LIST 31 - MARRIAGES - ST MATTHEWS WINDSOR

 
 
During this decade there were 202 marriages performed at St Matthews, seventy 
less than the previous decade. On average just under 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
 place of abode
 officiating minister
 reference number
 
The marriages are listed in chronological order.
 
As explained above the age at marriage is a derived figure.
 
In the original register the standard information recorded was; date, family 
name and Christian name of both bride and groom, their place of abode and the 
officiating minister. Information in the register but not included here 
includes; names of the witnesses to the marriage. Interested readers are 
urged to consult the originals.
 
From 1826 onwards it was recorded who gave permission for the marriage; the 
father to colonial born brides and the governor to convicts. Also from 1826 
the parties occasionally had their ages recorded as well.
 
The place of abode is only recorded for those not living in Windsor.
 
The Reverend John Cross continued as rector of St Matthews from the start of 
the decade until January 1828 with the Rev Matthew D Meares performing two 
marriages in October 1825. The Rev Elijah Smith took over the rectorship from 
February to December 1828 with the Rev Samuel Marsden taking the opportunity 
to marry his son Charles in June. The Rev Joseph Docker then administered the 
parish for the remainder of the decade.
 
The Davids Horton, father and son, married on the same day in July 1825.
 
The reference number would direct the reader to the entry in the original parish 
register. In this decade the numbers run from 309 to 510. 
 
To locate an entry on this list; firstly an alphabetical search on the name 
would be made on Lists 27 or 28 using code "SMW" 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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