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Married:
- 1882 marriages solemnized in the district of Westwood in the colony of Queensland.
No 4, 6 Apr 1882, North Rockhampton, Westwood district between Albert Card, bachelor, born Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England, law clerk, aged 30, of North Rockhampton, son of George Card (fly master proprietor*) and Elizabeth Blanchard and Emily Florence Coker, spinster, born Stepney, Middlesex, England, domestic servant, 20 years, dau of James Thomas Coker (accountant) and Emily Leigh#. Married in the bride's father house North Rockhampton according to the rites of the Baptist Church. Witnesses: Emily Coker, Ada Coker.
Margin note: This marriage was dissolved by the decree of the Supreme Court of Western Australia Matrimonial Cause jurisdiction on the 8th October 1912. Petitioner: Emily Florence Card. Respondent: Albert Card.
*A fly is one horse, two-wheeled light carriage. A Fly Proprietor/Master employed fly drivers for hire and usually owned the flys.) However, on the 1861 census, George Card's occupation is given as plumber's labourer and on 1871 census he is a stable man.
#Lee is correct spelling.
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