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Sydney · Weddings

Weddings, 1897

234 stories in Sydney's papers · page 5 of 12

A Wedding Presentation

The Australian Star · Friday 16 April 1897 · page 3

The employees of Excelsior House, Woollahra, met at the house of the principal, Mr W. H. Macdonald, on Wednesday evening for the purpose of…

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The Coming Wedding

The Australian Star · Friday 16 April 1897 · page 7

Miss Buxton, daughter of the Governor of South Australia, who is to be one of the bridesmaids at Captain Ferguson's wedding, arrived in Sydney…

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A Bicycle Wedding

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 17 April 1897 · page 7

A NOVEL wedding took place on Sunday, Feb. 21, at the Catholic Church in Leicester-place, Leicester-square, London, the bride being Miss E. Pappacena, and the bridegroom Mr. Achille de Gasperi. The…

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Wedding at East Carlingford

The Cumberland Free Press · Saturday 17 April 1897 · page 6

On the 31st ult., Mr. Chas. Proudfoot was married at East Carlingford, by the Rev. Chas. Crane, to Miss Millie Adam, second daughter of Mr. William Adam, of Balmain…

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Weddings. CHAMPION—PURDUE

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 17 April 1897 · page 826

On Wednesday, April 7, at old St. John's, Parramatta. Mr. Viliers Adolphus Richard Champion, second surviving son of Mr. A. A. Champion, of Harris Park, was married, in the presence of a large…

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Social Gossip. The Ferguson-Brand Wedding. Description of the Trousseau. Beautiful Costumes--For the Forthcoming Wedding--Latest Society News

The Australian Star · Saturday 17 April 1897 · page 9

From a feminine point of view one of the most important matters appertaining to a wedding is the trousseau, and the pretty garments prepared for the…

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The Vice-Regal Wedding. Miss Brand's Trousseau. the Wedding Dress

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 17 April 1897 · page 34

By. the kindness of the Hon. Margaret Brand. I was allowed a peep at the pretty garments which have been prepared for the bride-elect. Fortunately not a single thing was injured in the…

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The Wedding. Of Captain Ferguson and Miss Brand. Arrangements for Wednesday. Preparations Almost Complete--Military Display--Route of the Procession

The Australian Star · Monday 19 April 1897 · page 5

The marriage of the Hon. Margaret Brand with Captain Ferguson, which is to be solemnised at St. Andrew's Cathedral on Wednesday afternoon by Dr. Camidge,…

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The Vice-regal Wedding. The Service at the Cathedral. The Choral numbers. Order of Procedure--The Hymns for the Occasion

The Australian Star · Monday 19 April 1897 · page 7

The following is the order of the service to be used in St. Andrew's Cathedral at the marriage of Captain Ferguson with the Hon. Dorothy Brand on…

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The Vice-regal Wedding. The Service at the Cathedral. The Choral Numbers. Order of Procedure--The Hymns for the Occasion

The Australian Star · Tuesday 20 April 1897 · page 7

The following is the order of the service to be used in St. Andrew's Cathedral at the marriage of Captain Ferguson with the Hon, Margaret Brand on…

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The Vice-regal Wedding

Evening News · Wednesday 21 April 1897 · page 2

Excellent portraits of the Hon. Margaret Brand and Captain Ferguson, A.D.C., appear in this week's issue of the "Town and Country Journal," published to-day…

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The Wedding. To-Day's Ceremony Captain Ferguson and the Hon. Margaret Brand. A Brilliant Function. procession From Government House --The Decorations

The Australian Star · Wednesday 21 April 1897 · page 11

A wedding from Government House is a matter which does not come about in every year, or every decade. The last occasion of the sort was in the good old…

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The Vice-regal Wedding

Evening News · Thursday 22 April 1897 · page 5

The marriage of the Hon. Margaret Brand, eldest daughter of the Excellency his Governor and Lady Hampden, with Captain Algernon Ferguson, A.D.C., 2nd Life Guards, of Polebrook Hall, Oundle, near…

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Wedding Presents

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 22 April 1897 · page 6

The wedding prsents, which were numerous and costly, were on view in the ballroom at Government House. They formed a truly magnificent display. They were arranged on tables running round each…

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The Vice-regal Wedding. The Gifts

The Australian Star · Thursday 22 April 1897 · page 11

The wedding presents which marked the happy event were, as might be imagined, both numerous and costly. Diamonds especially glittered in a profuse…

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The Wedding. a Vice-Regal Pageant. Marriage of Captain Ferguson and Miss Brand. A Great Display--The Ceremony at St. Andrew's Cathedral

The Australian Star · Thursday 22 April 1897 · page 6

The marriage of Captain Ferguson and the Hon. Margaret Brand, the great social event to which the people of Sydney and suburbs have been…

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The Wedding Presents

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 22 April 1897 · page 6

The following is a list of the presents received by the bride:--From the bridegroom, five diamond stars to form tiara brooches and necklace, a diamond tiara to form brooches…

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The Vice-regal Wedding. an Imposing Ceremony. Service at St. Andrew's Cathedral. the Procession Through the Streets

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 22 April 1897 · page 5

Thought not absolutely the first of its kind, a wedding like that of yesterday is of such rare occurrence in Sydney that one expects all the world, and his wife--especially his wife--to turn,…

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Guildford. Wedding

The Cumberland Free Press · Saturday 24 April 1897 · page 12

On Wednesday April 14th. Mr. William George Clark of Guildford, was married in the Primitive Methodist Church by the Rev. T. Davies, to Miss Jane Wilkinson, only daughter…

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Wedding. "Those Golden Bells."

The Cumberland Free Press · Saturday 24 April 1897 · page 8

A quiet but charmingly pretty wedding was that on Thursday afternoon the 15th inst, at the residence of the bride's parents, when Mr. William Frederick Slion led to the altar Miss…

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