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Source: Leeds Mercury
Date: 1864 07 09
Subject: Marriage of four sisters
 On Thursday last, at the parish church, Calverley, some marriage ceremonies of very singular interest were performed. Four enterprising swains from the neighbourhood of Shipley, whose amorous affections had centered on the same household, conducted to the hymeneal altar four sisters. Those sisters are the only daughters of the late Mrs. Preston, of Windhill, formerly Rawdon, and were "given away" by their only brother, Mr. Emmanuel Preston, of New Road Side, Rawdon. Each pair of lovers was born in the same year...
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