LIST 15 - MARRIAGES - ST DAVIDS HOBART

 
 
The Rev Knopwood performed 63 marriages in Hobart Van Diemens Land the first 
being in April 1803 between the marine Richard Sargent and Mary Standfield 
before the fleet left England. The second was performed at Port Phillip Bay 
on 28th November 1803 between convict Richard Garrett and Hannah Harvey. The 
third was performed at Hobart on 19th March 1804 between marine William 
Gangell and the widow Anne Skelthorne.
 
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.
 
With regard to the grooms; the arrival details of all but two are known. Joseph 
Breedon was a Lieutenant but his ship of arrival is unknown.
 
With regard to the brides; the arrival details of all but two are known whilst 
Matilda King came free her ship of arrival is unknown. 
 
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.
 
To locate an entry on this list; firstly an alphabetical search on the name 
would be made on Lists 10 or 11 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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