MARRIAGES - CATHOLIC OTHER CHURCHES
This list records 12 Catholic 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 120 marriages. Unfortunately only
six parish registers have been located at this time and St Francis
Melbourne's is not complete.
The churches and parishes listed are as follows, arranged by date of establishment:
22 Apr 1838:St Johns Campbelltown Roman Catholic {SJCR}
17 Sep 1839:St Augustines Yass {YASR}
4 Nov 1839:Norfolk Island {NK-I}
3 Oct 1840:St Josephs MacDonald River (Co. Hunter) {SJMc}
10 Oct 1840:St Nicholas Penrith {SNP}
25 Oct 1840:St Francis Melbourne, Port Phillip District {SF-M}
1835:Catholic Parish of Berrima {BERR}
1836:Catholic Parish of: Illawarra; Wollongong {ILLA}
1837:St Michaels: Bathurst; Kelso (Co. Bathurst) {SMB}
1838:Catholic Parish of: Newcastle; Raymond Terrace {N-RT}
1840:Catholic Parish of Goulburn {GOUL}
1840:St James Sydney Catholic {SJSR}
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.
All the officiating ministers are listed at the end of the web page,
of whom there are nine.
Of the grooms, 48 (42%) have been identified and for the brides 52
(46%). The consent of the Governor was required in 27 cases (24%).
The reference number would direct the reader to the entry in the
original parish register. As explained in the case of St Marys Sydney
the State Archives reference numbers have been retained for this
parish.
There were six marriages in the State Archives Pioneer Series file
which has no entry on this parish register. It is very likely
that they 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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