Harriett May (Bland) Berry (1908)

Born 15 Aug 1908 in New Zealand

Ancestors

Wife of Benjamin Augustus (Berry) de Berry — married 25 Aug 1926 in New Zealand

Biography

Press 26th August 1926 page 2 [1]

WEDDINGS.

BERRY—BLAND - Spring flowers and delicately tinted foliage decorated the Methodist Church, Cashmere Hills, yesterday afternoon, for the wedding of Miss May Harriett Bland and Mr Benjamin Augustus Berry. The bride is the eldest daughter of Mrs J. W. Barron, of Hawke's Bay and the bridegroom the youngest son of Mrs K. E. Berry and the late Mr. Berry of Christchurch. The ceremony was performed by the Rev. E. W. Hames. The bride, who was given away by Mr Sarsfield Flood, looked very attractive in her bridal gown of ivory georgette, made on simple lines and lightly trimmed with silver. Her filmy veil, arranged from a circlet of flowers, was also embroidered in silver, and she carried a bouquet of spring flowers. Three maids were in attendance Miss Dolly Johnson, cousin of the bridegroom, Miss Doris Bland, cousin of the bride, and Miss Iris Steel; all wearing dainty frocks of cyclamen pink georgette. Instead of the customary hat, each maid wore a wide silver band round her hair and carried a bouquet of spring flowers. Three little flower girls Lorna Jackson, and Olga and Imelda Flood, nieces of the bridegroom, wore dainty frocks of wisteria mauve crepe-de-chine and a wreath of rosebuds round their hair and carried posies of violets. The bridegroom was attended by Mr Verne Clemens as best man and Mr Leo Lawrence was groomsman. Following the ceremony a reception was held at the Masonic Hall, Cashmere Hills, which was most artistically decorated for the occasion. In the unavoidable absence of the bride's mother, Mrs Barron, Mrs Berry mother of the bridegroom was hostess and received her guests wearing a smartly tailored black costume, trimmed with grey and a hat to tone. She carried a bouquet of choice spring flowers. When Mr and Mrs Berry left for their wedding tour, which will be spent in the North Island, the bride wore an attractive suit of grey gabardine braided in blue, a hat to tone and a grey velour coat.

Sources

Department of Internal Affairs New Zealand www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz

BIRTH - 1908/13833 Bland Harriet May - parents : Mary Ann Jane & Henry

MARRIAGE - 1926/9766 - Harriett May Bland & Benjamin Augustus Berry

DEATH -