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Weddings, 1891

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Weddings

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 28 February 1891 · page 463

Young—Adam.—On Thursday, 19th, Trinity Church, Kelso, was profusely decorated with flowers on the occasion of the marriage of Miss Margaret Adam, the youngest daughter…

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Wedding Anniversaries

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 28 February 1891 · page 33

The fifth anniversary of a wedding is named the " wooden wedding," and many are the amusing incidents given from time to time relating to it. The following will give some idea of the favor…

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Wedding Favors

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 28 February 1891 · page 33

Mr. D. W. Miller, Son of Mr. D. Miller, of Newcastle, was united to Miss Amy Hannell, daughter of Mr. C. H. Hannell, J.P., shipping master, Newcastle, on Wednesday, February 18. The wedding was very…

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Wedding Anniversaries

Evening News · Monday 2 March 1891 · page 3

The fifth anniversary of a wedding is named the " wooden wedding," and many are the amusing incidents given from time to time relating to it. The following will give some idea of the favor…

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Weddings

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 7 March 1891 · page 519

Carter—Kirby.—On Wednesday, February 25, at St. James's Church, Sydney, by the Rev. H. L. Jackson, M.A., Miss Mabel Kirby, younger daughter of the late Mr. Oscar Kirby, of…

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Wedding Favors

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 7 March 1891 · page 33

The wedding of Miss Alice Fitzmaurice, daughter of Mr. George R. Fitzmaurice, of Verner, Croydon, with Mr. Hugh Dixaon, eldest son of Mr. Hugh Dixson, of Abergeldie, Summer Hill, was…

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The American Girl and the Wedding-ring

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 14 March 1891 · page 595

Evidently the American girl is much more courageous than her English sister. The latter would think very many times before joining in a strike of brides, lest their matrimonial chances should be more than…

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Weddings

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 14 March 1891 · page 577

Walker—Playfair.—On the 11th March at St. John's Church, Darlinghurst, by the Rev. A. W. Pain, Miss Jessie Playfair, only daughter of Mr. Thomas Playfair, M.L.A., of Chelmsford,…

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Wedding Favors

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 14 March 1891 · page 33

News reaches us of the wedding of Miss Harriet D'Aroy Irvine, the popular daughter of the Rev. Canon D'Arcy Irvine, incumbent of St. Nicholas's, North Goulburn. An eye-witness writes…

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Fashionable Wedding in London. Sir Charles Russell's Daughter Married

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 21 March 1891 · page 7

On Wednesday morning (reports the CATHOLIC TIMES, February 6), at the Church of St. James, Spanish-place, the marriage of Mr. Douglas Lyon Holmes, eldest son of Mr. John Holmes, of…

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Weddings

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 21 March 1891 · page 635

Billyard—Leake.—At St. John's Church, Ross, Tasmania, on Thursday, 5th instant, the marriage of Miss Letitia Sarah Leake—niece and heiress of the late Mr. Arthur Leake, of Ashby, Ross—with…

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Wedding Favors

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 21 March 1891 · page 33

The wedding of Charles A. Billyard, of Riversdale, Bowral (N.S.W.), to Miss Leake, the adopted daughter of the late Mr. Arthur Leake, of Ashby, Rosa (Tas.), was celebrated in St. John's Anglican…

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Weddings

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 28 March 1891 · page 693

England—Fletcher.—On Wednesday, 18th instant, at the residence of the bride's parents, Miss Emily Alice Fletcher, eldest daughter of Mr. Richard Fletcher, the Boulevard, Petersham, was married to Mr. Thomas…

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Wedding Favors

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 28 March 1891 · page 33

Walgett.—Recently the Rev. G, Smith celebrated the marriage of Mr. W. B. Nicholson, our local road superintendent, to Mrs. Margaret M'Dongal, daughter of Mr. Henry Isaacs, of Walgett. The…

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Breach of Promise. Absent on the Wedding Morn

The Australian Star · Tuesday 31 March 1891 · page 6

AT Chester in January last Margaret Hardcastle, a good-looking young woman, got £150 damages for breach of promise against Dyffoig Davies, master builder, Wrexham…

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Wedding at Botany

The Australian Star · Friday 3 April 1891 · page 3

A VERY pleasing wedding took place on Wednesday, March 25, at Eurimbla, Botany, the residence of tho bride's parents. The bride was Miss Elsie Pottie, eldest daughter…

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Weddings

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 4 April 1891 · page 751

Carington—Horsfall.—The marriage of the Hon. Rupert Clement George Carington, third son of the second Baron Cairington, and brother of the present peer, Lord Carrington, late Governor of New South…

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Wedding Favors

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 4 April 1891 · page 35

The marriage of Miss Frances M. Donaldson, second eldest daughter of Mr. P. R. Donaldson, district surveyor, Grafton, with Mr. Fredk. B. Nowell second son of Mr. F. A. Nowell, Furn Hill,…

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A Wedding at St. Andrew's Cathedral

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 8 April 1891 · page 6

The marriage of Miss Madeli[?]ne Hixson, daughter of Captain Hixson, of the naval forces, with Mr. Geoffrey Fairfax, of the Sydney Morning Herald, was solemnised at St. Andrew's…

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Weddings

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 11 April 1891 · page 807

Fairfax—Hixson.—On Tuesday last, at St Andrew's Cathedral, Mr. Geoffrey Evan Fairfax, of the firm of Messrs. John Fairfax and Sons, and second son of Mr. James Beading Fairfax, was married to Miss Hixson,…

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