Nelson Bolton Girdlestone [37610]

   FamilySearch ID: L4QK-24C.

Nelson married Jessie Walter Dear [37593] [L4QK-KRN] [MRIN: 14403], daughter of John William Dear Esq. [26583] [LXMH-JLX] and Sophia Matilda Emily Cramp [24885] [LXMH-JKZ], on 1905 Jul 29 in Eagle Junction, Queensland, Australia. (Jessie Walter Dear [37593] [L4QK-KRN] was born in 1881 in Queensland and died in 1920 in Natal, South Africa ².)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• Registration: Marriage, 1905, Queensland, Australia. ³ 1905/C1986
Dear Jessie Walter
Girdlestone Nelson

• Newspaper: Family Notices, 1905 Aug 5, Brisbane, , Queensland, Australia. ⁴ Family Notices. (1905, August 5). The Queenslander(Brisbane, Qld. : 1866 - 1939), p. 11. Retrieved March 6, 2013, from <http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article20796441>

GIRDLESTONE'97DEAR.'97On the 29th July, at
Eagle Junction, Nelson Bolton Girdlestone, of
Durban, second son of the late Dr. Henry
Girdlestone, Sandgate, to Jessie Walter Dear,
Youngest daughter of J. W. Dear, of Gin Gin,
Sandgate.

• Newspaper: Orange Blossoms, 1905 Aug 10, Brisbane, , Queensland, Australia. ⁵ Orange Blossoms. (1905, August 10). Queensland Figaro(Brisbane, Qld : 1901 - 1936), p. 16. Retrieved March 6, 2013, from <http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article84128773>

Orange Blossoms.
GIRDLESTONE'97DEAR.
A pretty, but quiet wedding took place on Saturday
afternoon at the Eagle Junction Church. The bride, Miss
Jessie Walter Dear, youngest daughter of J. W. Dear, Esq.,
of Gin-Gin, Sandgate, and formerly of Gin-Gin Station,
near Bundaberg. The bridegroom, Nelson Bolton Girdlestone,
Esq., is the second son of the late Dr. Henry Girdlestone, who
lived so many years in Sandgate and other parts of Queens-
land, and of Mrs. Girdlestone, of Hunt Road, Berea, Durban,
South Africa. Only immediate relatives were present. The
bride, who was given away by her father, wore her travelling
gown of dark blue cloth, white silk vest and beautiful feather
boa, large black picture hat, in which she looked very pretty.
After the ceremony the bridal pair left for Toowoomba.
en route for Sydney, where they will catch the mail boat
boat leaving for South Africa. Mr. and Mrs. Nelson Girdle
stone received many pretty and useful presents, both being
great favourites. They will reside in Durban, Natal.