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Sydney · Weddings

Weddings, 1883

105 stories in Sydney's papers · page 6 of 6

Drunk on his Wedding Day

Evening News · Wednesday 14 November 1883 · page 4

One blows, or at any rate the poets tell one, that it is a very ill-omened thing for a man to " weep upon his wedding day;" but what, one may wonder have the fates in store for a man who is…

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Ladies' Page. Gipsy's Notes. Darlinghurst Wedding

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 24 November 1883 · page 28

MISS Isabel, second daughter of the late R. H. Denne, Esq., looked very pretty on the 6th instant, when Mr. William D. Walker (retired Lient. R.N.) with his best man, awaited her at the altar of St…

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Salvation Army Wedding

Evening News · Wednesday 28 November 1883 · page 6

"Captain" Surtees and Miss "Captain" Ada Emily watts, of the Salvation Army, appeared be fore Sheriff Lees, Glasgow, a few weeks ago, and requested him to great an order for the registration…

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Salvation Army Wedding

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 8 December 1883 · page 1066

One of the quaintest religious ceremonies ever witnessed was performed at the Salvation Army barracks, Wellington-street, Collingwood, on Wednesday evening, the occasion being the marriage of two of these well-meaning Christian…

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A Remarkable Wedding

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 31 December 1883 · page 8

A remarkable wedding (says the Melbourne Herald) has taken place in New York, the bridegroom, being light enough to have ridden for the Cambridgeshire, while his better half turned the scale at…

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