Great interest was taken in the wedding which united two pioneer families of Southland, and was solemnised at the Cathedral, Nelson, by the Rev. Dean Askew, when Eleanor Catherine, only daughter of Mr and Mrs William Westbrooke Squires, of Nelson, was wedded to Thomas Menzies Watson, of Ohio, Southland, eldest son of Mr and Mrs John Langham M’Gillivery Watson, of Invercargill. Left to right Mr Douglas Storey (Southland), Mr Neil Watson (Wellington), Miss Ellen Oliver (Invercargill), bridegroom and bride; principal bridesmaid, Miss Letitia Watson (Invercargill) ; best man, Mr Crichton Prain (Invercargill), Mr Struan Watson (Christchurch), Miss Flo Buckeridge (Motueka), Miss Cynthia Holden Webb (flower girl), Master Jimmie Samuel (page), Miss Marguerite Pike (Nelson). —Broma Studio, photo.

Otago Witness, Issue 3869, 8 May 1928, Page 44

Great interest was taken in the wedding which united two pioneer families of Southland, and was solemnised at the Cathedral, Nelson, by the Rev. Dean Askew, when Eleanor Catherine, only daughter of Mr and Mrs William Westbrooke Squires, of Nelson, was wedded to Thomas Menzies Watson, of Ohio, Southland, eldest son of Mr and Mrs John Langham M’Gillivery Watson, of Invercargill. Left to right Mr Douglas Storey (Southland), Mr Neil Watson (Wellington), Miss Ellen Oliver (Invercargill), bridegroom and bride; principal bridesmaid, Miss Letitia Watson (Invercargill) ; best man, Mr Crichton Prain (Invercargill), Mr Struan Watson (Christchurch), Miss Flo Buckeridge (Motueka), Miss Cynthia Holden Webb (flower girl), Master Jimmie Samuel (page), Miss Marguerite Pike (Nelson). —Broma Studio, photo.