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Sydney · Weddings

Weddings, 1888

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Wedding Greece with Prussia

The Australian Star · Tuesday 6 November 1888 · page 8

The announcement of the engagement of the Crown Prince of Greece to the Princess Sophia of Prussia (says Truth) will not surprise anyone, for the match was…

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A Danish Wedding

Nepean Times · Saturday 10 November 1888 · page 2

The number of invitations vary according to the means of the bride's parents; but there are seldemdess than fifty assembled, and often as many as one hundred and fifty,…

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A "Hallelujah" Wedding

Nepean Times · Saturday 10 November 1888 · page 4

For the last few weeks the array have been having quite a time of it, first the welcome to Major Kilby, and in last Saturdays issue of the Nepea[?] Times it was advertised that a hallelujah wedding…

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Wedding Favors

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 10 November 1888 · page 35

On October 24 Miss Kate Leiferman and Mr. G. (Lobsey, were married in the Presbyterian Churoh, Torbea, by tho Eov. J. H. Craig, M.A. The interior of the ohuroh waa beautifully decorated in honor…

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Wedding Favors

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 17 November 1888 · page 36

On October 31, in St. Mark's Church, Darlinhg Point, Sydney, was celebrated the marriage of Mr. William Frederick Ogilivie (son of Mr. e. D. Ogilvie, M.L.C.,. of the Clarence River district), and Ethel…

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Fashionable Wedding at Bathurst

The Australian Star · Thursday 22 November 1888 · page 6

BATHURST, This Day.-- At All Saints Cathedral yesterday a fashionable wedding took place. Mr. Percy M'Phillamy, son of the late John M'Phillamy, of…

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Wedding Favors

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 24 November 1888 · page 35

In Glon Innes, on the 12th instant, two weddings were oelebra'ed; Miss Millie Bourke baing nnttsd to Mr. George Callaghan, of Armidale; and Miss Key to Mr. Edward Prices The nuptials of the former…

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The Wedding

Evening News · Friday 30 November 1888 · page 3

The bride, according to "Humming Bee," Looked charming in virgin white; And the bridesmaids, dressed in their very best, Made a truly beautiful sight;…

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The Wedding

The Australian Star · Saturday 1 December 1888 · page 5

The Bride (according to " Humming Bee") Looked charming in virgin white; And the bridesmaids dressed in their very best,…

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Wedding Favors

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 1 December 1888 · page 21

The marriage of, Miss Annie Ida Watson (second daughter of tho late Mr. Samuel Watson of Gerogery Station, N.S.W.), with Mr. Georgo T. Chirnside, third son of Mr. Andrew Chirnside…

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A Fashionable Wedding. Marriage of Miss Essie Jenyns to Mr. J. R. WOOD

Evening News · Wednesday 5 December 1888 · page 5

At 2 o'clock this afternoon, at St. Andrew's Cathedral, Miss Essie Jenyns, one of Australia's most gifted and accomplished actresses, was given away in marriage to Mr. J. R. Wood, of Newcastle. This wedding had been…

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Essie Jenyns' Wedding. the Ceremony

Evening News · Thursday 6 December 1888 · page 6

Punctually at 2 p.m. yesterday, Miss Essie Jenyns was escorted up the middle aisle of the Cathedral by Sir Geo. Innes, and accompanied by her bridesmaid. The bridegroom, supported by his best man, was waiting to…

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The Wedding of Essie Jenyns. by Humming Bre

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 6 December 1888 · page 5

By 1 o'clock yesterday there was an immense crowd gathering and gathered outside of the Anglican Cathedral, where the fair Essie Jenyns was shortly to plight her troth to the…

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A Fashionable Wedding

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 8 December 1888 · page 33

The marriage of Miss Essie Jenyns with Mr. J. R. Wood, of Newcastle, was celebrated in St. Andrew's Cathedral on Wednesday afternoon, December 5, in the midst of a compatc crowd…

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Wedding Favors

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 8 December 1888 · page 32

A very pretty wedding was celebrated in the residence of Mr. Patrick O'Brien, Gumenbene, Carroll, on November 19, when that gentleman's daughter (Miss Agnes O'Brien) and Mr. James…

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A Golden Wedding

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 13 December 1888 · page 7

Yesterday was the 50th anniversary of the wedding of Mr. and Mrs. James South, both of whom are very old colonists, well known in Victoria, particularly at Ballarat, where they resided in the early days. Mr. and Mrs. South,…

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WEDDING No. Ii. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 14 December 1888 · page 5

Sir,—The time seems to have come when cathedrals can be hired for weddings, &c. Before long I expect we shall hear of Sunday concerts being held in our churches. I think it is rather a large step for us in a young colony like…

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Wedding Favors

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 15 December 1888 · page 31

A stylish wedding was celebrated in Albury on November 21 in the residence of the bride's parents, Tyree Cottage, when Miss Mattie M'Eachern, youngest daughter of Mr. Alex…

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Out-of-Door Weddings

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 22 December 1888 · page 1317

The fashionable marriage ceremony of the future, says an American exchange, takes place beneath the greenwood tree. No more of stained glass and subdued lights, of pealing organ and satin trains, of beflowered chancel-rail,…

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Wedding Favors

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 22 December 1888 · page 35

A fashtonable and largely-attended wedding toot place in St. Andrew's Catkodral on the afternoon of December 13, when Miss Isabella Dundas, the daughter of Mr. Joseph Dundas, of Carron Hall, Stirlingshire, Scotland, and…

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