Brisbane Courier 23 Aug 1909
WEDDING.
Whalley-Siegmeier.
A pretty wedding was soleimaîsed on Wednesday, 18th instant, at St. Peter's Church, West End. The Rev. A. W. King officiated. The bridegroom was Mr. W. T. Whalley, eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Whalley, and the bride, Miss M. A. Siegmeier, eldest daughter of Mr. H. Siegmeier. The bride, who was given away by Mr. H. Siegmeier, wore a pretty frock of cream crystalline, richly trimmed with glace silk and insertion. Her tulle veil was worn over a coronet of orange blossoms, and she carried a shower bouquet (the gift of the bridegroom). The Misses Maud Whalley and 8. Sieg- meier acted as bridesmaids, and Misses May Whalley and Nellie Brown as train- bearers. The two elder maids wore cream Sicilian, ornamented with lace and inser- tion, and silk, and they also wore (hats to mutch. All the maids wore gold chains and hearts, which, with their shower bou- quets, were the gifts of the bridegroom. The two younger maids wore white silk, with white hats to match, and carried baskets of flowers, tied with white ribbon. Mr. T. Whalley acted as best man, and Mr. H. Siegmeier as groomsman. After the ceremony the bridal party drove to the residence of the bridegroom's parents, where the wedding breakfast was partaken of. The guests, numbering seventy-five, included Mr. Siegmeier (father of the bride), Mr. and Mrs. Whalley (parents of bridegroom), Mr. and Mrs. T. Whalley (Ipswich), Mr. Lemke, Mrs. Stewart, Mr. and Mrs. Keir, Mr. and Mrs. Downs, Mr. and Mrs. Barker, Mr. and Mrs. Hinchliffe, Mr. and Mrs. Brown, Mr. and Mrs. Dougherty, Misses Whalley, Brown (2), Stewart (2), Wall, Horn (4), Woodmass (2), Steele, Hutchinson, Allison, Norris, Mullens, Carline, Messrs. Whalley (2), Brown (3), Stewart (2), Horn, Black, Whalley (Ipswich), Attwood, and Prim- rose. On leaving for their future home Mrs. Wm. Whalley, jun., wore a gown of navy blue taffeta voile, made with coatee, and hat to harmonise. |