MARRIAGES - ST MARYS WEST MAITLAND

 
 
The new parish of St Marys West Maitland split off from St Peters East Matiland 
in 1838. The first marriage was performed on the 12th March 1838 by the Rev 
William Stack. Up until the end of 1840 there were 59 marriages performed, 
a little under seven marriages 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.
 
Of the grooms, 39 (66%) have been identified and for the brides 41 (70%). The 
consent of the Governor was required in 36 cases (61%).
 
The Rev. William Stack ministered to the parish until the end of the decade. 
The Rev. Charles Wilton performed two marriages in 1838 and Rev. George Rusden 
on in 1839.
 
The reference number would direct the reader to the entry in the original parish 
register. The numbers commenced from 1 and ran to 59 by 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 "SMWM" 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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