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Claribel (Clare) Stewart Aldous (24) marries James (Jimmy) Chambers Sproule (27)
Emmanuel Parish Church, Compton Gifford, Plymouth, Devon Wednesday 28 July 1915
Fellow officers of groom (x 2), Isabella Henderson Aldous (Stewart) (50 - Melbourne born mother), fellow officer of groom (later killed), Capt Jimmy Sproule (27 - from Co Tyrone - none of his family were there, so we've put in an earlier pic of them looking happy, not, below), Clare Aldous (24), Isabel Aldous (25 - sister), Gerald Aldous (18 - sister), Madeline Aldous (21 - sister), Dr George Aldous (54 - father) + cigarette.
and yes, the Sproule family from "Denamona", Fintona Co Tyrone were not there per se - scroll down to see what they all looked like and what a fun party it could have been!
Wedding guests - Emmanuel Church, Compton Gifford, Plymouth - 28 July 1915 - mostly women and children as the men were at war.
The Sproule Family at "Denamona" in Fintona, Co Tyrone, N Ireland - c1900
Not at the wedding, the Sproule family looking glum 15 years earlier (c1900) at their house "Denamona", Fintona, Co Tyrone + 209 acres of land, which Alexander (then 34) had returned from Canada to Ireland in 1881 to occupy, after his childless uncle (mother's brother) Dr Alex Harpur Robinson died in 1880 and bequeathed everything in trust to him to look after for his kids.
Back Row - Jack (1880*), Jenny (1878*), Harpur (1876*), Irene (1885), George (1884)
(* born in Canada)
Seated - Alexander H R (1846), wife and first cousin Matilda (1851), Aunt Margaret (sister of Matilda) (1849), Matilda jnr (1875*)
Front - James (the groom higher up) (1887), Anna (1889)
The family said that they became comparatively wealthy with the windfall of Dr Robinson's estate (below), but Alexander, who was a professional photographer in Peterborough (Ontario) in the 1870s, managed the property indifferently and did a lot of depressed drinking.
"Denamona" - Fintona, Co Tyrone - c1900 - 11 family members in 15 rooms.
"Denamona" - Fintona, Co Tyrone - c1933
photo hand coloured by Clare
Sproule family caravan holiday - Denamona (Fintona, Co Tyrone) 1933 - Peggy (16) Clare (42) Brian (9) Jimmy (46)
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