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Weddings, 1895

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Weddings

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 25 May 1895 · page 37

A pretty but quiet wedding took place at Withersleigh, Harris Park, on May 11, when Miss Bessie Withers, only, daughter of Mr. R. A. Withers, journalist, was…

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Life in London and Thereabout. Miss Peel's Wedding—the Bridegroom—the Bride Uncle—the Bride's Father. Westminster, April 25

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 1 June 1895 · page 5

St. Margaret's is the parish church of the House of Commons. Thither members repair upon varied occasions when the ministrations of the Church are invoked in connection with events…

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Fashionable Wedding at Toowoomba. Mr. W. L. Fane De Salis--miss Armstrong

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 3 June 1895 · page 6

The marriage of Mr. William Leopold Fane Do Sails, of Fleurs, Penrith, New South Wales (eldest son of Mr. Leopold F. Fane de Sails, M.L.C., of Queanbeyan), and…

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Extraordinary Scene at a Wedding

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 6 June 1895 · page 3

On April 27 the marriage of Mr. Theodore Brinckman, son of Sir Theodore Brinckman, with Miss Linton, the stepdaughter of Lord Aylesford, at St. Mark's Church,…

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Weddings

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 8 June 1895 · page 1157
Also in Australian Town and Country Journal

Sydney residents will not have forgotten the Hon. Violet Willoughby, the handsome genial lady who paid a long visit to Australia during the Governorship of her relative, the Earl of Hopetoun, in…

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Miss Peel's Wedding. Novel Gowns

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 8 June 1895 · page 1172

The marriage of Miss Peel, daughter of the Right Hon. Arthur Wellesley Peel, late Speaker of the House of Commons, and first cousin of the Earl of Jersey, was one of the great social functions in…

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Old-time Weddings

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 8 June 1895 · page 36

The magnificence of old-time weddings is typified in this account of such an event in 1471: "The number of guests, between relations, prelates, and ambassadors, was…

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Fashionable Marriage at St. Marys. the Whole Place En Fete. 1000 Persons Present. Three Ministers and the Primate Conducted the Service. Large Number of Wedding Presents

Nepean Times · Saturday 15 June 1895 · page 3

Wednesday last—the occasion of the marriage between Rev. Arthur Christian Corlette (Incumbent of St. Mary Magdalene Church, St. Marys, and St. Alban's Church, Rooty Hill) to Miss Minnie…

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The Anglican Church and Divorce. a Plucky Parson Protests. Scene at the Wedding of a Divorced Man

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 15 June 1895 · page 7

On Saturday, April 27, the marriage of Mr. Theodore Brinckman, son of Sir Theodore Brinck-man, with Miss Linton, the stepdaughter of Lord Aylesford, at St. Mark's Anglican Church, North…

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Weddings

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 15 June 1895 · page 1209
Also in Australian Town and Country Journal

On Tuesday, Jane 4, St. Nicholas' Church, Goulburn, was the scene of a very pretty wedding, which , attracted at the early hour of 9.45 a.m. a number of spectators large enough to fill the…

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A Quiet Wedding. Mr. Albert Hughes—miss Alice [?]On

The Cumberland Free Press · Saturday 22 June 1895 · page 8

On Tuesday morning, at the rather unconsciously [?] hour of 8 o'clock, a quiet wedding [?] performed in old St. John's Church, wh[?] two prominent…

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A Greek Wedding

The Cumberland Free Press · Saturday 22 June 1895 · page 6

The Interior of the Greek Churches are decorated to a bright if not [?] effect. The ceilings are painted gaily, and the pulpits enriched with liberal ornamentation of gold…

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Baulkham Hills. Wedding. (MR. C. I. WATT—MISS E. PRICE.)

The Cumberland Free Press · Saturday 22 June 1895 · page 6

On Tuesday (11th inst) the district of Baulkham Hills was thrown into a state of pleasurable excitement over a wedding, in which the residents of the township took no…

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Weddings

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 22 June 1895 · page 1261

The marriage of Mr. G. E. A. Wheeler, C.P.S., Eden, with Miss Mary Jane Cantgher, niece of Mrs. J. Alexander, of Pericoe, was celebrated at the residence of the bride's uncle on Thursday, 23rd…

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Fashionable Weddings

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 22 June 1895 · page 36

The marriage of Dr. Angel Money and Miss Amy Dowdell took place at St. John's, Darlinghurst, on June 12. The bride, who was given away by her…

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Weddings

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 29 June 1895 · page 1313

Amongst the prettiest weddings of the season that at St. Mark's Church, Darling Point, on Wednesday, 19th June, claims a high place. The church was most elaborately decorated with very large palms, a…

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Elegant Wedding Gowns and Trousseaux

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 29 June 1895 · page 1328

Our Sydney dressmakers have lately been busy with weddings. For that of Miss Violet Hoskings the gowns worn by the bride for the wedding end travelling, and for the bridesmaids, which were…

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A Silver Wedding Surprise

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 29 June 1895 · page 1332

They were celebrating the silver wedding, and, of course, the couple were happy and affectionate. "Yes," said the husband, " this is the only woman I ever loved. I shall not forget the first…

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