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1873 Robert Masters Chart Marriage

Saturday 25th January, 1873

Marriage Chart— Robinson.– Jan. 21, at St. John’s, Hammersmith, by the Rev. J. Galloway Cowan, Robert Masters, younger son of Edwin Chart, of Mitcham, to Florence, second daughter of Christopher Robinson, of Blackfriars Road and Mitcham

Source: Croydon Advertiser and East Surrey Reporter – Saturday 25 January 1873 from the British Newspaper Archive (subscription required)


The couple celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary in 1933, as reported in the Mitcham News & Mercury of 27th January, 1933:

MR. CHART’S DIAMOND WEDDING
Congratulations from Croydon Bench

On taking his seat on the Bench at the Croydon County Magistrates’ Court on Saturday, the chairman, Sir Arthur Spurgeon, said their deputy chairman, Mr. R. M. Chart, was elsewhere celebrating an anniversary that came seldom in a man’s life. It was his diamond wedding celebration, and, added Sir Arthur, “I am sure my colleagues will permit me to express publicly how delighted we are that one who has been with us for so many years and has now reached the age of eighty-two, should be able to celebrate his wedding, which took place in 1873. We will send him our warmest congratulations.:

The following telegram was dispatched by the magistrates: “Your colleagues on the Croydon County Bench send warmest congratulations to bride and bridegroom of January 21.”

1879 To Dust Collectors

Parish of Mitcham.

—Parish of Merton.

CROYDON UNION.
To Dust Collectors.

The Rural Sanitary Authority of the Croydon Union are prepared to receive Tenders from persons willing to Contract for the Removal of the Contents of the Dustbins and House Refuse within the Parishes of Mitcham and Merton, for one year ending Michaelmas Day, 1880. Separate Tenders for each Parish to be delivered at my office, 15, George Street, Croydon, on or before Saturday, the 25th day of October instant. Information with regard to the requirements of the Contract can be obtained on application to Mr. Edwin Chart, Sanitary Inspector, Mitcham. By order, A. G. BLAKE, Clerk to the Sanitary Authority, Croydon Union.October 14th, 1879.

Source : Croydon Advertiser and East Surrey Reporter – Saturday 18 October 1879 from the British Newspaper Archive (subscription required).