Hello Anne, Yes, that's the one. Been trying to interrupt the writing for an age. His name was John C. Symons. Thanks. Marina ----- Original Message ----- From: "Anne Hanson" <ahanson8@bigpond.com> To: <AUS-VIC-HIGH-COUNTRY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, December 30, 2005 4:17 PM Subject: RE: [HC] Wesleyan Minister - Beechworth 1857 > Marina, > > I have just checked my Ovens Goldfields Directory for 1857 and the > Wesleyan > Minister then was Rev. J.C. Symons - is that the name on the marriage > certificate. > > Cheers > > Anne > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Marina & Bruce Borland [mailto:matilda@snap.net.nz] > Sent: Thursday, 29 December 2005 6:40 PM > To: AUS-VIC-HIGH-COUNTRY-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [HC] MARRIAGE > > > Hello Margaret, > In 1857, imagine there would not have been a resident minister at > Woolshed. > My guess is that clergy would have resided mainly in Beechworth and > visited other areas as part of a circuit every so on, holding services, > performing marriages, christenings and so on, on each visit. Will be an > interesting exercise to try and find out whether banns were actually > called. > Marina > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "p.ml.pool" <P.ML.Pool@xtra.co.nz> > To: <AUS-VIC-HIGH-COUNTRY-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Thursday, December 29, 2005 7:19 PM > Subject: Re: [HC] MARRIAGE > > >> HI Marina, >> it was quite common for people to be married in a private residence, dont >> assume there were no banns called. >> I just checked through a Google search and there was some sites dealing >> with Wesleyan Methodist Churches in Australia, might be worth a look. >> Good luck >> Margaret >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Marina & Bruce Borland" <matilda@snap.net.nz> >> To: <AUS-VIC-HIGH-COUNTRY-L@rootsweb.com> >> Sent: Thursday, December 29, 2005 3:04 PM >> Subject: Re: [HC] MARRIAGE >> >> >>> Hello Margaret, >>> >>> Thank you. >>> >>> The couple I am interested in were married at a private residence, at >>> Woolshed Creek, 1857, by a minister of the Wesleyan Church, thus >>> presume >>> there were no banns. This marriage was a "rushed affair" I daresay, as >>> the bride produced a baby some three months later! >>> >>> No, not a member of the NZSG. >>> >>> Regards, >>> >>> Marina >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>> From: "p.ml.pool" <P.ML.Pool@xtra.co.nz> >>> To: <AUS-VIC-HIGH-COUNTRY-L@rootsweb.com> >>> Sent: Thursday, December 29, 2005 4:26 PM >>> Subject: Re: [HC] MARRIAGE >>> >>> >>>> Hi Marina, >>>> you are dealing with 2 separate issues, the reading of banns was a >>>> church thing and yes I would say that it happened in Australia too, as >>>> it did in Great Britain and NZ churches, so if you know the church they >>>> were married in, and if they did have a church wedding try there for >>>> records of banns. >>>> >>>> I cant tell you about the civil side of marriage in Australia, but >>>> there >>>> are books about Family History Research in Australia, and you would >>>> probably find your answer there, but each state may have had different >>>> regulations. >>>> >>>> I see you live in NZ, do you belong to the NZSG ? they have books >>>> available for borrowing on Australian Family History Research. >>>> >>>> Hope this helps, Happy New Year to you too, >>>> >>>> Margaret, >>>> NZ >>>> >>>> >>>> ----- Original Message ----- >>>> From: "Marina & Bruce Borland" <matilda@snap.net.nz> >>>> To: <AUS-VIC-HIGH-COUNTRY-L@rootsweb.com> >>>> Sent: Thursday, December 29, 2005 11:26 AM >>>> Subject: [HC] MARRIAGE >>>> >>>> >>>>> To all on the HC list, a Very Happy New Year, and Safe 2006. >>>>> >>>>> Questions. When a couple were married in the HC region, 1857 era, were >>>>> there any PRE-marriage applications (maybe to the court), banns, or >>>>> whatever, that were required to be made first? Was a licence eg >>>>> necessary? Or did the couple simply go off, get married, and the >>>>> appropriate marriage registration made. >>>>> >>>>> My thanks for assistance with this poser. >>>>> >>>>> Regards, >>>>> >>>>> Marina >>>>> New Zealand >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> No virus found in this incoming message. >>>>> Checked by AVG Free Edition. >>>>> Version: 7.1.371 / Virus Database: 267.14.8/215 - Release Date: >>>>> 12/27/2005 >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> No virus found in this incoming message. >>> Checked by AVG Free Edition. >>> Version: 7.1.371 / Virus Database: 267.14.8/215 - Release Date: >>> 12/27/2005 >>> >>> >> >> > > >

Marina, Happy to help. Anne -----Original Message----- From: Marina & Bruce Borland [mailto:matilda@snap.net.nz] Sent: Friday, 30 December 2005 2:42 PM To: AUS-VIC-HIGH-COUNTRY-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [HC] Wesleyan Minister - Beechworth 1857 Hello Anne, Yes, that's the one. Been trying to interrupt the writing for an age. His name was John C. Symons. Thanks. Marina ----- Original Message ----- From: "Anne Hanson" <ahanson8@bigpond.com> To: <AUS-VIC-HIGH-COUNTRY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, December 30, 2005 4:17 PM Subject: RE: [HC] Wesleyan Minister - Beechworth 1857 > Marina, > > I have just checked my Ovens Goldfields Directory for 1857 and the > Wesleyan > Minister then was Rev. J.C. Symons - is that the name on the marriage > certificate. > > Cheers > > Anne > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Marina & Bruce Borland [mailto:matilda@snap.net.nz] > Sent: Thursday, 29 December 2005 6:40 PM > To: AUS-VIC-HIGH-COUNTRY-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [HC] MARRIAGE > > > Hello Margaret, > In 1857, imagine there would not have been a resident minister at > Woolshed. > My guess is that clergy would have resided mainly in Beechworth and > visited other areas as part of a circuit every so on, holding services, > performing marriages, christenings and so on, on each visit. Will be an > interesting exercise to try and find out whether banns were actually > called. > Marina > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "p.ml.pool" <P.ML.Pool@xtra.co.nz> > To: <AUS-VIC-HIGH-COUNTRY-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Thursday, December 29, 2005 7:19 PM > Subject: Re: [HC] MARRIAGE > > >> HI Marina, >> it was quite common for people to be married in a private residence, dont >> assume there were no banns called. >> I just checked through a Google search and there was some sites dealing >> with Wesleyan Methodist Churches in Australia, might be worth a look. >> Good luck >> Margaret >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Marina & Bruce Borland" <matilda@snap.net.nz> >> To: <AUS-VIC-HIGH-COUNTRY-L@rootsweb.com> >> Sent: Thursday, December 29, 2005 3:04 PM >> Subject: Re: [HC] MARRIAGE >> >> >>> Hello Margaret, >>> >>> Thank you. >>> >>> The couple I am interested in were married at a private residence, at >>> Woolshed Creek, 1857, by a minister of the Wesleyan Church, thus >>> presume >>> there were no banns. This marriage was a "rushed affair" I daresay, as >>> the bride produced a baby some three months later! >>> >>> No, not a member of the NZSG. >>> >>> Regards, >>> >>> Marina >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>> From: "p.ml.pool" <P.ML.Pool@xtra.co.nz> >>> To: <AUS-VIC-HIGH-COUNTRY-L@rootsweb.com> >>> Sent: Thursday, December 29, 2005 4:26 PM >>> Subject: Re: [HC] MARRIAGE >>> >>> >>>> Hi Marina, >>>> you are dealing with 2 separate issues, the reading of banns was a >>>> church thing and yes I would say that it happened in Australia too, as >>>> it did in Great Britain and NZ churches, so if you know the church they >>>> were married in, and if they did have a church wedding try there for >>>> records of banns. >>>> >>>> I cant tell you about the civil side of marriage in Australia, but >>>> there >>>> are books about Family History Research in Australia, and you would >>>> probably find your answer there, but each state may have had different >>>> regulations. >>>> >>>> I see you live in NZ, do you belong to the NZSG ? they have books >>>> available for borrowing on Australian Family History Research. >>>> >>>> Hope this helps, Happy New Year to you too, >>>> >>>> Margaret, >>>> NZ >>>> >>>> >>>> ----- Original Message ----- >>>> From: "Marina & Bruce Borland" <matilda@snap.net.nz> >>>> To: <AUS-VIC-HIGH-COUNTRY-L@rootsweb.com> >>>> Sent: Thursday, December 29, 2005 11:26 AM >>>> Subject: [HC] MARRIAGE >>>> >>>> >>>>> To all on the HC list, a Very Happy New Year, and Safe 2006. >>>>> >>>>> Questions. When a couple were married in the HC region, 1857 era, were >>>>> there any PRE-marriage applications (maybe to the court), banns, or >>>>> whatever, that were required to be made first? Was a licence eg >>>>> necessary? Or did the couple simply go off, get married, and the >>>>> appropriate marriage registration made. >>>>> >>>>> My thanks for assistance with this poser. >>>>> >>>>> Regards, >>>>> >>>>> Marina >>>>> New Zealand >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> No virus found in this incoming message. >>>>> Checked by AVG Free Edition. >>>>> Version: 7.1.371 / Virus Database: 267.14.8/215 - Release Date: >>>>> 12/27/2005 >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> No virus found in this incoming message. >>> Checked by AVG Free Edition. >>> Version: 7.1.371 / Virus Database: 267.14.8/215 - Release Date: >>> 12/27/2005 >>> >>> >> >> > > >