A DEATH-BED WEDDING.
A wedding took place in Stroud on Monday (says Iho "Sydney Telegraph"), which was accompanied by distressing circumstances. Mr F. Cornell, a respectable townsman and business man, of Stroud, has been engaged for several years to Miss Gertrude Mr Neill, daughter of Mr and Mrs A. McNeill, seivr., old residents of the district. The wedding was after one or more postponements fixed for the 24th, but- on Sunday night Mr Cornell. whiisL in church, became ill. Medical aid was called in, but bis illness was at once see.n to be serious. At his request, however, the wedding took place on Monday. The bridegroom being unable to leave his bed; the ceremony was performed by Rev. Mr Benjamin, of Dungog. Mr Connell, however gradually sank and died on Tuesday evening. His wife has been an active worker in religious and charitable movements in that district.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 3212, 11 June 1909, Page 3
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147A DEATH-BED WEDDING. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 3212, 11 June 1909, Page 3
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