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Weddings, 1949

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Wedding By Boy Upheld

Daily Mirror · Saturday 8 January 1949 · page 3

LOS ANGELES, Saturday.--Legality of the marriage ceremony performed by a four-years-old…

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New Role for "Teddy" Doon Jockey's Secret Wedding

Truth · Sunday 9 January 1949 · page 1

Prominent 21-years-old jockey Teddy Doon was married to attractive divorcee Mrs. Olga Joel (33) in a quiet ceremony at Cammeray at 7 o'clock last night. [?] The wedding, which was a…

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Police Tell Court Man Started Fire at Wedding

Truth · Sunday 9 January 1949 · page 28

LIONEL JAMES ROUSE (53), laborer, of Melbourne, may have been an uninvited guest at a wedding at All Saints' Church of England, St. Kilda, on December 23 but, according to police at St. Kilda Court this week, he made sure he would not be overlooked…

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Jockey Doon Keeps Wedding a Secret

The Sun · Sunday 9 January 1949 · page 2

CHINESE jockey Teddie Doon, 21, last night married attractive brunette, Mrs. Olga Joel. The couple were married at the Cameray home of the…

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A wedding helped to fill a boy-parson's money-box

The Sun · Sunday 9 January 1949 · page 11

A freckled-faced, curly-haired boy of four told a Press conference at Long Beach, California, this week, how he had married a US Navy sailor and his bride…

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Guests Turned Up, But Wedding Was Stymied

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 9 January 1949 · page 7

LONDON, Sat.--Golf star Joan Pemberton cancelled her wedding too Bate to advise some of the guests. When they went to St…

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News for Women Wedding At St. Mark's

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 11 January 1949 · page 11

MRS. JOAN PARSONS and Major Robert Murray Jones, of the Australian Staff Crops, were married yesterday at St. Mark's, Darling Point. Only members of the…

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Celebrated Golden Wedding Anniversary

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 12 January 1949 · page 2

Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Spriggs, of "Ambleside," Windermere Ave., Northmead, who were married in Parramatta on December 28, 1898, were honoured on their Golden…

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Golden Wedding Celebration

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 12 January 1949 · page 9

Mr. and Mrs. O. J. McDermott entertained about 200 guests at a cocktail party and buffet dinner at their home,…

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Country Interest in Wedding

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 12 January 1949 · page 9

Miss Jean McDougall, eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. K. McDougall, of Boggabri, wore an off-white marquisette gown with…

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Wedding Bells PERKINS—POWER

Nepean Times · Thursday 13 January 1949 · page 7

The marriage of Joan, eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. G. A. Power, of Hemming Street, Penrith, to Keith Gordon, second son of Mr. and Mrs…

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Weddings

Catholic Weekly · Thursday 13 January 1949 · page 3

AT the Church of Our Lady of Lourdes, Earlwood, the Rev. Father J. Weaver officiated at the marriage of Marcia, only daughter…

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Summer Weddings

The Sun · Thursday 13 January 1949 · page 19

THE bridal frock Anne Weir will wear tonight for her marriage to Frank Mussett is pretty enough for a film star. The material is white gossamer-light hand-embroidered Swiss organdie, with a swirling skirt made of yards and yards of fabric mounted on underskirts of organdie and taffeta…

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Cathedral Wedding

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 13 January 1949 · page 23

AIR HOSTESS MARRIED. Mr. Joseph Crosbie leaving St. Mary's Cathedral last night with his bride, former air hostess Joan Brice, only daughter of Mrs. M. R. Brice, of Woollahra. The bridegroom, who is a medical…

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Hollywood Couple Planning Wedding

Daily Mirror · Thursday 13 January 1949 · page 3

CORINNE CALVERT, Parisian actress who went to Hollywood a little more than a year ago, rests on the…

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Wedding Bells Nairn-dym Ock

The Leader · Thursday 13 January 1949 · page 1

A very pretty wedding was solemnised at St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church, Parramatta, on Saturday, 8th January, 1949, by Rev. R. D. Birch B.Sc., when…

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Wedding Bells Clancy-Abercrombie

The Leader · Thursday 13 January 1949 · page 4

At 4 p.m. on 18th December last, in the Roman Catholic Church, St. Mary's the wedding took place of Billie, youngest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest…

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Wedding Bells COKER—BRIGHTWELL

The Biz · Thursday 13 January 1949 · page 3

A [?] [?] wedding took place at [?] Church of England on Thursday, December 30th when Pa[?] Patricia, second eldest daughter of…

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Wedding Gift for Jockey

The Sun · Sunday 16 January 1949 · page 24

MELBOURNE, Saturday. -- Bought some months ago for 2500gns, St.. Razzle finished brilliantly to defeat Harella…

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