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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