NOT OUT AT 87.
MOSES LEE AS BRIDEGROOM. "I HOPE SHE'S A GOOD 'UX." | (Special.—By Air Mail.) LOXDOX, January 6. They had a wedding at the Peculiar People's chapel at Leigh-on-Sea yesterday, the Peculiar bridegroom being Mosesj Lee, aged 87. j Moses, who has 59 <rrandcliildren besides great-grandchildren, was married; by Elder Wagstaffe to Miss Kmma| Tomlinson, aged 37, of Kilbum. X.W . | Moses had a bit of trouble witii the! ring, and at last handed it over to thej bride, saying, "Here you are, mate, I; can't get it on." i And as Moses signed the register hej said, "I hope she's a good 'un.' _ I The Lees plan to run a greengrocer's! shop and a builder's yard in Southend! (states the "Daily Herald"). Best man at the chapel ceremony was| Moses' eldest son, Jesse, a mere boy of! 58. Jesse has ten brothers and four sisters.! The first Mrs. Moses Lee died eight yearsi ago. ! Moses Lee was not always a builder. In his youth he was a policeman. He says they turned him out of thei force because he went to sleep on door-| steps while on night duty. |
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Auckland Star, Volume LXIX, Issue 25, 31 January 1938, Page 5
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