Australian Royalty: Genealogy of the colony of NSW

Name Elsie Vaughan
Birth Date 1882
Birth Place New South Wales
Registration Year 1882
Registration Place Balmain, New South Wales, Australia
Father
Thomas H Vaughan
Mother
Emily Vaughan
Registration Number 4438

Name Ernest Kentwell
Marriage Date 1911
Marriage Place Burrowa [sic], New South Wales
Registration Date 1911
Registration Place Burrowa, New South Wales, Australia
Spouse
Elsie Vaughan
Registration Number 12561

The Burwood Baptist Church was the scene of a wedding on Christmas eve, December 23, when Mr. Ernest Kentwell, youngest son of Mr S. Kentwell, of Minerva, Manson road, Concord, and late of Castle Hill, and Miss Elsie Vaughan, second daughter of Mr. and Mrs. T. H. Vaughan, of Lynnwood, Broughton street, Concord, were married. Despite the prevailing dearth of garden flowers, the church looked exceedingly pretty. Willing workers had erected a large arch of asparagus and flannel flowers, a handsome wedding bell completing the structure. The bride was attended by her two sisters as bridesmaids, the Misses Millie and Frances Vaughan. Rev. E C. Sommerlad was best man, and Mr. Gordon Vaughan groomsman. The minister of the church, the Rev. Henry Clark, was assisted in the marriage service by Rev. Dr. Bromilow (President of the Methodist Conference). The bride wore ivory crepe de chine, elaborately braided and trimmed with malines lace and insertion. Her tulle veil, embroidered in each corner with large true lovers' knots, was held in place by a coronet of orange blossoms. She carried a shower bouquet, and wore a pearl star pendant with topaz centre, gifts of the bridegroom. The bridesmaids wore white embroidered dresses, and carried pink floral bouquets. The chief bridesmaid also wore a pearl and garnet pendant, and her younger sister a watch, with brooch attached. These were the bridegroom's gifts. Subsequently a reception was held in the School of Arts, which had also been tastefully decorated. About 70 guests sat down to the wedding breakfast.

Died in a private hospital

OBITUARY
MRS. ERNEST KENTWELL
An Appreciation by Margaret Morris Yates
To have known Mrs. Kentwell was a privilege which grew deeper as the years passed.
Mrs. Kentwell was of a quiet and retiring disposition, but she possessed a charm and dignity that made all who came in contact with her love her.
Gifted with a very fine contralto voice, in her earlier years, she sang the message of Jesus and His love. Later the ties from home prevented her from doing this service, but other avenues opened in which she gladly served.
To her husband and family she was the queen of a home in which loved reigned supreme. The children were reared and trained in a Christian atmosphere. Mr. and Mrs. Kentwell, with their family, were constant in their attendance at public worship. Wesley Church, Concord, will sorely miss two people who were loyal supporters of their church to the end.
For years Mrs. Kentwell spent many hours in her garden, potting shrubs and plants for the flower stall of which she had charge at the annual trust effort. Most of her work for the church was done quietly "behind the scenes" but the work was done faithfully and well.
Mr. Kentwell was visiting his wife at the hospital and talking to her, when the call came. Elsie Kentwell was ready, fully prepared to answer the call.
The influence of Mrs. Kentwell will live for many a year in the lives of her friends. To her family she has left a fragrant memory. Her children do indeed rise up and call her blessed.
Our loving sympathy goes to them in their double bereavement.

Name Elsie Kentwell
Residence Place Strathfield
Death Date 2 Jul 1950
Death Place New South Wales, Australia
Occupation M W
File Number B26207