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Double wedding in 1917
« on: Sunday 25 June 23 10:43 BST (UK) »
Hello once again,searching for a newspaper announcement/record for a double wedding that took place in Rhyl on the 9th April 1917,I have been told that it was in  the newspapers as it was a unusual event.please don't ask me the dynamic's of it  as it is best explained on paper!! try as i might I cannot find it anywhere in the newspapers.
Maybe you knowledgeable  people can find it. I should of said the names    Holmes & Hughes
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Re: Double wedding in 1917
« Reply #1 on: Sunday 25 June 23 10:57 BST (UK) »
Extra info on names
Marriage Jun qtr 1917   

Holmes    Robert L    (Hughes)   
Hughes    Charlotte G    (Holmes)   

Holmes    Alice    (Hughes)    
Hughes    Henry    (Holmes)   

St.Asaph    11b   461
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Re: Double wedding in 1917
« Reply #2 on: Sunday 25 June 23 12:55 BST (UK) »
yep thats the one

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Re: Double wedding in 1917
« Reply #3 on: Sunday 25 June 23 21:40 BST (UK) »
here are the Banns - March 18th 1917 gives their middle names  :) :)

Henry Hughes
Spouse's Name   Alice Holmes
Event Type   Marriage Banns
Event Date   18 Mar 1917
Event Place   Rhyl, Flintshire, Wales
Event Place (Original)   Rhyl


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Robert Leonard Holmes
Spouse's Name   Charlotte Gwendoline Hughes
Event Type   Marriage Banns
Event Date   18 Mar 1917
Event Place   Rhyl, Flintshire, Wales
Event Place (Original)   Rhyl
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Re: Double wedding in 1917
« Reply #4 on: Monday 26 June 23 10:17 BST (UK) »
thanks ,I have all that it is the newspapers I was enquiring about I cannot find  any thing about it,bar the certificates of marriage
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Re: Double wedding in 1917
« Reply #5 on: Monday 26 June 23 10:26 BST (UK) »
Rhyl newspapers for that year are not available on FindMyPast.
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Re: Double wedding in 1917
« Reply #6 on: Monday 26 June 23 14:52 BST (UK) »
Have you tried the Welsh Newspapers (free)?
https://newspapers.library.wales/

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Re: Double wedding in 1917
« Reply #7 on: Monday 26 June 23 15:06 BST (UK) »
yes I have tried the local newspapers ,even had a trip out to Rhyl to try and find them in the library as well .maybe my source got it wrong!

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Re: Double wedding in 1917
« Reply #8 on: Monday 26 June 23 20:17 BST (UK) »
here are the Banns - March 18th 1917 gives their middle names  :) :)

The two marriages are online, both on 9 April 1917 at Rhyl.
Were Robert and Charlotte children of Henry and Alice, who were both widowed?
Henry was a grocer, and Charlotte's father named as Henry Hughes, grocer!