STRANGE SERIES OF. WEDDINGS.
SEVEN OF ONE 'FAMILY MARRY SEVEN OF ANOTHER'. . ,'. , . .London, January. 25. .. The funeral took,.place ,at Mcrstham, Surrey, of Mrs.' Mary Ann . Mayiiard; .- who, reached the age of 100 on Ejebruary 18,1507, on which date .she was tho- recipient of an: 'autograph letter of congratulation from the Quceil. ' '} . - i A remarkable.fact in. connection';with Mrs.Maynard's life; was . that she , was one ;of; seven mombprs - of . her family: who.'married seven}'soris aind daughters, of a,neighbouring farmernamed King'. : Of "tho twenty-six members of, the: two families, Mrs.; Maynard saw all but five carried, to. the grave. Mrs. Maynard was a woman, of a particularly, happy disposition. She was born at Croydon,- and married in 1836.-.. Mr v and .Mrs. Maynard-went: to; live at Merstham shortly, after,, their-marriage, where for - thirty, years, they had ai. grocery, and drapery business. Tho husband died in. 1867.. .Until;quito irecently Mrs!'Maynard's sight and.hearing:were remarkably good..- ■"
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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 140, 7 March 1908, Page 10
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149STRANGE SERIES OF. WEDDINGS. Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 140, 7 March 1908, Page 10
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