WEDDING BELLS.

One of the prettiest weddings which has taken place on the East Coast, for a long time, was celebrated on Wednesday last, at Homewood, the residence of Mrs Tatham. The contracting parties were Nehemiah, youngest son of the late Nehemiah McRae, Esq., of Nelson, and Effie Mabel, second daughter of the late Frederic E. Tatham, of Homewood. The bride, who was given away by her brother, Mr J. H. Tatham, was dressed in soft white silk trimmed with lace insertion, and wore the usual bridal veil and orange blossoms. The bridesmaids were Miss Ivy Tatham, sister of the bride, and Miss Marjorie Ward, niece of the bridegroom, and were prettily attired in white silk dresses. The bouquets, which were carried by bride and bridesmaids, were composed of white roses, syringa, and maiden hair fern.

The bridegroom was attended by Hugh Morrison, Esq., of Blairlogie, as best man...The service was performed by the Rev. J.H. Sykes of Te Nui.

Among the numerous guests present were:--Mrs. Ward, Wellington; Miss Garforth and Miss Edith Garforth, Christchurch; Miss Zohrab, Wellington' Miss Cameron, Kaiwarra; Miss Drummond, Kilbirnie; Mr and Mrs Kummer and family, Mr and Mrs Henry Bennett, Mrs Toogood, Miss Jackson, Mr and Mrs Taylor, Mrs G. Moore, Mr Harold Bennett, Mr H. Cameron, Mr Mabin (Nelson) and Mr L. Meredith. Also a large number of Maoris, who, at the close of the service, greeted the bride in true Native fashion...

Wedding Bells, Wairarapa Daily Times, 1 December 1902.

McRAE, Nehemiah to TATHAM, Effie Mabel

No. 12, 26 November 1902, Residence of Mrs Tatham, Homewood, Masterton.

GROOM: Nehemiah McRAE, 29, farmer, bachelor, born Nelson, N.Z., living Tinui. 

FATHER: Nehemiah McRAE, sheep farmer; 

MOTHER: Jessie Marshall McRAE, nee AIKEN.

BRIDE: Effie Mabel TATHAM, 25, spinster, born Gisborne, N.Z., living Homewood. 

FATHER: Frederick E. TATHAM (deceased), sheep farmer; 

MOTHER: Julia Ellen TATHAM, nee HARDING. 

Marriage conducted by the Rev. J.H. Sykes, Vicar of Tinui.

WITNESSES: Hugh Morrison

Julia E. Tatham;

John Harding Tatham.