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Combined family wedding, 1901

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Combined family wedding, 1901

These weddings united the Schollum, Becher, Karl, Lambert and Remiger families. Leading the wedding parties are three musicians, one playing a dudelsack (a central European version of the bagpipes). The sound has been described as ‘a shrill, plaintive and invariant tone’.

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James N. Bade, Germans – Early settlements, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/1003/combined-family-wedding-1901 (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by James N. Bade, published 4 March 2009, updated 1 July 2024.