Centenarian's Romance.
The Nc.v York American makes an interesting announcement of a unique love match between a gentleman living at Tatesville, Tennessee, and a lady of Preston, England, both of whom can claim to be centenarians. The bridegroom is Mr John B Bundren, who has reached the ripe age of 101. Hii bride, Misß Rose M'jßuire, has pa.6sed her hundredth birthday. The wedding, which (the American says) is the first that has ever taken place between centenarians, is to be celebrated on August 26 next. Miss M'Guire was engaged in her youth to the gentleman who is now to become her husband. Her parents, however, in those early days parted the lovere, and the engagement was broken off. Recently, however, the parties discovered that each had survived the ravages of time, and the various letters which passed between them terminated in an engagement.
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Otago Witness, Issue 2785, 31 July 1907, Page 87
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143Centenarian's Romance. Otago Witness, Issue 2785, 31 July 1907, Page 87
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