John ALVES was aged 35yrs and his occupation was as a Carrier, He was the son of John ALVES (Farmer) and Margaret McCAUGHEY. The bride, Mabel TAYLOR, was aged 17 yrs and was the daughter of George TAYLOR and Alice RICHARDSON. The witnesses to the marriage were Albert MUIR and A P RICHARDSON.
Back row: John RICHARDSON (brides uncle), unknown lady, A P RICHARDSON, Albert MUIR, Alice TAYLOR nee Richardson (mother of bride), George TAYLOR (father of the bride), child to the left of groom George RICHARDSON (son of Alice and George and brother to bride).
Wedding 31 August 1897 – John ALVES and Mabel TAYLOR – Married at St Andrews Church Coolgardie Western Australia. Photo by Hemus and Hall
Goldfields Morning Chronicle – Coolgardie – 8 September 1897
John and Mabel Alves were to have six children, all born in Coolgardie Western Australia except the last, Harold George, who was born in Wallaroo, South Australia. Less than a year after Harold was born, his father John died also in Wallaroo South Australia and he is buried there.
Alice Margaret 1898
Mabel Theresa 1899
John Taylor 1901
Ruby Agnes 1903
Robert Joseph 1904
Harold George 1908
Alice Mable and Ruby ALVES – Photo Frank Martyn Coolgardie
Mable and the children returned to WA after the death of her husband, no doubt for the support of her parents and family. Two years later, in 1911, she was to marry for the second time to Alfred E CRAVEN in Boulder WA. Alfred was a Fireman in the Perseverance Mine in Boulder. They were to have a further four children:
Sarah Dutton born Coolgardie 1912
Alfred born Kalgoorlie 1913
David Enoch born Kalgoorlie 1915
Phillip Craven born Perth 1918
The Bride: Mabel TAYLOR was born on the 7th Jun 1880 in Mexborough, Yorkshire England. She emigrated with her family at the age of 3yrs and arrived in South Australia in 1883. Mabel died on the 29th August 1961 in Subiaco Western Australia. Mabel’s father is buried in the Kalgoorlie Cemetery.
Mabel ALVES nee Taylor – Photo Ron Shaw Ancestry.com
The Groom: John ALVES was born in Mt Crawford South Australia on 12th June 1858. He was to return to South Australia in 1908 where his last child was born and he was to die there in 1909.
Kalgoorlie Miner 20 November 1909, page 6
Alfred E CRAVEN was born in March 1884 in Liverpool England. The son of Alfred CRAVEN and Sarah JONES. After the death of his father in England in 1902 he emigrated to Western Australia with his mother and siblings. He died in 1964 in Mandurah Western Australia.
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