Marriages in Australia

Australian Marriage Notices for People from Kent

The Register 1840-1865


Source: Transcribed by Mary Packham of Adelaide, South Australia.
Mary can expand on some of these families from information given in the Biographical Index of South Australians, 1836-1885 if required.


23 May, 1840
This Morning. at Trinity Church (Adelaide), by the Rev. C.B. Howard, Thomas
Newman TURNER, second son of Thomas Turner. Esq., of Ash, in the County of
Kent. to Hannah, youngest daughter of the late Wm. HOLBROOK, Esq., of Derby.

11 June, 1845
On  Monday, the 2nd June, at St. John's Church (Adelaide), by the Rev. James
Farrell, Abraham, fifth son of Mr. William POPE, of Topsham, Devon, to
Sarah, sixth daughter of Mr. Richard CHARLESWORTH, late of Sheerness, Kent.

28th June, 1845
By the Rev. James Farrell, at his residence, on the 23rd day of June,
Alfred, eldest  son of George COOPER, late Serjeant-at-arms, of the House of
Representatives, City of Washington, United States of America, to Esther,
fifth daughter of Mr. Richard CHARLESWORTH, formerly of Sheerness, Kent.

24 February, 1851
On the 22nd inst. at Trinity Church (Adelaide), by the Very Rev. the Dean of
Adelaide, Mr Edward COLLINGWOOD, of this city,  fourth son of Samuel
Collingwood, Esq., of Wellington Grove, Blackheath, Kent, to Helen, fifth
daughter of the Rev. James MACGOWAN, of North Terrace.

28 June, 1851
On Wednesday, June 25, at Trinity Church (Adelaide), Edward SHAHEL, of
London, to Miss Harriet Hester MELANG, late of Dover, Kent.

14 January, 1852
On Monday, the 12th inst. at Trinity Church (Adelaide), by the Rev. the Dean
of Adelaide, Edmund John, youngest son of Mr. Daniel EYRE (late surgeon), of
Lee, Kent, England, to Katherine Louisa, youngest daughter of Mr. John GOOD,
Great North-road.

6 April, 1852
On the 3rd instant, at St. John Church (Adelaide), by licence, by the Rev.
T.P. Wilson, John Hamlet GREEN, of Whitechurch, Shropshire, to Jane
Elizabeth, third daughter of the late Wm. SKINNER, of West Malling, Kent.

8 July 1852
By  licence, on the 1st July, at Christ Church, O'Halloran Hill, by the Rev.
J.W. Shoales, John THORPE, youngest son of Charles Thorpe, of Tunbridge
Wells, Kent, to Frances, eldest daughter of John BOTTREL, Esq., of
Scaldwell, Northamptonshire.

6 November, 1852
On the 13th July, at Riple Church, by the Rev. W.F. Harrison, B.D., Rector
of Winterbourne Bassett, Wiltshire, Charles BECK, Esq., of Grove road, St.
John's Wood, late of Adelaide, South Australia, to Ellen Kingsman, daughter
of John Baker SLADEN, Esq., of Ripple Court,  Kent.

12 November, 1852
By special licence, at St. John's Church, Adelaide, H.B. DOBINSON,  eldest
son of the late Edward Dobinson, Esq., of the Woodlands, Charlton, Kent, to
Esther JONES, the only daughter of Edward Jones, Esq., of Wood-street,
Woolwich, Kent, England.

15 March 1853
On Monday, 14th March, at St. John's Church (Adelaide), by the Rev. J.C.
Bagshaw, M.A., Mr. Henry CATT, of  Brompton, Kent, to Emma, second daughter
of Mr.J.H.C. GOME, of Brompton, Kent.

13 May, 1853
On Tuesday last, at the Wesleyan Chapel, Pirie-street, Adelaide, by the Rev.
T.T.N. Hull, Mr. James Bailey BASSETT, of Buckland House, Willunga, to Miss.
Mary Marrell, eldest daughter of Mr. William FARMER,  late of Erith, Kent.

29 December, 1853
On the 24th instant, at Trinity Church (Adelaide), by the Very Rev. the
Dean, Mr Henry Thomas CULLEN, of Green-street, near Sittingbourne, Kent, to
Elizabeth, widow of the late Mr. Joseph BARNETT.

1 May 1854
On the 29th April, at Trinity Church, (Adelaide), by the Rev. Charles
Marryatt, B.A., Charles Townsend HARGRAVE, Esq., C.E., third son of the late
Abraham Hargrave, Esq., of Ballynoe, County Cork, to Jessie, second daughter
of the late John MORTON, Esq., of Shooter's Hill, Kent.

14 July, 1854
On the 12th instant, at St. John's Church (Adelaide), by the Rev. Mr.
Bagshaw, Mr. W. TEMPLE, merchant, late of Stratford, third son of Henry
Temple, Esq., Sandwich, Kent, to Ellen, eldest daughter of Mr. Stephen
BLATCHFORD, formerly of Baddesly Farm, near Leamington, Hampshire.

8 September, 1854
On the 5th September, at Trinity Church (Adelaide), by the Very Rev. Dean
Farrell, Henry E. RANDALL, Forest Inn, Bay-road, son of the late E. Randell,
of Bexley Heath, Kent, to Anna, eldest daughter of John CARD,  builder,
Westbury, Wiltshire.
(Spelling of bridegroom's suname RANDALL/RANDELL, exactly as printed).

4 October 1854
On 20th September, at Mailing Grove, Hawthorne, by Rev.W.P.Scott, Mr.
William Stanley WARREN, of Hartwell, Boroondara, to Harriette, second
daughter of Mr. John COLLINGS, formerly of West Malling, Kent.

10 November 1854
On the 6th instant, by the Rev. W.H. Coombes, of St. George's Church,
Gawler, Mr. Samuel TAPSCOTT, of the Eastern Sources of the Torrens, and late
of  Higham, Somersetshire, to Harriet, youngest daughter of Mr. James
PHILLIS, of the same place and late of Eistry, East Kent.

15 December 1854
On November 9th, at Woodford, by the Rev. Ed. Miller, Mr. William FARMER, of
Payneham, near Adelaide, (late of Erith, Kent), to Agnes, fourth daughter of
the late Mr. DENT, of Street Court, and relict of Mr. LANE, Little Cowarne
Mills, Herefordshire.

10 January 1855
On the 9th instant, at St. Paul's Church, Port Adelaide, by the Rev. E.
Bayfield, James, third son of John GROSSE, Esq., merchant, of London, to
Rose Matilda, youngest daughter of the late Mr. John VENN, Greenwich, Kent.

1 March 1855
On 28th February, at St. Matthew's, Kensington, by the Rev. E. Jenkins, G.H.
LOCKYER, Esq., of Hindley-street, (Adelaide), to Hannah Maria, youngest
daughter of G. BEVIS, Esq., late of Canterbury, Kent.

7 March 1855
On 16th February, by special licence, by the Rev. H.L. Tuck, at the
residence of Mr Ephraim Evans, of Tungkillo,  Mr. James Dodd FINN,
blacksmith, late of Canterbury, Kent, to Margaret, third daughter of Mr.
James FORSTER, of Guernsey.

12 March 1855
On the 9th instant, by licence, at Trinity Church (Adelaide), by the Rev. C.
Marryatt, George, third son of Lieut. BOBINSON, of the 88th Light Infantry,
to Sophia Ross, fourth daughter of the late John MARTEN, Esq., of
Canterbury, Kent.

30th March 1855
On 30th December 1854, at Milton, John LOCKE, Esq., of Hornesy Wood, near
London, to Caroline, youngest daughter, of John HUMPAGE, Esq., M.D.,
Gravesend, Kent.

12 April 1855
On Monday, 9th instant, at Willunga, by the Rev. John Harcourt, Mr. E.P.
NESBIT, of  Angaston, to Miss. Ann Vincent, youngest daughter  of Mr. W.
FARMER, late of Erith, Kent.

26 April 1855
On the 21st instant, at St. Jame's Church, Blakiston, by the Rev. J.
Fulford, Mr John BRAUNSTHAL, of Echunga, to Eleanor, eldest daughter of Mr.
John DALTON, carpenter, of Nairne, and granddaughter of Mr. W. ALLINGHAM,
gunsmith, of Nairne, formerly of Chatham, Kent.

9 July 1855
On Saturday, July 7th, 1855, by special licence, at the Church of Holy
Trinity, Adelaide, by the Rev. C. Marryat, Acting Colonial Chaplain, Mr
Walsingham Weston TUXFORD, merchant, Adelaide, to Miss. Mary Ann WILLIAMS,
second daughter of Mr James Williams, formerly of Woolwich, Kent, England.

2nd August, 1855
On 30th July, at St. John's Church (Adelaide), by the Rev. A.R. Russell,
Martha Francis, eldest daughter of the late Mr. William MOREY, West Hall
Farm, near Sherborne, Dorset, to Charles, eighth son of Henry TEMPLE, Esq.,
Fishers Street, Sandwich, Kent.

18 August, 1855
On the 16th inst., at the office of the Deputy-Registrar for Yatala, by
licence, Mr. George S. TURNER, fifth son of Mr. T. Turner, of Wingham, Kent,
to Mary Ann, eldest daughter of the late Mr. Thomas ABBOTT, of Munno Para
West.

12 December, 1855
By special licence, at St. John's Church, Adelaide, Mr. William PEPPERELL,
of Devonshire, to Amelia, youngest daughter of the late Mr. Thomas HAYWARD,
of Kent.

4 October 1856
On 28th May, 1856, at the parish church of Fletching, by the Rev. S.D.
Wilde, Vicar, assisted by the Rev. Edward Turner, rector of Maresfield,
uncle of the bride, Horace, eldest son of the late Thos. MARTIN, Esq., of
Hextle House, East Peckham, Kent, to Ellen Mary, eldest daughter of George
TURNER, Esq., of Fletching, Sussex.

23 October 1856
On the 21st. inst., at St. Luke's Church, (Adelaide), by the Rev. Mr.
Pollitt, Mr. Robert GEE, to Elizabeth, third daughter of Mr. William HENLEY,
farmer, of Goodwood (near Adelaide), formerly of Yalding, near Maidstone,
Kent.

26 February, 1857
On the 25th instant, by licence, at St. George's Church, Gawler, by the Rev.
W.H. Coombs, Mr George FINN, of Trial Hill, Barossa, to Mrs. Fanny FINN,
late of Canterbury, Kent, England.

6 August, 1857
On 16th July, by Episcopal licence, at St. George's Church, Gawler, by the
Rev. W.H. Coombs, Henry William, youngest son of William THIRKELL, Esq., of
Sydenham, Kent, to Christiana Matilda, relict of the late Mr NASH, of
Adelaide, and only daughter of the late William HUDDLESTON, Esq.,
Northfleet, Kent, England.

12 May 1858
On 10th instant, by special licence, at St. John's Church (Adelaide), by the
Rev. Canon Russell, Joseph Noah, eldest son of Joseph PERRY, Esq., of
Acland-street, Adelaide, to Sarah Castle, youngest daughter of Mr. William
PETTMAN, of Herne, Kent, England.

1 June 1858
On 20th March, by special licence,  at St. Luke's, Emerald Hill, Melbourne,
by the Rev. R.B. Dickenson, Henry William WILSON, late of Gravesend, Kent,
England, to Theresa KNIGHT, late of Chichester, Sussex, England.

27 September, 1858
On 25th September, at the Church of Holy Trinity, (Adelaide), by  licence,
by the Very Rev. Dean Farrell, Mr . William TUXFORD, Importer and
Agricultural Engineer, North-terrace, Grote and Gouger Streets, Adelaide, to
Miss. Matilda, daughter of Mr. James WILLIAMS, Adelaide, formerly of
Woolwich, Kent.

1 December 1858
On 25th November, by licence, at Trinity Church, Adelaide, by the Rev. Dean
Farrell, Mr. Charles SAMSON, late of Wittersham, Kent, to Mary Jane,  eldest
daughter of Mr. W. LUKE, Norwood.

18 June, 1859
On the 9th June, by special licence, at the residence of the bride's mother,
Norwood, by the Rev. C.W. Evan, William, eldest son of Mr Charles SMART, of
Unley, to Mary Ann, eldest daughter of the late William PETTMAN, of Herne,
Kent, England.

27 June 1859
On Saturday, 25th June, at Christchurch, North Adelaide, by the Rev.
Archdeacon Woodcock, Henry George CROCKER, Esq., of Old Charlton, Kent,
England, to Rosa Catherine Bouch SAYERS, the only daughter of W.J. SAYERS,
Esq., of Cowandilla, near Adelaide, South Australia.

28 June 1859
On 25th June, at the Wesleyan Minister's residence, Kooringa, by the Rev.
Robert C. Flockart, Mr Edward WELLER, late of Kent, England, to Harriett,
youngest daughter of the late Mr. Edward MARTIN,  of Denbury, Devonshire,
England, both of Wildoto, near Kooringa (Burra), South Australia.

10 March 1860
On 10th January, at St. John's Church, Tunbridge Wells, by the Rev. D.
Winham, MA., Edmund MOREY Esq., of Euston, Murray River, Australia, younger
son of the late Lieut. George Morey, R.N. to Alice, daughter of the late
Capt. Henry PARKER. R.M.

31 July 1860
On the 28th July, at the Baptist Chapel, North Adelaide, by the Rev. George
Stonehouse, Mr. George HARRIS, late of Ramsgate, Kent, to Emily Gertrude,
third daughter of W. LOPER (SOPER- "Register" summary and
"Observer"),London, city missionary.

5 April 1860
On the 2nd April, at St. Luke's Church by the Rev. J. Pollit, Mr. C.G. WARD,
to  Lucy, seventh daughter of Mr. William HENLEY, farmer, of Goodwood,
Adelaide, late of Kent, England.

20 April, 1861
On the 17th instant, at the residence of the bride's father, Francis
William, youngest son of the late Rev. John STOKES, Vicar of Cobham and
Rector of Milton, in Kent, to Emily Rebecca, fourth daughter of William
GILES, Esq., of Beaumont (Adelaide).

23 December, 1861
On the 20th December, at Blakiston, nr. Mount Barker, South Australia, by
the Rev. W.B. Andrews, Incumbent, Mr. Octavius  WELD, B.A., M.D., seventh
son of the Rev. J. Weld, M.A., Tenterden, Kent, England, to Miss. Ann
JOHNSTONE, fifth daughter of Mr. Henry Johnstone, J.P., of London, Canada
West.

16 April, 1862
On the 9th April, at Stebonheath, Langhorne's Creek (nr. Adelaide), by the
Rev. A. Pithouse, William Abraham, eldest son of the late Mr. W. HARRIS, of
Mile End, London, to Miss. Elizabeth Willingham DALTON, late of Gravesend,
Kent.

19 April, 1862
On the 17th April, at St. John's Church (Adelaide), by the Rev. D.J.H.
Ibbetson, Mr. George WOOD, of Norwood, to Miss. Harriet UPTON, formerly of
Wrotham, Kent.

28 April, 1862
On the 24th April, at the residence of the bride's father, by the Rev.
Charles Goldsmith, T. GOLDSMITH, second son of Mr. Thomas Goldsmith, of
Dover, to Elizabeth,  second daughter of Mr. William McARTHUR, of Rapid Bay,
South Australia.

2 May 1862
On the 1st May, at St. John's Church, Adelaide. by the Rev. D.J.H. Ibbetson,
John James, eldest son of Mr. John James WHITBREAD, of Kent, England, to
Elizabeth Louisa, youngest daughter of Mr. Edward DOBSON, of Norfolk, late
of London, England

4 July, 1862
on 7th June, at his residence, Williamstown, South Australia, by the Rev.
M.C. Wilson, Mr James SLADDEN, eldest son of Mr. James Sladden, of Houth
Court, Kent, England, to Miss. Sarah Ann, youngest daughter of Mr. Daniel
BLAKEBY, of Kapunda, South Australia.

25 July, 1862
On the 23rd of July at Morphett Vale, South Australia, by the Rev. D.
Badger, William HEAD, to Jane, fourth eldest daughter of Mr. HENLEY, of
Goodwood (nr Adelaide), formerly of Kent, England.

16 February, 1863
On the 14th February, at St. Paul's Church, Adelaide, by the Rev. Canon
Russell, Mr. John HOLMAN, to Fanny, eldest daughter of the late Mr. C.
HEMSLEY, of Blackheath, Kent.

19 February, 1863
On the 18th February, at Clayton Chapel, Kensington, by the Rev. W. Harcus,
Mr. Samuel LEWIS, of Darlington, Sturt (nr. Adelaide), to Mary ALEXANDER,
relict of Thomas Alexander, Esq., Kent, England, and late of Adelaide.

3 April, 1863
On the 2nd April, at St. Paul's Church, Adelaide, by the Rev. Canon Russell,
Mr. Sidney HAKE, to Charlotte Helen, youngest daughter of the late Mr
Charles HEMSLEY, of Blackheath, Kent.

2 May, 1863
On the 30th April, at St. John's Church, by the Rev. D.J.H.  Ibbetson,
Joseph ROBERTS, builder, late of Woolwich, Kent, England, to Miss. Mary Anne
MOCKRIDGE, third daughter of Mr. Benjamin Mockridge, late of Waymouth,
England.

8 July, 1863
On the 27th January, by licence, at St. Paul's Church, Adelaide, by the Rev.
Canon Russell, Mr. John MADDOX, eldest son of Mr. John Maddox, of Hereford,
to Margaret, third daughter of Mr. R.H. BIRD, of Port Adelaide, formerly of
Horton Kirby, Kent, England.

24 October, 1863
On the 17th October, by licence, by the Rev. C.W. Evan, Mr. James GORDON, of
Port Adelaide to Mary, second daughter of Mr. Robert Horner BIRD, of the
same place, late of Horton, Kirby, Kent, England.

28 December, 1863
On the 26th December, by special licence, at St. Patrick's Church,
West-Terrace (Adelaide), by the Rev. John Smyth, William Edward ROBERTS, of
Point Belle, St. Margaret's Bay, to Mary Elizabeth DOWLING, of the same
place.

13 January, 1864
At Trinity Church, Adelaide, by the Very Rev. Dean  Farrell, John WINZOR
Esq., of Deal Court, Salisbury, South Australia, to Mary, relict of the late
Captain LANGLEY, of Folkestone, Kent, England.

27 December, 1864
On the 26th December, at the residence of the bride's uncle, Mr. Milway, by
the Rev. Thomas Lloyd, Mr. Robert, eldest son of Captain E. SELLEN, of
Sittingbourne, Kent, England, to Miss. Jane, eldest daughter of Mr. Robert
DEAN, of Little Hampton.   No cards.

14 December, 1865
On the 30th November, at the residence of the bride's parents, by the Rev.
J. Watsford, Mr. Richard WHITING, miller, second son of Mr. George Whiting,
late of Kent, England, to Eliza, second youngest daughter of Mr. Samuel DAY,
farmer, of St. John's Wood, Nailsworth (Adelaide).

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