Nicholson

[Belfast beau]

Hi All. Another query I've been searching the wedding of Elizabeth Nicholson  and Samuel Johnston they were married in Belfast. The bride gave her address as the Retreat, Armagh. I believe the bride was a Quaker would this Retreat be part of the Quaker meeting house or similar. Belfast beau.

[gaffy]

Quaker link yes, but it was an institution for people with mental health difficulties, there is an explanatory reference here:

http://www.sinton-family-trees.com/ballyhagan/chapter-8.php

Don't know if connected, but there is a modern residential home in the vicinity today with that name which specialises in the same area of care.

[kingskerswell]

Hi,
   Don't know about Quaker wedding practices but is it not strange that the couple were married in St. Matthews Church of Ireland, Shankill?

Regards

[Belfast beau]

Hi Gaffy and Kingskerwell. Thanks for your quick combined response, this is exactly what I was hoping for everything I was researching was in the Richill and Kilmore Area. Belfast beau.