LIST 14 - MARRIAGES - NORFOLK ISLAND
The Rev Fulton performed 20 marriages on Norfolk Island in the years between
1801 and 1806. The first marriage was on the 21st June 1801 and the last on
the 21st January 1806. 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 numberThe marriages are listed in chronological order.
In this register all the grooms and all the brides have been identified.
Both Thomas Lucas and James Mitchell were recorded as "free men" the former
being a former Marine and the latter a former missionary.
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.
Michael Dwyer also claims to have been married on Norfolk Island in 1803 but exactly when and by whom is not known.
To locate an entry on this list; firstly an alphabetical search on the name
would be made on Lists 10 or 11 using code "NI" 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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