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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