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

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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...

The Brisbane Courier newspaper reported this wedding: IN THE SOCIAL SPHERE WEDDINGS. FEGAN-BLUME. St. Augustine's Church, Hamilton, was the setting chosen for the marriage last evening of Mr. Pirie Grey Fegan (second son of the late Mr. J. W. Fegan, and of Mrs. G. Fegan, Mimosa, Hawthorne, Brisbane) and Miss Florence (Coo-ee) Blume (elder daughter of Mr. and Mrs. E. G. Blume, Boyuda, Ascot). Rev. Morgan Jones, assisted by Canon Armstrong officiated, and Mrs. Armstrong presided at the organ. The bride was given away by her uncle, Mr. Charles Blume, and she wore a parchment satin gown, shirred to fit the figure with a deep V neck inset with old lace, and a cape falling over the arms was also composed of the lace. Her veil was of parchment tulle, and she carried a sheaf of lily of the valley and white hyacinth, with a cluster of gold roses. The bride's sister, Miss Filmer Blume, as bridesmaid, wore a frock of turquoise blue georgette, showing flared half panels. She wore a tulle cap with a band of turquoise blue velvet flowers, and carried a bouquet of pink camellias, tied with blue velvet ribbons. Mr. Jack Lamb was best man. After the ceremony the wedding breakfast was held at the home of the bride's parents, Boyuda, Ascot. Mrs. Blume received the guests wearing a frock of air-force blue mariette, to which she added a spray of deep red roses. Her cloak was of gold tissue, and she wore a white lace hat. The honeymoon will be spent touring Cairns and the Barrier Beef. The bouquets were the work of Tress Ltd. nla.gov.au/nla.news-article21721643