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A Pretty Wedding

05/09/2017 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

Kalgoorlie Miner Monday 28 September 1903, page 4


WEDDING AT ANACONDA

A pretty wedding took place at the Anaconda Hotel on the 23rd inst. between Mr. A. F. Thompson, of the Anaconda Hotel and Miss Maggie Symonds. The ceremony was performed by the Rev. Douglas Trumble, of Malcolm and the bride was given away by an old friend, Mr Frank Cummings. She wore a pretty dress of white silk, with point lace, a tulle veil, and coronet of orange blossoms. After the ceremony some eighty guests were entertained at breakfast and at a ball in, the evening. The newly married pair started for the coast where the honeymoon will be spent. The presents were both numerous and costly.

The Anaconda Hotel

NOTE: The Kalgoorlie Miner have the names incorrect:-

The groom was Alfred Frederick THOMSON and the bride was Margaret Robina SIMOUNDS
Their first child, Doreen Mary Thomson, was born in 1904 in Mt Malcolm.

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My name is Moya Sharp, I live in Kalgoorlie Western Australia and have worked most of my adult life in the history/museum industry. I have been passionate about history for as long as I can remember and in particular the history of my adopted home the Eastern Goldfields of Western Australia. Through my website I am committed to providing as many records and photographs free to any one who is interested in the family and local history of the region.
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