GOLDEN WEDDING
Mr. And Mrs. J. Hobman
Mr. and Mrs. J. Hobman, residents of Kilbirnie, Wellington, for the past 34 years, will celebrate their golden wedding anniversary to-day. In the afternoon they will be the guests of the women members of the Maranui Methodist Church. Mr. and Mrs. Hobman were foundation members of this church, and a feature of the afternoon will be the presence of many other early members. Mr. Hobman was born at Greytown. His grandparents arrived in Wellington in 1840 by the Martha Ridgway, his father 'being born here in 1842. Mrs. Hobman came to New Zealand from Cornwall at the age of two years with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Tom, who settled at Dalefleld, in the Wairarapa. They were married at Greytown by the late Rev. Mr. Rowse, and three of the bridesmaids, now Mrs. Hawko, Mrs Greathead, and Mrs. Hall (Stoke), will be present at an evening gathering. The family consists of four sons and three daughters, and fourteen grandchildren. Every member of the family is in Wellington for the occasion, as well as many other friends and relations from other parts of New Zealand.
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Dominion, Volume 34, Issue 295, 10 September 1941, Page 4
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192GOLDEN WEDDING Dominion, Volume 34, Issue 295, 10 September 1941, Page 4
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