From the archives: the city’s most memorable weddings
From the archives: the city’s most memorable weddings
Vintage weddings, from the quiet and quaint to the famous and fabled. View the slide show >>
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- The political pair declared their love for the city, the environment and, oh yes, one another on Algonquin Island. Two gay ministers from the Unitarian Church sealed the vows between Chow, then a school trustee, and Layton, who was a city councillor.
- Olivia Chow and Jack Layton, July 9, 1988
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- Actor Ross Petty asked Kain, prima ballerina, for a first date, but she was the one who later proposed marriage. The rain stopped just in time for their evening ceremony at St. Clements Anglican Church. The couple toasted their union with 200 guests in the Courtyard Café at the Windsor Arms Hotel
- Karen Kain and Ross Petty, May 28, 1983
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- With orange blossoms dotting the crown of her embroidered tulle veil, Leaside local Burgess tied the knot with Walker, a Globe and Mail sportswriter, at St. Cuthbert’s Anglican Church
- Gordon Walker and Victoria Burgess, November 19, 1938
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- The World War I flying ace stopped shooting down German planes long enough to return home and marry Burden, a granddaughter of Timothy Eaton. Huge crowds watched the couple exit the Timothy Eaton Memorial Church under an arch of swords held by officers of the Mississauga Horse regiment. A brigade of more than 100 nurses from the Spadina Military Hospital, where Burden had served, also attended the nuptials
- Margaret Burden and Billy Bishop, October 17, 1917
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- A dapper Croft, whose father ran a wholesaling business on Wellington Street, married Booth at St. Paul’s Bloor Street. After a reception at the Metropolitan, the bride changed into a tan “going away” dress, and they left for a honeymoon in New York, Atlantic City and Philadelphia
- William Croft and Mabel Stuart Booth, April 2, 1913
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