Black and white photograph showing Miss Edna M Miltom at her wedding to Mr F Tuck, which took place at the chapel at the leper colony run by the Methodist Missionary Society in Uzuakoli, modern Abia state, southeast Nigeria. Miss Holgate, a missionary for the Methodist Missionary Society at their hospital at Ama Achara, also in modern Abia state, acts a bridesmaid. This photograph was pasted into one of a series of exercise book albums created by Emily Godfrey, Matron of the Ama Achara Methodist Hospital.
Customs and traditions Marriage Primitive Methodist Missionary Society Methodist Missionary Society Tuck, F Miltom, Edna M Holgate, A Weddings Married people Missionaries Group portraits
Time Period
1933/1943
Place
Abia Africa Nigeria Uzuakoli medical facilities: Uzuakoli Leper Colony
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