weddingday

BRISBANE, Thursday. -Miss Phyllis Dangar Bell, only daughter of Mr. R. M. Bell, of Eskdale, a well known pastorallst, and of Mrs. Bell, was married to Lieutenant Geoffrey Peter Wills by Bishop H. H. Dixon at St. John's Cathedral to-day. The bridegroom Is the third son of the late Mr. C. P. Wills ond of Mrs. C. P. Wills, of Plymouth, England. He is attached to headquarters of the Northern Command. The Governor (Sir Leslie Wilson), accompanied by Lady Wilson, and attended by Captain A. O. S. Forrest, A.D.C., was among the 200 guests at the Cathedral, and later at Moreton Club, where the reception was held. Tall silver standard baskets of white lilies and gladioli, with touches of silver flax leaves, decorated the chancel. Guests' pews were marked with fans of pleated tulle caught with white flowers. The bride's four attendants, Misses Elizabeth Corbett Jones, of Sydney; Dorothea Walker, Janet Nelson, of Gab binbar Toowoomba, and Roslyn Dangar, of Sydney, were dressed alike in lily of the valley green tulle. Captain N. W. Lockyer was best man. The bride, who was given away by her father, wore a floor-length frock of white Chantilly lace over stiffened lulle and taffetas. Her hem-length veil of French tulle was held to the head by a wreath of orange blossoms finished in front with a circular cluster, and she carried a bouquet of lilies of the valley tied with silver ribbons. nla.gov.au/nla.news-article12439792

You can see the original newspaper article here: trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/12439792

www.irishgenealogy.ie/files/civil/marriage_returns/marria...

suckindeesel Excellent. Date established for us, and location at University Church. Can you make out Gertie's father's job?

National Library of Ireland on The Commons No, but his farther’s job was National School Inspector.

‘On 26 June 1922, he was kidnapped by anti-treaty forces in reprisal for the arrest of anti-treaty officer, Leo Henderson; his kidnapping was a precipitating factor in the formal outbreak of the Irish Civil War, when government pro-treaty forces two days later attacked anti-treaty forces occupying the Four Courts.[1] O'Connell survived the fighting and spent the rest of the civil war as General Officer Commanding the Curragh Command.’

They had two children
O'Connell died on 19 February 1944, of a heart attack

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._J._%22Ginger%22_O%27Connell

National Library of Ireland on The Commons ‘Draper’

Suck Diesel Doesn't look like Draper...

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Illustrated London News - Saturday 07 July 1877 announced the marriage of one of Dr Graves' daughters, but I'd guess not the one pictured

On the 3rd inst.. at St. Martin’s-in-the-Fields, Captain R. M. Blomfield, R.N., to Rosamund Selina, second daughter of the Right Rev. C. Graves, D.D , Bishop of Limerick.

From other wedding notices, children of Dr Graves included
- eldest son Alfred Percival Graves, HM Inspector of Schoold (Dundee Evening Telegraph - Tuesday 01 December 1891)
- Robert Windham Graves, Her Majesty's Consul for Kurdistan, youngest son (Clifton Society - Thursday 19 December 1895)
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This one looks more likely (Liverpool Albion - Monday 16 August 1869)

POWYS—GRAVES—Aug. 7, at the parish church of Kilcrohane, Sneem, county Kerry, Henry L. Powys, captain 52nd Regiment, second son of the Hon. and Right Rev. the Lord Bishop of Sodor and Man, to Helena Cecelia Graves, eldest daughter of the Lord Bishop of Limerick.

Happy new year !
Usually the "family gatherings" are very static and formal - this one is very dynamic, people with differing outlooks and positions - great choice