Hi Marilyn
I asked a similaar qwuestion about 50 year anniversries as we had my
grandparents, my father and mother, both his brothers and their wives reach
the same milestone! Dad and Mum lived on a lot longer as they reached 60
years, both dying at 91 seven years apart.
Sinead.
At 08:45 2/11/99 -0500, you wrote:
>Suzanne,
> Here is an article from my gr-gr-grandparents 50th wedding anniverary
in
>the early 1900's. Will write morwe later, must get to work.
Marilyn
>From a newspaper article from the Orkney Islands-
>
> GOLDEN WEDDING IN SOUTH RONALDSHAY
>
> Mr. and Mrs. Robert Sinclair, Oyce, attained their jubilee of marraiage
>on Wednesday of this week, having been married by Rev. Peter G. Gilrath,
>parish minister (who died this month) on 16th June 1859. As Mr. Sinclair
>went to the island of Swona for his better half, Miss Allan, the marriage
>ceremony took place there. This created no small stir, as there had been no
>such ceremony on that island within the memory of the inhabitants of that
>time. Mrs. Sinclair's brother still resides in Swona, while she has a
>widowed sister in St. Margaret's Hope. The happy pair were both of the same
>age, 26, when united together and have now reached the ripe age of 76
years.
>They have spent those fifty years in peace and prosperity; all of their
>friends and well-wishers desire that their latter end may be even better
than
>their beginning; and they have received many tokens of friendship and
>goodwill from far and near on this auspicious occasion. It should be
>mentioned that Mr. Sinclair like all who bear that ancient and honoured
name,
>represents a branch of the famous "St. Clairs of the Isles." Belonging to
>his family were eight brothers, namely, Malcolm, Alexander, John, James,
>George, William, Isaac, and Robert. Only two are still alive- Alexander who
>has for a number of years resided in Galt, Toronto, and Robert, whose
golden
>wedding has just taken place. George Sinclair was well known as the
>respected postmaster of St. Margaret's Hope, while William and Isaac were
>farmers at Lower and Upper Olad, and John at Gard, near to one another. Mr.
>and Mrs. Robert Sinclair have had a large family of eleven children, while 5
>sons and 5 daughters are still alive, some of them being abroad. There is
>one in Africa, one in Australia, two in America, two in Liverpool, one in
>Glasgow, one in Barbsley, Yorkshire, and one at home. As far as
>grandchildren, they number eighteen. At present the aged couple are cheered
>and comforted by the presence of their son, William along with his wife from
>New York, who have timed their visit for this happy event. Old Mr. Sinclair
>in his younger days was very fond of music and for 14 years was the
precantor
>of St. Mary's Kirk under the Rev. Messre??(hard to read copy), Walker and
>Forbes. And for 14 years he resided in Olad- 1861-1875- before he came to
>his present residence.
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