At St John's Cathedral this morning the wedding of Mr. N. L. Railton and Miss Mary (Mollie) Neave, took place, the Rev. A. D. Stewart officiating. The bride was attired in a dress of white charmeuse, trimmed with soft white shadow lace, made in the latest Empire style, with a long train embroidered with silver thread. She carried a white bouquet of Chinese lilies. The bride's mother wore a pretty dress of French grey charmeuse trimmed with Georgette crepe and embroidered with blue. The bride was given away by her father, Mr. Thomas Neave, Superintendent Engineer of the Hongkong and Whampoa Docks, and Mr. Charles Wallace acted as the best man. The Misses Lilian and Florence Neave were the bridesmaids.
Mary and Lily who accompanied Thomas Neave and Jane Pattison Hedley to Hong Kong in 1914 were both born before Thomas and Jane married in 1893. Lily and Mary Hedley are both recorded as living with Pattison Hedley and wife Annie as their children 1891 and 1901 censuses. In 1901 Lily Hedley is 10 and Mary Hedley is 2. Lily Hedley was baptised 3 March 1891 with Pattison Hedley and Annie as parents, Mary Hedley was baptised 20 September 1898 with Pattison Hedley and Annie as parents. There are no corresponding births of Lily and Mary with Thomas Neave and Jane Pattison Hedley as parents in UK.
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Her wedding was reported on page 4 of The China Mail, 1918-07-08:
RAILTON—NEAVE.
At St John's Cathedral this morning the wedding of Mr. N. L. Railton and Miss Mary (Mollie) Neave, took place, the Rev. A. D. Stewart officiating. The bride was attired in a dress of white charmeuse, trimmed with soft white shadow lace, made in the latest Empire style, with a long train embroidered with silver thread. She carried a white bouquet of Chinese lilies. The bride's mother wore a pretty dress of French grey charmeuse trimmed with Georgette crepe and embroidered with blue. The bride was given away by her father, Mr. Thomas Neave, Superintendent Engineer of the Hongkong and Whampoa Docks, and Mr. Charles Wallace acted as the best man. The Misses Lilian and Florence Neave were the bridesmaids.
Will of Norman Leslie Howard Railton 1947
His whole estate to his wife Mary Carl Smith Card 134859
UK Probate Records Norman Leslie Howard Railton of 368 The Peak Hong Kong died St Paul's Hospital Hong Kong
He was buried July 1947 St. Johns aged 53
Mary Neave's parents - Pattison Hedley and Annie ?
Mary and Lily who accompanied Thomas Neave and Jane Pattison Hedley to Hong Kong in 1914 were both born before Thomas and Jane married in 1893. Lily and Mary Hedley are both recorded as living with Pattison Hedley and wife Annie as their children 1891 and 1901 censuses. In 1901 Lily Hedley is 10 and Mary Hedley is 2. Lily Hedley was baptised 3 March 1891 with Pattison Hedley and Annie as parents, Mary Hedley was baptised 20 September 1898 with Pattison Hedley and Annie as parents. There are no corresponding births of Lily and Mary with Thomas Neave and Jane Pattison Hedley as parents in UK.
Mary Neave 5 October 1897 - 1998
1939 Census 13 Brier Dene Crescent Whitley Bay Northumberland
Jane P Neave widow born 6 Feruary 1870
Mary Railton married born 5 October 1897
UK Death Index
Mary Railton born 5 October 1897 died in Ludlow Shropshire in 1998 aged 100 Registered Ludlow Shropshire Quarter 1 1998