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Hi all.
I received this marriage certificate image from Victoria, Australia. However, I am having difficulty reading it enough to transcribe it.

Here is what I can read, and if anyone can help me fill in the blanks or correct where I'm wrong, I'd really appreciate it. Anything I am unsure of, I have made bold.

Marriages solemnised in the District of Sandhurst, Victoria (now known as Bendigo)

No in Register - 29
Where and when married - 30th December 1879, St Johns _____, ____ street, Sandhurst
Name and Surname of Parties - John Halliday & Annie Bowden
Bachelor or Spinster. If a widower or widow, date of decease of former Wife or Husband - Bachelor, Widow ____ 1870
Birthplace: ____ Scotland & Bristol England
Rank or Profession: Labourer & Dressmaker
Ages: 38 & 38
Residence Present - Echuca & Sandhurst
Residence Usual - ______ & Echuca
Parents Names: David Halliday & Elizabeth Halliday (Mitchell) & William Reece & Eliza Reece (Phillips)
Rank or profession: _____ & Foundry Labourer

I, ____________ being registered ________ do hereby certify, that I have this day, at St Johns _______ Street Sandhurst duly celebrated the marriage between John Halliday of Echuca, Labourer and Annie Bowden of Sandhurst, Dressmaker, after notice and declaration duly made and published, as by law required. Dated, the Thirtieth day of December 1879.

Marriage by licence was solemnised between us, John Halliday and Annie Bowden (her mark) according to the ____ of the St Johns ____ Presbyterian Church at Sandhurst.
Witnesses: _________ & James ______

there is also an odd number or mark next to where it says "her mark" that i'd love to be able to know what it means.

Thanks so much in advance!

Ash

Hi All,

Wondering if anyone can help me find out when John Goodenough Williams emigrated to Australia. He was born 1829 in Devonshire England, Married Angnes Bowman in Victoria in 1863 and died in Castlemaine in 1910.

From his Death certificate, he was put down as a resident for 58 years, meaning he should've emigrated in around 1852. There are two ships I can find that have a John Williams around the right age, but I'm in QLD and the records are in Victoria. Can anyone have a look at the passenger lists for "Cambodia" in Mar 1852 and "Conifiance" in Apr 1853?

Thanks
Ash

Hi All

I have a small mystery thats slightly bugging me about my 3 x Great Grandmother Josepha Ladner. Josepha was born in Penzance in 1837, the second of what would be 4 children.
I looked up the 1841 census and found the Ladner family in Penzance - Father John, Mother Sarah with kids Will, Angelina and Elizabeth but no Josepha!!
When I looked her up on her own I found her at the Bullock market? Why would she be there? As a four year old? Can anyone tell me what the Bullock Market was (other than a market selling Bullocks - or is it that simple?)
Any help appreciated.
Ashleigh

hi all,

can anyone help me decipher the following?

I have worked out some, but bits are still eluding me

6th December 1874
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Ward
City of Melbourne
C??? Bourke

Any help gratefully accepted.

Thanks,

Ash

Hey Everyone,

Does anyone have access to information about this Cemetery? In particular information about John D Bowden who died 1876? Any help gratefully accepted.

Thanks

Ash