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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