LIST 19 - MARRIAGES - ST DAVIDS HOBART

 
 
There were 292 marriages performed at St Davids during this decade. 
On average about one marriage every fortnight.
 
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
 bride 
 family name
 Christian name
 year and ship of arrival
 civil status at time of marriage
 age at marriage
 reference number
 
The marriages are listed in chronological order.
 
As explained above the age at marriage is a derived figure.
 
It should be pointed out that in the original register the only 
information recorded was; date, family name and Christian name of both 
bride and groom. Information in the register but not included 
here includes; the officiating minister, names of the witnesses to 
the marriage and who gave consent to the marriage (the father to 
colonial born brides and the governor to convicts). Interested 
readers are urged to consult the originals.
 
Nine of the marriages occurred outside the immediate Hobart area.
 
The reference number would direct the reader to the entry in the 
original parish register. In this decade the numbers run from 064to 
424. It should be noted however that since the Rev Knopwood was 
ministering to both St Davids and St Johns Launceston the reference 
numbers are intertwined. 
 
To locate an entry on this list; firstly an alphabetical search on 
the name would be made on Lists 15 or 16 using code "SDH" 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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