Receptions and Return Thanks

So many stories of ancestors and relatives are mentioned in the newspapers of the past. During April 2020 for the A - Z blog challenge, I am listing the types of stories or information I have found in newspapers with examples for each letter of the alphabet. My clippings include a variety of articles about relatives of my children's ancestors.

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The details of wedding receptions sometimes contained lists of presents. Return Thanks notices often appeared some time after a burial. In these notices people were often named as having given solace and comfort to the bereaved family. These notices are also useful where no notice of death or funeral had been posted as family relationships were sometimes listed. Family Reunions may have occurred on significant birthdays or to commemorate the arrival of first immigrants. There are several other Trove resources where you may find Recipes contributed by by family members, two examples:  The Australian Women's Weekly and The Australian woman's mirror.

Return Thanks

1923 after Catherine Galvin's death

1923 'Family Notices', Southern Cross (Adelaide, SA : 1889 - 1954),
30 March, p. 10. ,
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article167739971

In some papers these notices were labelled Bereavement cards such as this one inserted by Julia Dineen after the death of her husband Jeremiah James in 1930. Julia was Catherine Galvin's sister and had married in 1892, the same year as Catherine and John Patrick Galvin. she is mentioned in the above notice too.

1930 'Family Notices', The Register News-Pictorial (Adelaide, SA : 1929 - 1931), 19 July, p. 8. ,
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article53799813

This same notice appeared in two other newspapers under the listing of Return Thanks which appears to have been used by the majority of the South Australian newspapers in the early years of the 20th century.

 This post first appeared on earlieryears.blogspot.com by CRGalvin