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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