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Our own Princess bride- An interesting quick read.
« on: Friday 10 April 20 22:17 BST (UK) »
Daughter of a New Zealand butcher becomes a Princess [1905].........

https://i.stuff.co.nz/national/120892263/flashback-margaret-dowling-was-nzs-own-princess-bride

Her birth?:

1873/76   Dowling   Margaret   Margaret   John

Added:

Marriages Mar 1905

Dowling    Margaret        Chelsea
 1a   609   

GHICA    Albert Constantin        Chelsea
 1a   609

'Papers Past' has a number of snippets about the marriage.


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HAMMOND, Cainham/Caynham, Shropshire, U.K. Otago-NZ.
GALBRAITH, Ireland, Dunedin, Otago-NZ., Kensington-London, U.K.
GRANT, Sct., Dunedin, Otago-NZ., Vancouver, Canada.
GLASS, Aberdeenshire, Otago-NZ.
CAIRNEY/CARNEY/KEARNEY/Ireland, Airdrie, Scotland, Otago-NZ.
O'BRIEN Mary Ann, Limerick, Otago-NZ.
NICOL(L) James, Scotland, Otago-NZ.
SCOTT Thomas, Shetland, Otago-NZ.
MCHARDY/MCHARDIE Euphemia, Scotland, Otago-NZ.

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Re: Our own Princess bride- An interesting quick read.
« Reply #1 on: Sunday 12 April 20 03:20 BST (UK) »
John Dowling and Margaret Brennan married in NZ in 1869 and had several children who died young:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/187047036/agnes-theresa-dowling

Sister "Jose" aka Josephine Bridget Darling also had an interesting time of it - married in NY in 1913 to "Rafael Faldivar"
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:24HH-L8D

I think this is a misspelling and her husband was Mr Zaldivar who died in 1922:
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:4DVM-8JW2

Here she is in 1930 - spoke French and English:
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:24F1-19R

https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AS19160226.2.129?items_per_page=100&query=Zaldivar
 - in papers past, Josephine described as "Mme Raphael de Zaldivar, Minister to Salvador" - and some info on her sisters' outfits!

https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045433/1922-10-22/ed-1/seq-39/
https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83030431/1919-05-11/ed-1/seq-53/
https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045462/1922-05-19/ed-1/seq-8/
 - a couple of pictures of her and a mention of her being with her sister Princess Ghika in New York at the time of her husband's death.
Census information is Crown Copyright, from www.nationalarchives.gov.uk

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Re: Our own Princess bride- An interesting quick read.
« Reply #2 on: Friday 17 April 20 06:29 BST (UK) »
Fascinating story.  Has anyone figured out how Albert fits into the Ghica extended family tree?  They being Hellenized Albanians ruling Turkish Romanian principalities on a musical chairs basis.  Balkan history is fun.
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