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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