MARRIAGES - ST LUKES LIVERPOOL

 
 
During this decade there were 145 marriages performed at St Lukes, fourteen 
less than the previous decade. On average just over one marriage per month.
 
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.
 
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.
 
Unfortunately Rev. Cartwright neglected to complete the "who gave consent" field, 
which is such a pity because it would have helped greatly to identify any convicts 
to the parties marrying.
 
The Reverend Robert Cartwright continued with his chaplaincy following on 
from the previous decade until 1837 when the Reverend Richard Taylor took 
over the parish for two years to be followed by the Revenend John Duffus until 
the end of the decade. Rev Thomas Hassall married his own brother in 1836 and 
Rev Duffus married his own daughter in 1840. 
 
With regard to the grooms 106 (73%) have been identified and the brides 110 
(76%) have been identified. The consent of the Governor was required in 
67 cases (46%).
 
The reference number would direct the reader to the entry in the original parish 
register. In this decade the numbers run from "B063" to B183 but were 
re-initialized to C001 in 1839 and run to C025 at the end of the decade.
 
To locate an entry on this list; firstly an alphabetical search on the name 
would be made on Lists 3 or 4 using code "SLL" 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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