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Sydney · Weddings

Weddings, 1940

1,139 stories in Sydney's papers · page 55 of 57

Scots Chef Who Mucked the Wedding Pie

Truth · Sunday 8 December 1940 · page 27

ASK1NG that the marriage be declared null and void, Gladys Ann McCullagh, 30, of…

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Church Is Crowded For Mormon Wedding

The Sun · Sunday 8 December 1940 · page 14

"Will you be content with one wife?" asked a "Sunday Sun" reporter of Mormon William Pratt after his marriage yesterday to Isabel Anderson, at the Bankstown Church of Latter Day Saints. "OH yes, indeed," replied…

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Pre-Wedding Tea

The Sun · Sunday 8 December 1940 · page 14

AT Prince's yesterday, Miss E. Violet arranged a party in honor of the approaching marriage of Miss Nell Keating, only daughter of Mrs…

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Wedding Between Bombings London

The Sun · Sunday 8 December 1940 · page 4

Wedding bells will ring between bombings for the Australian airmen who man the Sunderland…

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At Lovely Garden Party Held After Society Wedding

The Sun · Sunday 8 December 1940 · page 3

The bride's Scottie "Hippy" . . . in wedding garb of starched white collar and bow tie . . . the first to greet the newly-married Joan Ritchie and Dr. Henry Ramsay Sharp when they arrived from the church for the reception yesterday…

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Naval Wedding

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 10 December 1940 · page 10

A naval wedding took place at St. Stephen's Church, Macquarie Street, yesterday afternoon when Miss Mavis…

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Wedding and Engagement

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 10 December 1940 · page 4

PAYMASTER SUB-LIEUTENANT ALLAN LLOYD, R.A.N.R., and Mrs. Lloyd, leaving St. Stephen's Church, Macquarie Street,…

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First Wedding Reception At "Redleaf"

The Sun · Wednesday 11 December 1940 · page 11

THE first wedding reception to be given at "Redleaf," Double Bay, will be the one which follows the marriage this afternoon of Miss…

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Twins Guests At Twins' Wedding

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 11 December 1940 · page 7

Mr. Cyril Channon, a twin brother, of Manly, married Miss Rita Fenton, a twin sister, of Gosford, in St. James' Church,…

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Wedding Gift for Trainer

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 11 December 1940 · page 18

"That's the best wedding present I could wish for," said trainer R. Denham after Article had won the Limited Handicap at Kembla Grange yesterday…

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Weddings

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 12 December 1940 · page 16

ST. ANNE'S, Merriwa, was the scene of a wedding of considerable local interest when Nancy, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. Marsland, Kara Springs, married…

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Weddings. Eizenberg—abbott

The Hebrew Standard of Australasia · Thursday 12 December 1940 · page 7

The marriage of Miss Flora Abott, to Mr. Hyman Eizenberg took place at the Great Synagogue on Thursday, November 28…

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Weddings. O'GORMAN—PYKE

Catholic Freeman's Journal · Thursday 12 December 1940 · page 13

A very pretty wedding was celebrated at St. Mary's Cathedral by Rev. Father James Bourke, M.S.C., on November 23, when Miss Clarice Josephine Fyke was…

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Giants and Dwarfs in Real Life. The Romantic Story of the Famous Tom Thumb. When Governors of the States Attended His Wedding

Catholic Freeman's Journal · Thursday 12 December 1940 · page 16

How do our. thoughts and fancies run back to childhood days, when we gazed in awe at the real dwarfs and the tremendous men showing as giants at the local…

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Weddings. BAXTER—RUANE

Catholic Freeman's Journal · Thursday 12 December 1940 · page 17

At Our Lady Star of the Sea Church. Watson's Bay, on November 23, a Nuptial Mass was celebrated by Rev. Father Hannan, when Arthur Edward…

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Pre-wedding Party

The Propeller · Thursday 12 December 1940 · page 2

On Saturday last, at the residence Of the and Mrs. Grant, of Prince's Street, Bexley, members of the Bexley Presbyterian Church choir gave…

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Old Sydney Mansion Scene Of Wedding Reception

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 12 December 1940 · page 16

First party to be held at Redleaf, the old mansion at Double Bay, which has just been opened as a centre for social events, was the reception following the wedding yesterday afternoon of Miss Elsie Mardee Hamilton with…

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Wedding Bells HOHNEN—WHITTEN

The Methodist · Saturday 14 December 1940 · page 18

A very pretty wedding was celebrated in Wesley Chapel, Castlereagh Street, Sydney, on Saturday, November 16, when Miss Phyllis A…

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After Wedding

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 14 December 1940 · page 9

MR. and MRS. THOMAS BACK leaving All Saints' Church, Woollahra, after their wedding yesterday afternoon. The bride was formerly Miss Joan Maughan…

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Model Piano on Wedding Cake

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 15 December 1940 · page 17

There was a tiny model piano placed on the wedding cake for Miss Eunice Gardiner, famous young Australian pianist, after her marriage at St. Mary's Cathedral yesterday morning to Mr. Robert…

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