A GOLDEN WEDDING.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 17570, 22 June 1925, Page 9

A GOLDEN WEDDING.

i rom Our Correspondent. AUCKLAND, June 21. An interesting ceremony took place at, Otalmhu this nf crntion, when Air au'l Airs George Wiseman, of lluia Read, celebrated their golden wedding at Holy Trinity Church. Air and AD*s Wiseman, who are aged Seventysix and sixty-oight respectively, were married at Rananui, Christchurch, by tho Rev F, (t. Uritian oil June 21. 1375. They are both well and active and going strong, as they express it, and give promise of many years of life still before them. They have a family of seven daughters, five- of whom aro married, and four sons, of whom two tire married. All aro at present living in various parts of New Zealand. There aro also nineteen grandchildren. Both Mr and Airs AViceman conio of longlived families, and it is a remarkable fact that tho cf both Jived +o celebrate their golden weddings. Th* father and mother of Air Wiseman lived, to be eighty-three and seventy-five respectively, and those of Airs Wiseman died respectively at the ages of seven ty-ni no and seventy-six. The grandmother ot Al> Wiseman attained the great ago of 104 years, while a maiden aunt of Airs Wiseman died recently at the age of eighty-nine. Three brothers of Airs Wiseman, all of whom aro over sixty years of age, sire still living in New Zealand, while another brother died, a short time ago in Christchurch at the ago of seventythree. Air Wiseman was born in England and came- out to Australia with lus parents as a small boy when the gold fever was at its height. As a young man ho entered the meat canning industry and at the age of about twenty he went t*» Christchun h to take i.p a position 1 here. Several years later he married Airs Wiseman, and a few years afterwards came to Auckland to manage the meat canning works of It. and AV. Hcliaby, winch were just being started. Air AN Goman held this position for forty-two years. Airs AViseman, who was born in Christchurch, was a daughter of Air and Airs Thomas Hewitt, who came to New Zealand on tho sailing ship Cressy, one of the first four ships. The new colonists found on th-eir arrival that there, were no dwellings ready i for them and were compelled to make ; shelters for themselves as best they I could. Air Hewitt was a carpenter ; and assisted in erecting the first dwell- ! ing built ai Lyttelton.