Subiaco Weddings... (1920 - 1940).
One of the most interesting subjects to research and write about is the ordinary lives of women who lived in Subiaco. This includes their family lives, children, employment and community work they carried out throughout the years.
Many women in Subiaco did not get married. While many stayed in the family home caring for their elderly parents other women were educated and employed, maintained their own houses, did community work and lived successful lives.
Other women got married, raised families and contributed to the local community. Beautiful stories and photographs of their engagement and marriage were recorded in the social pages of local newspapers at the time. Many of the weddings contained elaborate descriptions of the wedding party what they wore, the decorations, the ceremony, the honeymoon destination, who attended and the gifts they received.
Many elaborate descriptions and beautiful photographs of weddings can be found on the social pages of local newspapers on Trove, the database of National Library of Australia from all communities including Subiaco. For example in 1925 two sisters from Subiaco decided to get married together. The story of that wedding is copied below. In 1940 a woman from Subiaco was getting married and her father died at the ceremony. Despite her father collapsing and being taken to hospital the couple still got married. The story is copied below.
The photographs and articles are from Trove the database of the National Library of Australia. No copyright infringement intended.
Wedding 1
Western Mail, 24 November 1927.
Recent Weddings. The bridal party at the Marriage of Miss Kathleen Skehan, of Subiaco, to Mr. John Hamilton, of Perth. 
Wedding 2
Sunday Times, 14 October 1923.
THE WEBSTER - DIPROSE WEDDING.
Solemnised recently at St Andrew's Church, Subiaco. The bride (Mrs. C. J. Webster) was Miss Ruby May Diprose, of Subiaco. (Bardwell Clark studios)
Wedding 3
Western Mail, 13 June 1929.
Recently. Wed.
MRS. R. DAVIES, of Daglish, formerly Miss G. Owens, of Subiaco.
Wedding 4
Mirror, 27 May 1933.
A SUBIACO WEDDING
MR. AND MRS. TOM BOMFORD Junior, whose marriage was celebrated at St. Joseph's Church, Subiaco, on April 15. Mrs. Bomford was Miss Nancy Griffen of 86 Olive-street, Subiaco.
Call, 19 June 1925.
Subiaco Double Wedding.
Subiaco Double Wedding. St. Andrew's Church, Subiaco was the scene of a very pretty and unusual double wedding on the eveining of June 6th, when the Rev. Greatrix performed the ceremony of marriage between Arthur Denning (Bunbury), second son of Mrs. Swain and the John Denning, of Kelmscott, and Margaret (Daisy) Babb, fourth daughter of Mr. and Mrs, A. Babb (Subiaco); also Frank Thomas (Belmont), and the younger daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Babb. Mrs and Mrs. Arthur Benning's future home will be in Bunbury, while Mr and Mrs Thomas are to live at Belmont.
Sunday Times, 3 November 1940.
Subiaco Wedding Tragedy
BRIDE'S FATHER DIES
As 65-year-old Mr. Lloyd Rowlands, of Heytesbury-road, Subiaco, was escorting his daughter, Miss Alice Rowlands, into the Subiaco Methodist Church for her wedding yesterday afternoon he collapsed.
When examined shortly afterwards by a Subiaco doctor he was dead.
Mr. Rowlands had been receiving medical attention for some considerable time. As a result, no great seriousness was attached to his sudden collapse at the church entrance, and it was decided that the wedding should proceed.
The bride was given away by a close friend of the Rowlands family, and the couple left the church bound for a city photographers, unaware of the fact that Mr. Rowland's collapse had been fatal. Bridegroom was Mr. Edward Crawford, of Gloster-street, Subiaco.
