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Fowle's New Hampshire Gazette And General Advertiser
Portsmouth, Rockingham County, New Hampshire
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An extraordinary wedding near London featured an 86-year-old bridegroom marrying a 19-year-old bride, given away by her 81-year-old father. Dancers included men over 61 and maidens under 17. The dinner hosted multi-generational family members, with the bridegroom's 14-year-old great-grandchild as master of ceremonies.
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A few days since a wedding was celebrated at a village within seven miles of the metropolis, which had the following very extraordinary circumstances: The bridegroom was 86 years of age, the bride 19; the father who gave away the bride was 81 years of age. There was six men, the youngest of whom was 61, who danced with six maidens, the oldest (though nearly of a size) only 17. There were at the dinner the father, mother, grandmother, great uncle, and great aunt of the bride; and the son, daughter, five grand children, and one great grand child of the bridegroom, the latter of whom was fourteen years of age, and acted as master of the ceremonies.
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A wedding was celebrated with the bridegroom aged 86, the bride 19, and her father who gave her away aged 81. Six men, the youngest 61, danced with six maidens, the oldest 17. At dinner were the bride's father, mother, grandmother, great uncle, and great aunt; and the bridegroom's son, daughter, five grandchildren, and one 14-year-old great-grandchild who acted as master of ceremonies.