MARRIAGES - ST MICHAELS: DAPTO; ILLAWARRA; WOLLONGONG

 
 
The  first marriage was performed in the new parish of Dapto  and Wollongong 
on the 1st April 1834 by the Rev Frederick  Wilkinson. Up  until  the end of 
1840 there were 66 marriages  performed, a little over one marriage every three 
months.
 
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, 49 (74%) have been identified and for the  brides 50  (76%). 
The consent of the Governor was required in  46  cases (70%).
 
The  Rev. Frederick Wilkinson ministered to the parish until  the end of 1836 
when the Rev. Matthews Meares took over for the  rest of the decade.
 
The reference number would direct the reader to the entry in  the original parish 
register. The numbers commenced from 1 and ran to 42  by the end 1838. The numbers 
were re-initialized to  B001  in 1839 and ran to B024 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 "SMWO" 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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