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Marriages 1849
Date transcribed | 2010-09-08 | Transcribed by | D Edge, J Birtles, M Holmes, R Bird, A Webb, J Adler, D Moore, S Parker, E Nelson, A Goodchild, B Rudder, C Sherwood, M Shepherd, L Fretwell and M Shaw | Comment | 414 marriages extracted from the domestic occurrences mentioned in the 1849 'Bombay Times and Journal of Commerce' which was the pre-cursor for the Times of India. |
| Grooms Surname | Wayland | | First names | Alfred Wesley | | Brides Surname | Thornhill | | First names | Caroline Aletia | | Place | Cape  | | Year | 1848 | | month | Nov | | day | 14 | | Register Entry | A stylish wedding on a quiet and select scale took place in the Cathedral Church in this city on Tuesday last the 14th November by special license by the Rev W A Newman MA Chaplain between Alfred Wesley Wayland Esq to Mrs Caroline Aletia Thornhill widow late of Graaff-Reinet. The bride was elegantly attired in white satin robed with lace and drawn at intervals with jessamine orange blossoms and lilies of the valley. The bridesmaid Miss Roesch wore white satin under white tulle with a white crape bonnet trimmed with blush roses. Walker Esq of the Heerengracht being bridesman. The carriage with six greys dashed off in a spirited pace after the ceremony was completed towards Simon's town. Rumour with her thousand tongues whispers that another wedding of a stylish cast is likely to follow the other | | Year | 1849 | | Date | 14 Feb |
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Birth, marriages and death entries extracted from the domestic occurrences mentioned in the 'Bombay Times and Journal of Commerce' which was the pre-cursor for the Times of India.
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