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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