Further to the message from Albert Grulke. The Government Gazette 9/4/1847 On Immigration included information on migrants free passage. Must be all married and at the time of embarkation not be over 50 years old. There is a book held in Cessnock Library "Letters from Germans" by George Nabel. One letter from Johann Peter Frauenfelder who travelled on the "Beulah" referred to 11 couples being married by the Captain during the voyage. Neville Lee ----- Original Message ----- From: "Albert Grulke" <grulke@bigpond.com.au> To: <AUS-GERMAN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, February 01, 2005 8:44 AM Subject: RE: [AUS-GERMAN] Re German Marriages in London >I replied with an explanation of the marriage issue yesterday but the place > of registration is interesting. > As they were supposed to be married before commencing the journey and as > many either married in London or on board ship I took an assumption that > somehow Kirchner managed to have the marriage registered in Germany. > As I do not have any family that I am tracing it is not practical for me > but > I would be interested to see if perhaps those listers searching for > marriage > registration of couples who came out to the Hunter and now I Learn the > Riverina in the late 1840s were to found registration in Hessen or > Silesia. > Albert Grulke > > -----Original Message----- > From: McDades [mailto:patlyn@netspace.net.au] > Sent: Monday, 31 January 2005 10:42 PM > To: AUS-GERMAN-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: [AUS-GERMAN] Re German Marriages in London > > <They were married in 1847 in London. > > <I have been unable to find any record of their marriage in or around > London. > > <Would any other readers have similar cases where their forebears were > married in London <prior to departure for Australia. > > My German Great Grandparents were also recorded as having been married > in London, however family history has it that they met on board ship and > were married on the ship. I believe that the marriage was supposed to be > recorded in the nearest port. It mustn't have reached the registration > office however as I cannot find it either. The only record I have is the > death certificates of the parties involved, which state that they were > married in London. > > Regards > Lyn > > > > > ==== AUS-GERMAN Mailing List ==== > Remember, to unsubscribe, send an email to > aus-german-l-request@rootsweb.com > with unsubscribe in the subject line. > > ============================== > Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the > last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx > > > > > ==== AUS-GERMAN Mailing List ==== > For your Aus-German resources go to > http://www.ainsleehooper.com/germlinks.htm > > ============================== > Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the > areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. > Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx > >