On Tue, 1 Jul 2008 00:44:13 -0500, "Henry Brownlee" <[email protected]> wrote: >[...] a young lady very popular locally, viz., Miss WALSH, was united in >matrimony to Mr FLY of MASTERTON by the Rev. Father SMYTHE. > >Miss Maggie WALSH and Miss Violet FROUDE acted as bridesmaids[...] > >Isn't it strange that the bridesmaids were identified by their full >names >and the newly married couple only as Miss WALSH and Mr. FLY [...] I take it that Miss Walsh (the bride) was the eldest daughter. Miss Maggie Walsh was a younger sister. Miss Violet Froude was likely to have had an older unmarried sister, or an unmarried paternal aunt. If Miss Maggie was the second daughter, the marriage of her sister would have elevated her to "Miss Walsh".

On Tue, 01 Jul 2008 07:00:22 GMT, [email protected] (cecilia) wrote: >[...] >I take it that Miss Walsh (the bride) was the eldest daughter. > >Miss Maggie Walsh was a younger sister. [...] On reflection, she could have been a niece, cousin etc.