Now this is no ordinary gathering outside the hotel in Duvauchelles, but the wedding of my ancestor, Edward Joyce, storekeeper of Duvauchelles, previously from Congleton, Cheshire and Mary Elizabeth Fitton, adopted daughter of the Cooper family, who are the local publicans in at the time in Duvauchelles.
There is a full account of the wedding (over a column in length) from The Akaroa Mail, Tuesday, November 5, 1889. It even details the gifts given by the guests.
