Victoria to Vimy The First World War Collections at the University of Victoria Libraries

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Creator:
Westman, Florence M.
Description:
Page contains 2 clippings reporting the marriage of Major William Bishop and Margaret Eaton Burden at Timothy Eaton Memorial Chuch in Toronto, Canada.
Subjects:
World War, 1914-1918; Westman, Florence M.
Date:
1917
Collection:
Florence M. Westman collection
Location(s):
Ontario--Toronto;
Transcript:
[start clipping] THOUSANDS TRY TO SEE MAJ. BISHOP MARRIED --- Ceremony Takes Place in Eaton Memorial Church in Toronto. --- Special to The Journal. TORONTO, Oct. 17.- No wedding in recent years attracted greater interest in this city than the marriage ceremony in the Timothy Eaton Memorial Church, this afternoon, when Miss Margaret Burden, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C.E. Burden, and granddaughter of late Timothy Eaton, became the bride of Major Wm. Avery Bishop, V.C., D.S.O., Bar M.C., the most celebrated aviator Canada has produced. Sharp at 3 o'clock the bride, accompanied by her father, arrived at her grandfather's memorial church, amid the pealing of wedding chimes. At the door of the church was formed up a guard of honor by 22 officers of the Mississauga Horse and sixty girls of the V.A.D., of which the bride was a very popular member. Inside the church were about two hundred invited guests and over four thousand onlookers. Miss Burden looked lovely in her dainty gown fashioned of ivory kitten's ear (?) crepe, with sleeves and tunic of beautiful Carrickmacross lace, the court train falling from the shoulders, lined with shell pink meteor and caught with a true lover's knot of orange blossoms. A small wreath of the same flower, mingled with white heather fastened the veil of magnificent Carrickmacross applique to her soft dark hair and made a charming frame for her piquant face. She wore a sapphire and diamond cluster ring, her gift from the groom, and a diamond and platinum brooch, the present of Sir John and Lady Eaton. The bouquet was a lovely shower of lillies of the valley and mauve cattleye orchids, with white and silver ribbons. The bride's girl attendants were a symphony in opal shades; the maid of honor, Miss Gretta Burden, sister of the bride, in mauve; Miss Louie Bishop, sister of the groom, in blue; Miss Dorothy Rolph in maize, and Miss Josephine Eaton in lavender, all fashioned of meteor satin, with silver lace sleeves and artistic hoods of the silver lace falling from the neck. Their hats of silver lace and Georgette crepe carried out the colors, and carelessly arranged bouquets of roses and lillies of the valley were carried on their arms, the maid of honor having sweetheart roses and the others Ophelia roses, tied with ribbons to harmonize with their gowns. Sergt. Major (illegible) was best man and the ushers were Capt. Kerr Cronyn, Lieut. Guy Rutter, Lieut. John Mackay, Lieut. Ferguson and Lieut. Allan Bishop. The ceremony was performed by Rev. Dr. Henderson, following which the wedding party left the church to the strains of Mendelsohn's wedding march, while V.A.D. girls strew rose petals in their path and the officers formed an arch of steel with their swords at the steps of the church. After the ceremony the bridal pair and some two hundred guests adjourned to Mr. and Mrs. Burden's house on Avenue Road, and tea was served from a long buffet, centred with the cake and arranged with pink and white roses and lilies. After the toasts and speeches, Major and Mrs. Bishop left in Sir John Eaton's private car for Washington where they will spend the month of November, the aviator having been lent to the British Mission there by the Royal Flying Corps. The groom was presented with a magnificent single stone diamond ring by the citizens of Owen Sound, his home town. --- [end clipping] [start clipping] AT OUR HERO'S WEDDING IN TORONTO. 1 photograph Wedding of Major Bishop, V.C., and Miss Margaret Eaton Burden at Timothy Eaton Memorial Church, Toronto. Leaving the church after the ceremony. [end clipping] [start clipping] NEW YORK WILL HONOR FAMOUS AVIATOR. 1 photograph Major William Avery Bishop of Owen Sound, Canada's greatest airman and his fiancee, who are expected to wed before his return to the front. Miss Margaret Burden is a Toronto girl. They are now in New York, where Major Bishop will be entertained by the Canadian Club of the Metropolis. [end clipping]
People Depicted:
Bishop, William Avery, 1894-1956; Burden, Margaret E.