City of Cardiff

CITY OF CARDIFF

In the matter of The third marquis of bute’s Wedding dowry fund The LORD MAYOR OF CARDIFF will, during the month of April next, proceed to give as a Wedding Dowry, the Annual Dividend arising from the above Fund, to a Girl of the poorer classes, who shall be domiciled in Cardiff, and whose marriage might be facilitated by the receipt of such a sum.

NOMINATIONS, on the proper Form, of persons eligible for the Dowry, are to be made by any member of the Cardiff Corporation, to me on or before the 31st day of March 1910, and must be accompanied by not more than three testimonials.

By Order,

Town Clerk.

NOMINATION FOR THE ABOVE DOWRY

Name in full…Clara Jane Jones…………… Age…29………..

Address……Railway Temperance Hotel, Cardiff………………………………

Occupation…Housemaid……………..………………………………………………………

Period of residence in Cardiff………9 ½ years …………….……………………………...

Name of Fiance ……Arthur Mitts……………………………….. Age…25…………… Address………ST Mellons……………………………………………………………….

Occupation…Platelayer Gt. Western Railway State facts which, in your opinion, specially deserve consideration Clara Jane Jones is an orphan having lost her parents when a girl, and has since been dependant on her own efforts. Her fiancé has been a soldier and is now engaged on the Great Western Railway as a platelayer and gets very little wages. Dated this …22nd ..day of March, 1910

Signature of Member of Cardiff Corporation………………………………………….. TESTIMONIALS to be annexed.