DIAMOND WEDDING

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXII, Issue 18848, 28 October 1935, Page 10

DIAMOND WEDDING

MR. & MRS. R. C. TENNENT In Woodville on October 20 the diamond wedding was ceieorated oi Mr. mid Mrs. it. G. Tennent,, well known in many parts oi (New Zealand. Tno festivities were lieitl at the residence ot ■or. and Mrs. P. H. Mules, the latter oeuig their eldest daughter. Relatives were present Irom far and near, and .abies and telegrams were received from all over the Dominion and overseas. Mr. and Mrs. Tennent were married at All Saints’ Church, Nelson, in 1875,.by Bishop Souter, assisted by the bride’s uucle, the Rev. Amos Knell, Rural Dean oi Wairarapa. Mrs. Amos Knell, aged 89, is still living in Greytown. Mr. R. C. i Tennent was educated at Elizabeth College, Guernsey, and came- out to New Zealand with his mother and three brothers fn 1864, arriving, by the British Empire, the largest sailing vessel that ever visited these shores. His family settled in Nelson, and Mr. Tennet soon made a name for himself as a

champion amateur athlete. He has the distinction of Doing the founder of Rugby football in this country, as he organised the first team in Nelson and later captained the team in the first inter-provincial game played in New Zealand against Wellington. Mr. Tenrient joined the Bank of New South Wales in 1865, and lie and Mrs. Tennent spent their lives in many towns of the Dominion, Mr. Tennent being manager at Auckland, Wellington, Dunedin, Invercargill, Tiniaru. Wanganui, Blenheim, and Patea, where lie and his wife lived when firsl married, and where many of their family were born.

Alis. R. C. Tennent was Emily, the eldest daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Boor, and spent her early life in the Wai rarapa and Lower Butt, where Dr. Boor was one of the first doctors. They lived in the Ilutt Valley from 1859 to 1864, when Dr. Boor went to live in the Ter race, Wellington, in the house occupied later by Dr. Kemp. Tn 1871 Dr. Boor moved to Nelson and look charge of the hospital 1 here for 25 years. Mr. and Mrs. Tennent had a family of eleven, eight of whom are still living—Mrs. Mules (Woodville). Mr. L. C. Tennent (Dar-es-Salanm, South Africa), Mrs Wybrants Olphert (Lower Hutt), Mr. H. D. Tennent (Dunedin), Mr. Hugh C. Tennent (Honolulu), Air. K. B. Tennent fWluingarei), Dr. Alan Tennent (Wellington), and Airs. Norman Branson (To Araroa, East Cape). Mr. Tennent retired from the bank in 1918, after 53 years’ service, and he and his wife lived for a short time in Nelson. Inter making ilicir home in Napier, where Afr Tennent, still energetic, worked with Air. Kinross White. Mr. Tennent lias always been known as _ a great walker, and also in golf, tennis, and bowling circles, many congratulatory telegrams being received from these clubs and one from the president of the New Zealand Ttugbv Union. In 1930 Afr. and Airs. Tennent decided to live in Woodville and have since resided there.