EXTRAORDINARY MARRIAGE CEREMONY.
A local paper gives the following account of an extraordinary ceremony, combining the marriage and burial services in one. Miss E. Mainwaring, twenty years of age, was buried in Portsmouth Cemetery on September 5. The deceased, who was the daughter of an officer in the army, was about to be married, her trosseau and that of her bridesmaids having been provided, but she was seized with fatal illness, from which she succumbed a few days ago. It was, therefore, arranged to go through, as far as possible, the marriage ceremony before her body was interred, and, accordingly, several wedding carriages were provided for the accommodation of the friends, the coffin being conveyed upon Messrs. A. W. White & Co’s bier from Southsea to Holy Trinity Church, Portsea, followed by her friends in wedding costume, the deceased’s wreath of orange blossoms being placed at the head of the coffin. The Rev. T. D. Platt and other clergymen officiated, and, after reading the marriage service, that for funerals was proceeded with, after which the cortege proceeded to Portsmouth Cemetery, where the interment took place.
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Poverty Bay Standard, Volume IX, Issue 998, 12 November 1881, Page 2
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184EXTRAORDINARY MARRIAGE CEREMONY. Poverty Bay Standard, Volume IX, Issue 998, 12 November 1881, Page 2
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