52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks
Week 23 | Wedding
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| Harold Thomas Jory and Ellen Priscilla Westendorf, wedding portrait, 1913 |
The wedding of my great-grandparents Harry and Ellen Jory
was reported thus by The Horsham Times (Victoria, Australia) on 22 April 1913:
A quiet but pretty wedding was celebrated at Miram when Mr
Harry Jory, manager of the Lawloit Times was united in holy wedlock to Miss
Ellen Westendorf, daughter of Mr and Mrs Westendorf of Miram. The ceremony was
performed by the Rev. Allen of Kaniva in the presence of the young couple’s
most intimate friends and relations. After the wedding breakfast had been partaken
of and the young couple had received the congratulations of their friends, they
took their departure by the evening train to their home at Kaniva.
Many years later, Ellen’s youngest sister Else told me the
story of Ellen’s bridal dress.
Apparently, Ellen had told her parents that she would be married in a
dress from her current wardrobe. However,
her father Jack didn’t think this was good enough and went to town and purchased
the oyster satin gown shown in the bridal photograph as a surprise. “She was always the favourite”, added Else.
Harry and Ellen enjoyed 43 years of marriage, before Harry
died in 1956 at age 70 years. They had
two daughters and three grandchildren.
