MARRIAGES - ST JOSEPHS MAITLAND

 
 
The first marriage was performed in the new parish of St Josephs on the 5th 
November 1835 by the Reverend Father James Watkins. Up until the end of 1840 there 
were 88 marriages performed.
 
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 are listed in chronological order.
 
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).
 
Disppointingly none of the Catholic registers record the "with the consent 
of" field, however for the purposes of this work, if either or both parties 
were serving convicts it is assumed they needed the Governor's consent.
 
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.
 
Of the grooms, 42 (48%) have been identified and for the brides 45 (51%). 
The consent of the Governor was required in 34 cases (39%).
 
Reverend Father Watkins was replaced in 1836 by Reverend Father Christopher 
Dowling, who in turn was replaced in 1839 by a combination of Reverend 
Fathers Edmund Mahoney and John Lynch.
 
The reference number would direct the reader to the entry in the original parish 
register. The numbers commenced from 1 and ran to 88 by the end of the decade. 
 
There were four 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 code "SJMR" 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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