MARRIAGES - ANGLICAN OTHER CHURCHES

MARRIAGES - ANGLICAN OTHER CHURCHES

This list records 21 Anglican churches and parishes all of  which were

established during the decade 1831 to 1840 and all of  which recorded  less than

fifty marriages in their  registers.  However when combined these churches and

parishes totalled 268 marriages.

The churches and parishes listed are as follows, arranged by date of establishment:

     23 Jun 1832:Holy Trinity Port Stephens (County of Gloucester) {PT-S}

     13 Sep 1836:Australian Agricultural Company {AAC}

     12 Jun 1838:Parish of Gundaroo; Gunning; Yass (County of Murray and King) {YASS}

     25 Jun 1838:Parish of Brisbane Water (County of Northumberland) {BR-W}

     11 Jul 1838:Parish of Alnwick; Butterwick; Clarence Town; Middlehope; Raymond Terrace; Seaham (County of Burham) {RAYT}

     13 Aug 1838:St Thomas's Mulgoa (County of Cumberland) {STM}

      7 Jan 1839:St Peters: Cooks River; Petersham {SPCR}

     29 Jan 1839:Parish of Canbury; Lake George; Queanbeyan {CANB}

      1 Feb 1839:Parish of Arkstone; Burroowa; Merringo {ABM}

     16 Apr 1839:Norfolk Island {NK-I}

      1 Jun 1839:St Marks Appin (County of Cumberland) {SMA}

     24 Jul 1839:St Johns: Camden; The Oaks; Picton; Stone Quarry (County of Camden) {SJC}

     25 Jul 1839:St Johns: Brisbane; Moreton Bay {SJMB}

     14 Oct 1839:Parish of Penrith {PENR}

     14 Nov 1839:Parish of Houghton {HOUG}

      4 Feb 1840:St Johns: Oakville; Whittingham; Wollombi {SJWO}

      6 Apr 1840:Parish of Dungog; Eldon; Raymond Terrace; Stroud; Uffington {ELDN}

     13 Apr 1840:St Lukes Scone (County of Durham) {SLSC}

      2 May 1840:Parish of Bungonia {BUNG}

     17 Aug 1840:St Mary Magdalenes: Clydesdale; South Creek {SMMC}

      3 Sep 1840:Parish of Burwood {BWD}

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

               consent given by

               officiating minister

               reference number

The  marriages  within  each  church and  parish  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',  'civil status at time

of marriage' and 'age at marriage' for both  bride and groom are all "value added"

additions researched by this  work to complement the church register. As

explained above the age  at marriage is a derived figure.

All  the officiating ministers are listed at the end of  the  web page, of whom

there are twenty one.

Of the grooms, 155 (58%) have been identified and for the  brides 148 (55%).

The consent of the Governor was required in 118  cases (44%).

The reference number would direct the reader to the entry in  the original parish

register. Nearly all the numbers commenced from 1 with  the  exception  of the

parish of  Queanbeyan  which  either skipped or lost No.1.

There  were seven marriages in the State Archives Pioneer  Series file which

have no entry on any of these parish registers. It  is very  likely that most

of these result from typographical  errors and relate to post 1840 marriages.

To  locate an entry on this list; firstly an alphabetical  search on  the  name

would be made on Lists 3 or 4  using  parish  code listed  in the table above

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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