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Sydney · Weddings

Weddings, 1896

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Weddings at Granville Three in a Day

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 19 September 1896 · page 2

The marriage of Miss May Carpenter of Granville and Mr. Alfred Gail of Warren was celebrated in the Primitive Methodist Church. Granville, on Wednesday A large number of…

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After the Wedding. Her Best Friend

The Arrow · Saturday 26 September 1896 · page 4

AS the carriage of the Fitz-Pottspoints' had turned the William-street corner…

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Weddings. KINROSS-WALLACE

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 26 September 1896 · page 657

On Wednesday, the 2nd instant, the marriage of Dr. H. Menzies Kinross, of Inverell, and Miss Helen A. Wallace, second daughter of Mr. John Wallace, J.P., of Braidwood, was celebrated at St. Andrew's…

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Social Gossip. An Uneventful Week. Dance at Botany. Wedding Bells-- Social Items of the Day

The Australian Star · Saturday 26 September 1896 · page 9

A very pretty wedding was celebrated recently at St. Paul's Cathedral, Goulburn, the contracting parties being Mr. W. Cheeseman, of Coulburn, and Miss…

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Hordern's Wedding Tronsseaiix (From Pitt-street)

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 26 September 1896 · page 33

No. 1 Trousseau, including 3 chemise, trlmmied frilling; 3 chemise, trimmed work; 3 nightdresses, trimmed frilling; 3 nightdresses, trimmed embroidery;' 6 knickers; 2 bodices, plain; 3 bodices…

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London in Midsummer. Mr. and Mrs. Chamberlain. the Royal Wedding. the Hats of the Season

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 29 September 1896 · page 6

WESTMINSTER, August 8.--Everyone except Li Hung Chang is running away from London. Only the serene dignity of a Celestial Mandarin of Mandarins can rise superior to the heat. Our…

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Weddings. MENZIES—BOYD

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 3 October 1896 · page 708

On the 16th ultimo, a pretty wedding was celebrated at the bride's residence. Uley, Coolamon, when Mr. Charles Menzies, of Valley Field station, Coolamon, was married to Miss Boyd, eldest…

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Wedding Receptions

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 3 October 1896 · page 708

Towards the close of the season (writes "Au Fait" in The Queen) a wedding of more than ordinary importance is usually brought off; [?] is year the Royal wedding has been the one which has left its…

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Personal. a Golden Wedding

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 9 October 1896 · page 5

Sir Daniel and Lady Cooper celebrated their golden wedding at Folkestone (Eng.) on Thursday, 3rd September, when a number of relations and friends journeyed to offer them their…

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A Spring Wedding

The Australasian Hebrew · Friday 9 October 1896 · page 10

“ROCKLEIGH GRANGE,” North Sydney, was the scene of a very pretty ceremony on Tuesday, the 6th instant, being the occasion of the marriage of Miss Dolly Cohen, fourth daughter of the late William Cohen, of Tamworth, and Mr. S. Sassoon Benjamin, of…

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A Novel Wedding

Evening News · Saturday 10 October 1896 · page 5

It is not often that a Quaker wedding takes place in Sydney. Such a marriage was solemnised at the Friends' Meeting House, Devonshire-street, on Wednesday afternoon, when Thomas Warded, of New…

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A Wagga Wedding

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 10 October 1896 · page 9

THERE was a wedding on the 30th ult. at Toole's Creok, the residence of Mr. and Mis. J. E. Moloney, the "parties" being Miss Agnes Milfred O'Maia, a sister of Mrs. Moloney's, and Mr. C.B…

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Wedding at Smithfield

The Cumberland Free Press · Saturday 10 October 1896 · page 6

Mr. E. Heckinburg was married on the 23rd ult ., to Miss Emily Graham, at St. James Church, by the Rev. John O'Conor. The bride looked very charming in cream satin…

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Weddings. COCKS-HELM

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 10 October 1896 · page 760

pretty wedding took place on the afternoon of Sept. 29, at, St. John's Church, Glebe Point, when Mr. Alfred William Cocks, of South Australia, was married to Miss Elinor De Bohun Helm, daughter of…

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Social Gossip. The City Mission Fair. Enjoyable Dances. Sydney Hospital Sports -- Recent Weddings

The Australian Star · Saturday 10 October 1896 · page 9

The Town Hall presented a gay and brilliant scene on Wednesday afternoon, when the City Mission fair was opened by Lady Hampden. The…

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A Quaker Wedding

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 10 October 1896 · page 9

Quaker weddings are few and far between in Sydney. Only three have been solemnised in about 10 years. The fourth took place on Wednesday afternoon at the Friends' Meeting-house,…

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Golden Wedding of Sir Daniel and Lady Cooper

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 13 October 1896 · page 5

Our London correspondent writes:--"There were great rejoicings at Folkestone when Sir Daniel and Lady Cooper celebrated their golden wedding. A number of friends went down from…

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Grand Military Wedding

The Australian Star · Thursday 15 October 1896 · page 2

For some time the fashionable world has been on the qui vive to witness the wedding of Captain J. Gordon Legge, of the 2nd Infantry Regiment, with Miss…

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A Military Wedding

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 15 October 1896 · page 3

St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church was thronged with spectators yesterday, afternoon on the occasion of Captain J. Gordon Legge's marriage with Miss Annie Frances Ferguson, of Bondi. The…

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Sir Daniel Cooper's Golden Wedding

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 17 October 1896 · page 6

Married at St. James' Church, on the 3rd September, 1846, Sir Daniel and Lady Cooper celebrated their golden wedding at Folkestone on the 3rd September. There was an interesting gathering of…

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