MARRIAGES - CHRIST CHURCH CASTLEREAGH
During this decade there were 129 marriages performed at Christ Church, just
15 more than in the previous decade. On average about one marriage a month.
In 1839 the new Parish at Penrith was separated from Christ Church and
as a result the number of ceremonies declined considerably.
The information recorded for each marriage is as follows:
date
groom
family name
Christian name
year and ship of arrival
civil status at time of marriage
age at marriage
parish
bride
family name
Christian name
year and ship of arrival
civil status at time of marriage
age at marriage
parish
reference number
The marriages are listed in chronological order.
Post 1826 all parishes were required to record all marriages on a standardized
printed form, which contained the following information: register entry
number, family name and Christian name of both bride and groom, residant parish
of the bride and groom, date of marriage, who gave consent to the marriage
and the officiating minister. Information recorded on the register but not
included here includes the names of the witnesses to the marriage (Interested
readers are urged to consult the original register for this information).
It should be pointed out that 'year and ship of arrival' and 'civil status
at time of marriage' for both bride and groom are all "value added" additions
researched by this work to complement the church register.
Rev Fulton was one of only a couple of ministers who routinely recorded the
ages of the parties.
With regard to the grooms 102 (79%) have been identified and the brides 113
(88%) have been identified. The consent of the Governor was required in
71 cases (55%).
The Reverend Henry Fulton continued in his capacity as rector of Christ Church
during the whole of this decade.
The reference number would direct the reader to the entry in the original parish
register. In this decade the numbers continued from the previous decade and
run from "B045" to "B174" (number "B154" was omitted) by the end of the decade.
To locate an entry on this list; firstly an alphabetical search on the name
would be made on Lists 3 or 4 using code "CCC" from which the date of marriage
would be retrieved, secondly using the appropriate date, the marriage would
then be located on this list.
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