Rosanna Edmeades nee Strand
Rosanna Strand was the daughter of Robert and Ruth Strand. She was born in 1883, while her family were living in the Denne Hill Estate gardener's cottage. Her father Robert was the head gardener for the estate at the time.
Rosanna emigrated to New Zealand with her family on board the ''Ionic'' in 1900 [?], by which time she was 17 years of age. The family settled in Petone. On 2nd October 1912 Rosanna married George Warren Edmeades in the Petone Baptist Church. The Evening Post reported "At the Baptist Church, Petone, on Wednesday afternoon, Miss Rose Strand, second daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R. Strand, of Lower Hutt, was married to Mr. Warren Edmeades, second son of Mr. and Mrs. R. Edmeades, of Baystreet, Petone. The church was prettily decorated for the occasion. The service was choral, both the bride and bridegroom being members of the choir. Rev. P. J. Wainwright was the officiating minister, and Miss Hogg presided at the organ. The bride, who was given away by her father, was daintily attired in a cream silk-striped delaine trimmed with lace and insertion. She also wore the orthodox veil and orange blossoms, and carried a pretty bouquet of cream roses. The bridesmaids were Misses Bessie and Annie Edmeades, sisters of the bridegroom, and they wore pretty white muslin dresses trimmed with lace and embroidery. Their white hats were trimmed with pink flowers, and the bouquets also tied with pink streamers. Mr. Bert Hardie attended as best man, and Mr. Arthur Webster as groomsman. After the ceremony a reception was held 'at the residence of the bride's parents, " Riverside," Lower Hutt, and the usual toasts honoured. Among the large number of handsome presents received by the young couple was a cabinet of cutlery, presented to the bride and bridegroom by the members and friends of the Baptist Church and Suhday School, a picture presented to the bride by the girls of her Sunday School class, and a set of carvers and an oak biscuit barrel presented to the bridegroom by the members of the Young Men's Bible Class. The bridegroom's present to the bride was an emerald ring, and to the bridesmaids gold brooches. The happy couple left late in the afternoon for Wellington, amidst showers of confetti and good wishes, for their home in Morrinsville." |