MARRIAGE PROMOTER
CURATE WHO STARTED SOCIETY FOB LONELY LONDONERS.
The Rev. W. J. Gomersall, curate of Kehsal Green Church, recently died ol pneumonia at. Stanley House, Belsiza Park, London. Mr. Gomersall showed great originality in his church and social work. One of his ide.ig was an "eligible social circle for lonely ladies and gentlemen,-" by which he hoped to bring about friendship or matrimony. "If any gentleman here should find his twin soul, I hope he will let me in at the finish," he said at tho first meeting, when thirty-five young men and women assembled, at his house for a. Bocial evening. During his seven years' curacy a<; Kensa.l Green Mr. Gomersall christened over 2000 children, and made it a point to explain to parents the history aud meaning of the Christian names chosen. As a poot ol Yorkshire hills and dales he had many admirers.
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Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3100, 2 June 1917, Page 7
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