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Title: Lilla Elizabeth Bean marriage
Post by: familyfind on Friday 19 January 24 15:54 GMT (UK)
Hello, I wonder if anyone could help me, I volunteer at a museum and we have Lilla Bean's wedding dress which we would like to display this year.  I know she married Linton Hall Swann on 25.11.1903 at St Peter, Glenelg, Adelaide, South Australia. 

I know she travelled to England arriving 22.5.1915 with children Marian, Francis and Salmon.

It would be lovely to display a photo of her alongside the dress - does anyone find a wedding report in a local newspaper? I have had no luck so far.

many thanks.
Title: Re: Lilla Elizabeth Bean marriage
Post by: CaroleW on Friday 19 January 24 21:41 GMT (UK)
Per tree on Ancestry

She died in Cambridge in 1959 - born 1876.  She is on the 1939 register

Daughter Marian died 1920

You could try contacting the tree owner to see if any photos exist
Title: Re: Lilla Elizabeth Bean marriage
Post by: maddys52 on Saturday 20 January 24 00:41 GMT (UK)
There is a drawing of Linton Hall SWANN in 1899 on trove. However, I can't see any pictures of Lilla Elizabeth BEAN.
https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/168088451

No photos but here is a  description of the wedding:
https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/211402150
Title: Re: Lilla Elizabeth Bean marriage
Post by: familyfind on Saturday 20 January 24 14:48 GMT (UK)
thank you so much, the wedding report will be great to have on display with the dress.
Title: Re: Lilla Elizabeth Bean marriage
Post by: maddys52 on Sunday 21 January 24 00:59 GMT (UK)
You're welcome. I'd love to see a photo of the wedding dress if at all possible when it's on display.  :D
Title: Re: Lilla Elizabeth Bean marriage
Post by: familyfind on Sunday 21 January 24 14:38 GMT (UK)
this is the dress before being pressed and put onto mannequin. It has a 20inch waist. Display is in a couple of weeks
Title: Re: Lilla Elizabeth Bean marriage
Post by: maddys52 on Monday 22 January 24 01:04 GMT (UK)
Thank you, that's lovely. So much work.  :D
Title: Re: Lilla Elizabeth Bean marriage
Post by: JulieSwann on Wednesday 10 July 24 17:37 BST (UK)
Lilla Bean is a relative of mine. I was interested to read the post regarding her marriage to Linton Hall Swann and the interest in her wedding dress and am keen to know more regarding displaying it in a museum.