Christchurch
Press - May 1924
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Wedding - Write - ups -
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Thursday
1 May 1924
Golden Wedding -
001 and 001a
CLEMENS - Mr and Mrs F.Clemens ----- left
Plymouth
for NZ on 27 July1874 having been married on April 28th
in
the Parish Church
of St. Levan,
Cornwall They settled in the Ashburton
district in 1876 ------- 5 boys and 6 girls
---- 12 grandchildren. ----- a very
long
column
DOAK - GREIG -
002
Elsie May, dau of Mr and Mrs George D.Greig of Motunau,
and
William Leslie, son of Mr and Mrs D.J..Doak of Omihi.-----
NEWMAN - McDOWELL
- 003 at Owen
Junction,
on Tuesday-------Miss Doris, dau of Mr
John McDowell, of Pikomanu --- to Mr Cyril Newman
Friday
2 May 1924
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BATCHELOR -
MORTLOCK
- 004 at Opawa. Wed.
Rita, dau of Mr and Mrs Thomas Mortlock to John
, son of Mr and Mrs Thomas Batchelor ------
Saturday
3 May 1924
ALLENDER - DALLEY - 005 on
Wed. Miss Winifred May Dalley to Leslie
Murray
Allender ---- uncle Mr C.Jolley,
CALLAN - SMYTHE
-
006 on Wed. Margaret, 2nd
dau
of Mrs Smythe to Percy Callan, of
Greymouth -------
JEAL - BROWN - 007 at --on Wed.
Gwen, dau of Mr and Mrs F.Brown, Fairview, Shirley to
Maurice Jeal, of Shirley
McARDLE - COLLINS - 008 at
Wellington. Peter Joseph, son of Mr and Mrs James McArdle, of
Crossmaglen, Co.Armagh to Mona, dau of Mr and Mrs F.J.Collins ---
Monday 5 May 1924 -
PREBBLE - CARPENTER
- 009 at Prebbleton.
Frances, dau of Mr and Mrs F.W.Carpenter
to Tom, son of Mr and Mrs Prebble, of Redcliffs. -----
Tuesday
6 May 1924
SHADBOLT
- CHRISTIANSON
- 010 at Hokitika.-
Miss
Thelma dau of Mr and Mrs Shadbolt
to David Christianson, of Hokitika ---------
SMITH - CAIRNS
- 011- Louisa, dau of
Mrs S.G. and late Andrew Cairns to William
Arthur Smith, son of Mrs Hean, Redcliffs ------
Wednesday 7 May
1924 -
RYDE - WELLS - 012 at
Oxford, Miss Alice Victoria Wells to Mr
William
Frederick Ryde, both of View Hill. -----
WESTAWAY - MILLAR - 013 at
Leeston, Ruby, dau of Mr and Mrs S.G.Millar, of Irwell to
Percy
Westaway, of Pleasant Point ----.-----
Thursday 8 May
1924
BALL
- McCAFFREY
- 014 Ada Sarah, dau
of
Mr and Mrs J.McCaffrey of Christchurch
to John W. son of Mr and Mrs Charles Ball, of Surrey, England
HANNIGAN - YOUNG
- 015 Miss Annie
Young,
of Southbridge to Mr John Patrick
Hannigan, of Ashburton ------
MANDER - HOGLUND - 016 Pina,
dau of Mr Hoglund, of Springfield to Stanley, son of
Mrs
E.Mander, Christchurch ------
WOODLEY - LEWIS - 017 John Charles,
son of late Mr Charles and Mrs Woodley, Auckland
to May, dau of Mr & Mrs Lewis, of Kumara, West Coast.
Friday 9 May 1924
MATHIAS - COLLIGAN
- 019 Miss
M.M.Mathias,
dau of Mr and Mrs J.Mathias, of
Ngakawau to Mr H.H., son of Mrs & late Mr Colligan of
Waimangaroa, West Coast.
CLARK - MARTIN
- 018 Hetty Martin,
of
Waddington to William James, son
of Mr and Mrs D.W.Clark, of Oxford ------- more ---
Saturday 10 May 1924
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BELL - ANDERSON - 020 at
Hokitika, on Wed. Ada Anderson, dau of Mrs Howard, Hokitika to
Jack Bell, Coalgate -----
McCORMACK - McALOON - 021 at
Granity,
Eileen, dau of Mr W. McCormack to Owen Bernard McAloon
of the Chch Post office staff.
NICOL - JOHNSON - 022 at
Westport, on Wed. Mr L.G.Nicol to Miss Mabel Johnson,
dau
of Mrs F.T.Johnson, of Wellington ----
Thursday 15
May 1924 -
PARROTT - MARMONT - 023 at
Wellington, on 7th Elodie Beatrix, dau of Mrs and late Mr
Marmont of Gloucestershire -- to ----Jasper
Parrott,
son of ---
REYNOLDS - MILLS - 024 at ---on
14 May .-----James, son of Mr and Mrs W.Reynolds to Ruth , dau
of Mr and Mrs S.Mills, Greymouth -------
SMITH - RADFORD - 025 Frances
Vyvienne, dau of Mr and Mrs E.Radford to Thomas
Clifford,
son of Mrs James Ancerson, of Napier ----- more
Friday 16 May 1924
McGREGOR - CRUMP - 026 Jean
Elizabeth May, dau ofMr and Mrs Paul Crump to Douglas, son of Late
Mr
and Mrs John McGregorof Oamaru.----
Saturday 17 May
1924
KELLAHER - DALEY - 027 at
Westport, yesterday, Miss Ella Kellaher, of
Hastings
to Mr Thos. Daley,of
Corbyoole----
Monday 19 May 1924
CARTER
- BROWN - 028
at
Leeston, Miss Lena Maud Brown to Mr William
A.L.Carter, of Christchurch ----- brother Mr A.E.Brown ----
GALLAGHER
- LAMB - 029
at
Mayfield, Elizabeth Audrey, dau of Mr and Mrs Hamilton
Lamb, to William, son of Mr and Mrs J. Gallagher, Valetta ----
KERR - STEVENSON - 030 at
Johnsonville, Miss Helen, dau of Rev Andrew & Mrs
Stevenson
-------to Victor Eadie, son of Mrs Kerr, Temuka
SCOULAR - SKINNER - 031 at
Wellington. Louisa (Lui) Skinner of Christchurch -----
to Alex Scoullar, Wellington ------
SPENCE - HILLIPS-
032 at -- Florence Annie,
dau
of Mr and Mrs Phillips to Thomas, son of Mrs
and late mr D.Spence, late of Rimu.----
STOKES - ROUSE
- 033 at
----Gertrude, dau of late Dr J.T.Rouse,
Lyttelton to John Edward Stokes ---------
Wednesday 21 May 1921
Silver wedding - 034
HUNTER - Mr and
Mrs
T.J.Hunter, of Tancred st, Ashburton, -------
Thursday 22 May 1924
CASTLE - LIND - 035 at
Greymouth, Frances, dau of Mr and Mrs Charles Lind,
Cobden
to William, son of Mr and Mrs H.Castle, Reefton.
------
Friday 23 May 1924
Diamond Wedding -
TAYLOR -
HARDING - 038 & 038a
The old couple, age (87 and 82) --
were born in England. Mr Edmond Taylor was born at Simpleness
Lodge,
Addiston, Kent, in 1837 and Elizabeth Harding (his wife)
at
Ile Sheppy, Kent in 1842. They were married at Minster Church,
Sheerness on May 22nd 1864 the bride being 20 years of
age
and the groom 25.
On September 15th 1873 Mr and Mrs Taylor with
their family of 4 children left Gravesend in the ship
Punjab
-- no fewer than 46 deaths on the voyage. ---
for 30 years
Mr Taylor has been librarian at the Woolston Public Library, a
position he retired from as recently as last week.
------
lots more
Golden Wedding - 036
WHITESIDE - THOMPSON - on May
21st
at Aghadrumsee, Ireland, William George Whiteside and
Margaret Thompson of County Fermanagh, Ireland,
and on Mat 21st 1924 at
Wairemo,
Rangiora. ------
FORREST - 037 Silver Wedding - Mr
and Mrs C. Niven Forrest, of Redcliffs, --- home
town
Arbroath, Scotland ------- lots more ------
VIVIAN - MOONEY - 039
at ---- Sydenham on Wed. Eileen Greta, dau of Mr and Mrs
T.Mooney to James Herbert, son of Mr and Mrs J.Vivian,
Saturday 24 May
1924
PATTERSON - McILRAITH
- 040 at Leeston, Miss Eva
E., dau of Mr and Mrs Robert McIlraith, of
Killinchy to William James, son of late Mr and Mrs
Robert Patterson, of Lakeside
-----
Monday 26 May
1924
McALOON - McCORMACK -
041 at
Granity.Owen Bernard McAloon to Miss Eileen Patricia
McCormack of Granity ------ a long write up
TAYLOR - SCOTT - 042 at
New Brighton ---Ivy Maud, dau of Mr & Mrs A.T.Scott
to
Herbert Thomas, son of Mr & Mrs E.H.Taylor, St Albans -----more
Tuesday 27
May
1924
BENNETT - HENDERSON - 043 at Oxford, Isabel, dau
of Mrs & late Mr
J.S.Henderson, ----to George William, son of Mr & Mrs W.
Bennett, Winchmore --- lots more ---
Thursday 29 May
1924
Golden Wedding
- 044
WEBB - The Golden Wedding of Mr and Mrs
T.F.Webb of
St. Albans was celebrated in the afternoon of Empire Day, --Mr and
Mrs
Webb were married on May 24th 1874
at All Saints Church,
Kensington Park, London, and sailed in July of the same year,
in
the
Duke of Edinburgh. ----- lots
more.
Beverley Evans
Christchurch NZ
April 2006
amended October 2010
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