QLD Marriage Index
Henry Edward CHATFIELD 14/10/1933 Eileen May Symons 1933/C 3194
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Cairns Post (Qld. : Monday 30 October 1933)
Chatfield-Symons.
At St. Mary's Church, Cooktown, on Tuesday evening, October 24, Rev. Father Mount, O.S.A., solemnised the marriage of Harry, eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. H. CHATFIELD, Herberton, and Eileen May, youngest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. G. A. Symons, Hogg-street, Cooktown. The bride, who was given away by her father, wore a gown of white mariette and angel skin lace, Her veil as worn Madonna style and she carried a bouquet of white roses and asparagus fern tied with white ribbons. Miss Kit Summerhayes, niece of the bride, attended as bridesmaid and wore a frock of green organdi and a tulle band round her head and carried a bouquet of pink and yellow roses tied with pink ribbons. Dr. Burke Gaffney was best man. After the ceremony the reception was held at the residence of the bride, and Mrs. Symons (mother of the bride) wore a frock of brown morocain with a black hat. Only relatives and immediate friends were present at the reception, and a number of other friends were present later on. The two tier wedding cake was the work of Comino's (Cairns). The bridegroom's present to the bride was a platinum pendant and to the bridesmaid a string of crystal beads. On leaving by the Merinda for her future home in Cairns the bride wore a travelling frock of blue striped morocain trimmed with organdà and wore a blue hat.
