A Devoted Couple.
— -♦ DEATH COULD NOT DIVIDE. 1 n in A remarkable coincidence occurred at Wellington on Thursday in connection with the dedth of Mr and Mrs John Kilminster. These two were married in Gloucestershire 74 years ago, and had reached the ages of 95 and 97 respectively. It is said that they had always expressed a great desire that they tnight did together, dud that desire was fulfilled. Mrs Kilminster died at 2 o’clock on Thursday morning, and her husband passed away without knowing of his wife’s decease, seven hours’ later. The/were very well known in the district} having arrived in 1341. Their descendants to the fourth generation are scattered throughout the colony.
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Manawatu Herald, 27 February 1904, Page 3
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114A Devoted Couple. Manawatu Herald, 27 February 1904, Page 3
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