The Wedding of Catherine Jane Manson and Charles Clifton Perry
S.T. Duncan, 1910
Volume 35 Issue 4, 5 & 6 | Posted: July 8, 2021
10th October 1910. – On this day I had great pleasure in presenting my granddaughter, Miss Catherine Jane Manson, Nanaimo, British Columbia, with an upholstered chair on the eve of her marriage, and I am aware that she is receiving a great many valuable and useful wedding presents from relatives and other friends.
18th October 1910. – On the evening of this day I had the pleasure of meeting Mr Charles Clifton Perry, Government Indian Agent, he having come from Vancouver City, and about to become my grandson-in-law. The meeting was mutually interesting, especially as this was the first time we had seen each other, and my granddaughter, his intended to whom I have referred, was with us at the time.
19th October 1910. – I was this evening one of a party in Mr. L. Manson’s house, and Mr Perry, his intended son-in-law was present.
On the same evening I was much pleased to see the decorations in the Methodist Church, Wallace Street, Nanaimo, British Columbia, where the marriage ceremony was to take place.
20th October 1910. – This is the marriage day of the two young people of whom I have taken notice as above, and the following is what was said about it in the Nanaimo Free Press of 20th October 1910: – “In the Wallace Street Methodist Church this afternoon, at 2.30 o’clock, a pretty wedding was solemnized, the contracting parties being Mr Charles Clifton Perry, Indian Agent at Metlakahtla, and Miss Catherine Jane, eldest daughter of Mr and Mrs Laurence Manson
“The church was beautifully decorated for the occasion with smilax, ivy, palms, and chrysanthemums, and Mr Andrew Dunsmore at the organ played the usual wedding music. The ceremony was performed by the Rev. S.J. Thomson, and the bride, who was attended by her sister, Miss Margaret Manson, was given away by her father. The groom had the support of the Rev. B.C. Freeman of Cumberland.
“After the ceremony, which was witnessed by quite a crowd of friends and well-wishers, the happy couple left on the afternoon train for Victoria, where they will spend their honeymoon, after which they will take up their residence at Metlakahtla.
“The bride is a native daughter, and has always been greatly respected throughout the city, and her many friends and well-wishers will wish her and her husband every happiness and prosperity in their new life.”
I may mention that special notice should be taken of the wedding-cake, which had been made and beautifully decorated by Mr Jerome Wilson, a Shetlander, who is la leading baker in Nanaimo City. This work was considered so perfect as to warrant the cake being photographed.
The bride, I may mention, is a granddaughter of Mr and Mrs John Manson, who reside at Setter, Sandwick Parish, Shetland, and she having visited that country a few years ago, informs me that she would like to take the long journey again in order to see more of the hundred isles of Ultima Thule.
S.T. Duncan, 1910