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Mary Alice Smith

(? - ?)


Father: Samuel Smith
Mother: not known

Siblings:

Children:

None


Timeline

Date Event Information Sources
? Birth
  • Not known
1941-07-05 Marriage
Herbert Brown (1907 - 1995)
  • Place: Inghamite Chapel, Wheatley Lane
  • Abode: 41 William Street, Colne
  • Newspaper:  T1
    • Edition: Nelson Leader - Friday 11 July 1941
    • Note: Extracted from BNA transcript by cb. Apparent typos are OCR errors.
  • lancashirebmd:  T2
? Death
  • Assumed; date not known


Transcripts of sources

Ref. Transcript
T1
BROWN-SMITH . A quiet but pretty wedding, which united Colne and Brierfield
families,. was solemnised at the Wheatley Lane Inghamit Church on Saturday.
The bride was Miss Mary Alice Smith. second daughter of Mr. Samuel Smith
and the late Mrs. Smith, of 41, William Street. Colne, and the bridegroom
was Mr Herbert Brown. only son of Mr. George Brown and the late Mrs. Brown,
of 23, Regent Street, Brierfield. The ceremony was conducted by Mr. Hartley
Whittaker. Given away by her father, the bride wore a blue woollen costume,
a mulberry hat, and shoes to tone, and , her flowers were a. shoulder spray
of cream roses. Miss Cissy Brown, sister of the bridegroom. was the
bridesmaid, and Mrs. Elsie Horton, sister of the bride, was the matron of
honoui. The former chose a clover costume, with blue accessories, and the
latter was attired' in a pink two piece woollen suit, with navy blue
accessories. They both wore shoulder sprays of cream roses. Th beet man was
Mr. Benjamin Horton brother-in-law of the bride. A reception was held at
the Cooperative Cafe after the ceremony. Mr. and Mrs. Brown, who later left
for their honeymoon at Blackpool, received many useful presents, including
a fruit set and a set of fruit servers fmm employees at at the Stonebride
Mill, collie, where the bride is employfd,
        
T2
BROWN  Herbert  SMITH  Mary Alice  1941  Nelson Register Office or Registrar Attended  Lancashire  Preston  NRM/9/108
        


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