MARRIAGES - ST PATRICKS PARRAMATTA

 
 
The third Catholic parish established outside of St Marys  Sydney was  
St  Patricks  Parramatta in 1836.  The  first  marriage  was performed  
in  the  new parish on the 8th February  1836  by  the Reverend  Father 
William Bernard Ullathorne. Up until the  end  of 1840  there  were  
99  marriages  performed.  Unfortunately  the transcription  of  the  
parish register for this  decade  is  not complete.
 
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, 62 (63%) have been identified and for the  brides 64  
(65%). The consent of the Governor was required in  56  cases (57%).
 
Whilst  the  Reverend Father William  Ullathorne  performed  four 
marriages  in February and March 1836, the Reverend Father  James 
Charles  Sumner should be considered the first resident  chaplain of 
the parish thereafter until 1839 when Reverend Father Richard Maun took 
over for the year then Reverend Father Michael Brennan was in place in 
from 1840.
 
The reference number would direct the reader to the entry in  the 
original  parish register. The numbers commenced from 1 and ran to 99 
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 "SPP"  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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