Weddings
Weddings signify the start of a new family. There have been many weddings reported on in newspapers over the years. I will add them as I find them.
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| WEDDINGS |
| HOBLEY – WISBEY |
| ANNIVERSARIES |
| BLUNDY – TILLOTSON |
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HOBLEY – WISBEY
Tambellup Times
7 August 1920 – P2
A wedding of great local interest was celebrated on Wednesday afternoon, the 28th. July, at the Nyabing Agricultural Hall, when the Rev. Hughes, Methodist Minister of Lake Grace, married Mr. Geo. Hobley (late of the 28th. Bat., and one of the first settlers of this district) to Emilie, eldest daughter of Mr. O. Wisbey, J.P., and Mrs. Wisbey, who have made their home in Nyabing for the last nine years.
The bride’s friends had decorated the hall with wattle blossom and white heath and a beautifully made wedding bell hung from the arch erected over the temporary chancel. Mr. Frank Halterman presided at the piano, and played the hymns and wedding march.
The bride, who was given away by her father, looked very sweet and girlish in her frock of white crepe de chine with wreath of orange blossoms and veil. She was attended by two little maids, the Misses Mabel Toms and Mary Wisbey (sister of the bride) who was dressed in blue while Mabel was dressed in pink mousseline de soir, under white net, and large picture hats. The brides bouquet was of pink sweet peas and white lilac, while each of the little maids carried a crook, tied with ribbons to match their frocks.
The bridegroom’s present to the bride was a gold wristlet watch, and to each of the bridesmaids a gold cameo brooch. Mr. Mervyn Manuel, who saw active service in France and Flanders with the South Australian Battalion, acted as best man.
At the conclusion of the ceremony the bride went out on her husband’s arm to sign the register, and in the meantime the hall was transformed into a reception room, where Mr. and Mrs. Wisbey, after the numerous and handsome wedding presents had been duly inspected and admired, entertained their guests to a most dainty wedding luncheon.
The following toasts were duly honored:
The bride and bridegroom, by Mr. Hughes; the bridesmaids, by Mr. V. Langley, responded to by Mr. Mervyn Manuel; the brides parents Mr. H. J. Charsley; the parents of the bridegroom, Mr. W. G. Coote, replied to by Mr. W. Hobley. The health of the King was drunk with musical honours.
One speaker referred to the fact that the Hobley Bros, (two of whom are resident in this district) were sprung from an old pioneering family of Gippsland, who had given to the service of the Empire four of their five sons, of whom one had gained the D.C.M., one had paid the supreme sacrifice and, he added, of the bridegroom I have no need to speak, we all know and respect Mr. George Hobley, and wish there were more like him to settle in our midst. A sentiment shared by all present.
An interesting moment was when the bride cut the cake, a beautiful three-decker, made by a friend. A bell tied with the bridegroom’s colours hung suspended from the roof over it. The tables were then cleared away and the rest of the evening was spent in dancing, in which the bride and bridegroom took part.
It was late in the evening when they started under a brilliant moon and liberally besprinkled with confetti, for their drive to their new home. The bride’s travelling dress was of mole crepe de chine trimmed with touches of putty and vieux rose hand embroidery and a most becoming hat of putty velvet with a band of vieux rose velvet let into the brim. Mrs. Wisbey wore a dress of mauve crepe de chine and carried a posy of violets and sweet peas. The following kindly contributed music during the evening: Mrs. Cronin, Miss Maher, and Messrs. E. Thomson, Halterman and Toms.
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BLUNDY – TILLOTSON
GOLDEN WEDDING
Great Southern Herald
13 July 1940 – P3
Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Blundy, Hazelwood, Nyabing, celebrated their golden wedding on Tuesday, July 9, 1940. They were married on July 9, 1890, by the Rev. John Roberts, Presbyterian Minister, Stratford, Victoria. Mrs. Blundy then being Catherine Tillotson, of Briagolong (V.). They received many congratulations from their friends in the Nyabing district.