Reverend Edmund William Stenson

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Grahamstown Journal 1880 - 3 - July to September
Written by Sue Mackay.

Friday 23 July 1880
MARRIED in St.John’s Church, Mohale’s Hoek, Basutoland by the Rev E.W. Stenson, assisted by the Rev J.W. Stenson, James HAMILTON Esq of Hamilton to Evelina Maria (‘Lily’), younger daughter of the late Captain James SURMON CMR.

WEDDING IN BASUTOLAND
A correspondent in this region writes as follows:-
Notwithstanding the present dark and troublous aspect of the political horizon here, occasions of true enjoyment still sometimes present themselves to the anxious inhabitants. Such an one was that at Mohale’s Hoek on Wednesday the 7th inst, when James HAMILTON Esq of the Transkeian Civil Service led to the hymeneal altar Lilly, the second daughter of the late Captain James SURMON of the Cape Mounted Rifles. Everything went merrily as it should do. The bride was escorted to the altar and “given away” by her cousin, W.H. SURMON Esq. RM. She wore white silk, and looked lovely indeed. The bridesmaids, who appeared in very prettily trimmed white alpaca dresses, were Miss Amy SURMON, sister of the bride, and Mary, the daughter of W.H. SURMON Esq. The groomsmen were J.E. SURMON Esq and Lieutenant SUTHERLAND of the Cape Mounted Rifles. After the ceremony in the church, which was performed by the Rev E.W. STENSON, assisted by the Rev John STENSON, the party adjourned to Mr. SURMON’s residence for the customary “breakfast”. This proved to be everything that could be desired. After the breakfast, amidst showers of rice, which must have caused the four prancing steeds to imagine that the Basutos were upon them, the happy couple started for their new home at Idutywa. May their journey through life be strewn with roses!

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