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White Priest Renounces to Order To Marry Jamaica BeautyBy Wilbert E. HemmingKINGSTON, Jamaica (ANP)— A romance under blue Caribbean akies hit the headlines in Jamaica last week when, it was reported, 38-year-old Rev. Jeremiah Francis Donovan, white priest from the United States, on Nov. 27, 1949, renounced the Roman Catholic priest hood and married 27-year-oldMonica Rose Maragh, pretty East Indian Jamaican girl. The bride is the daughter of Cecil I. Maragh, East Indan ironmonger of this city.Nobody knew where the romance started and nobody expected it, since it was the first time in Jamaica a priest from a Roman Catholic body in the United States has renounced his calling for love. Ex-Father Donovan was for a number of years attached to the Jamaican mission of the RC, and it was during this time his heart panted at the irresistible beauty of a woman, classified here as colored, and who is now his wife.Mrs. Donovan is the second daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. I. Maragh, who lives about five miles from this city. In this district of verdant lush and salubrious climate, deputy city registrar Dr. E. C. DaCosta, united the couple in marriage at the home of the bride’s parents.-The bridegroom gave his occupation as teacher, and his bride as “gentlewoman”, according to acertificate of marriage issued by the island’s registrar general. He gave his father’s name as Patrick.The newly-weds are now living with the bride’s parents.mtWySMor— Man, You’re. Crazyrur ■*•! Thousands are peppy at 70. TryS' with Oam. Contains tonic for weak, lac doe aoMy to body's lack or Iron ad women oall old. Try•SMWSff-KFwr — u a% all drag stores
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Dayton Ohio Daily Express
Dayton, Ohio, US
Sat, Feb 11, 1950
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