McNamara Family Queensland

Edward McNamara - Elsie Large

Edward McNamara - Elsie Large

Married Nudgee, Queensland - 20 April 1948

Edward "Ted" McNAMARA married Yorkshire born school teacher Elsie LARGE at the Methodist Church Nudgee, Brisbane 20 April 1948. The ceremony was performed by pastor Lex Robertson with close friends Doris and Walter Krosch acting as best man and matron of honour.

Ted and Elsie exchanged vows in the small suburban church not far from their Banyo home. It was the second marriage for sixty-seven year old Ted who lost his first wife Annabella to cancer in 1939. Elsie had known Ted for many years, boarding at the "Strathgyle" property while teaching local children in the Bell district.