance between…

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Recent Weddings

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 18 March 1947 · page 10

MRS. McKAY, who before her marriage to William, son of Mr. and Mrs. M. McKay, of Glasgow (Scotland), was Joyce, daughter of Mr. and Mrs…

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Carmen Miranda's Surprise Wedding

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 19 March 1947 · page 2

SAN FRANCISCO, Tuesday: Vivacious film star Carmen anda, sprang a surprise…

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Proxy Wedding Legal Says English Judge

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 19 March 1947 · page 2

LONDON, Tuesday: Marriage by proxy is legal, according to a decision given by a Divorce Court Judge. German-born Mrs. Leonie Apt, while living in England in 1941, mar-…

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Newcastle Weddings

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 19 March 1947 · page 11

AUDREY, only child of Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Barnett, of Merewether, who was a very attractive bride at her marriage to Edward John, son…

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War Bride's Repeat Wedding

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 20 March 1947 · page 7

Marvin S. Kite (centre) places the ring on the finger of his English bride, formerly Doris Press, of London, when they were married in a church at Atlanta. Some months previously they were married by repeating the vows over transatlantic telephone. Kite met his…

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Double Wedding On

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 20 March 1947 · page 10

An unusual double wedding will be celebrated at Wesley Church, Hamilton, on Saturday at 3.30 p.m., when two sisters,…

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Weddings

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 21 March 1947 · page 8

MR, AND MRS. RICHARD CHARLES REDMAN, who were married at St. Andrew's Church, Laman Street, by the Rev. C. Keir…

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Weddings

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 22 March 1947 · page 4

LOUIE DORIS COULTER chose blue for the dainty frock she wore for her marriage to Kenneth George, son of Mr. and Mrs. R. R. Mortimer,…

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Recent Weddings

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 24 March 1947 · page 8

ROSEMARY O'NEIL, who wore a white cloque classical frock when she was married to Ronald, son of Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Forty, of Melbourne,…

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Golden Wedding at Wallsend

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 26 March 1947 · page 7

Mr. and Mrs. Miller, of Wallsend, were entertained in the Rawson Hall by relatives and friends to celebrate their golden wedding…

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Newcastle Weddings

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 26 March 1947 · page 11

WHEN BARBARA JOYCE SHIPLEY and John David James Sawyer were married at the Holy Trinity Church of England, Abermain, by the…

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A Double Wedding

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 27 March 1947 · page 11

AT ISLINGTON BAPTIST CHURCH, the Rev. W. Gibbins cele-brated the marriages of Joyce, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. G. Wrightson, of Mayfield West, to Gordon, son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Carson, of Moree, and Mr. and Mrs. Wrightson's son, George, to Joan, daughter…

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Weddings

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 28 March 1947 · page 8

A LACE YOKE and peplum trimmed the Ivory embossed satin frock worn by Jean Elva, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Norris, of Hamilton,…

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Recent Weddings

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 29 March 1947 · page 4

MARJORY JOSEPHINE MEHAN was attended by Mrs. A. Kimberly, Miss Nita Russell and Miss Wendy Mehan, when she was married to…

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Golden-Wedding

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 31 March 1947 · page 8

Mr. and Mrs. James Lindsay, of Swansea, cutting the cake at a party given to celebrate the 50th anniversary of their marriage…

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