Abbreviations used
Date July 19 1894
County Saint John
Place Saint John
Newspaper Saint John Globe
The language of the text is the original used in the newspaper entry and as transcribed by Daniel F. Johnson. Records acquired by the Provincial Archives are not translated from the language in which they originate.
Two happy hearts beat as one Wednesday eve, after Rev. Job Shento has united in the bonds of matrimony William Frank CHISHOLM and Sarah Annie RIGGS, both of Fairfield, Simonds parish (St. John). The bride was given away by her brother, John RIGGS. John ROSS acted as best man. After running the gaunlet of rice and flour, the bride and groom escaped to the house of the groom's mother on the Marsh Road where they are spending their honeymoon.