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Margaret Mary Tinneny and Ernest
James Alford
Margaret Mary Tinneny,
daughter of William and Mary Ellen McShane Tinneny of Belturbet,
County Cavan, Ireland and Ernest James “Jim” Alford were married
July 16, 1963. The wedding was performed by the Father Schultz at
Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church in the Lewisham section of
London. Witnesses were Vincent Bartley, friend of the groom, and
Mary Williams, the bride's niece. Many family and friends
attended the ceremony. Jim proposed marriage to Margaret in
front of the Our Lady’s Chapel in Westminster Cathedral.
Margaret had initially met Jim
the year before their wedding while on a pilgrimage to Rome.
Sometime after the pilgrimage they met unplanned on the steps of Westminster Cathedral Cathedral and their
relationship began.
Signing the marriage registry.
Leaving the church being
showered with confetti by family and friends.
The cutting of the wedding
cake.
Family photo of
attendees at the wedding. L-R: Renee Tinneny, wife of
the bride’s brother George Tinneny; Joan Trevelyan,
grooms sister; Mary Williams, bridesmaid and witness,
niece of the bride, daughter of Mary Patricia and Gordon
Williams;
Diane Alford,
wife of groom’s brother Ken
Alford;
William
Edwin Alford,
father of the groom;
Kenneth
Alford,
brother of the groom; Phyllis Alford, nee Bourgoin,
mother of the groom; Mary Alford, grooms sister; the
Groom & Bride; George Tinneny, brother of the bride;
Mary Ellen
Tinneny,
nee Mc
Shane,
mother of the bride;
John Stanley,
brother in law of the bride, husband of
Miriam Tinneny;
Vincent Bartley, best man;
Robert Williams,
son of Mary Patricia and Gordon Williams; Mary Patricia
Williams,
nee Tinneny,
sister of the bride;
John
Williams,
son of Mary Patricia and Gordon Williams;
Gordon Williams,
husband of Mary Patricia Tinneny; Andrew Stanley, son of
Miriam and
John
Stanley;
Miriam Stanley,
nee Tinneny;
Peter
Stanley,
son of Miriam and John Stanley.
Margaret was the granddaughter
of Robert Tinneny and Bridget Rooney of Belturbet County Cavan,
Ireland; great-granddaughter of Francis
Tinneny and Anne Elliott of
Belturbet and great-great-granddaughter of Thomas
Tinneny
Note: A very special
thanks to Hilda Alford Bellamy, daughter of Jim and Margaret
Tinneny Alford, for providing the photos and information
included in this wedding update.
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