Richard PARSONS m Elizabeth BROWNE 1842 Geelong

[Jennaya]

Hi All

I have the marriage record of the above. They married 29 October, 1842 at Geelong, Presbyterian marriage. The witnesses were Henry BROWNE and Margaret FRIEND.

What I would like to know is when/ where Richard and Elizabeth were born and when they arrived in Australia if they were born overseas.

There are number of Richard PARSONS who were convicts. Could Richard have been one of these convicts?

Regards
Jennaya

[warncoort]

Presbyterian records not online,search fees apply here.
pcnsw.org.au/
Have you traced both parties?If so,was an obituary published?

[Jennaya]

Hi Warncoort

Thanks for your reply. I have no other info on them. I will try Trove to find an obituary.

Regards
Jennaya

[judb]

TROVE has this marriage announcement but not sure if the reference to Ireland is for both of them.
https:https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/92676329

31 October 1842, Geelong Advertiser
MARRIED,
By special License, on Saturday the 29th instant, by the Rev. A. Love, Richard Parsons to Elizabeth Browne, both of Geelong, and late of Killeigh, King's County, Ireland.

Judith

[judb]

FamilySearch has this baptism:
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V5V7-13R

Richard Parsons, Male
Baptism Date: 14 Nov 1809 at Killeigh, Kings, Ireland
Father: John Parsons
(FHL Film Number990092)

From:
Australia, Death Index, 1787-1985

1867, Victoria, #9559
Richard Parsons,59
Death Place: Victoria
Parents' Names: John, Catherine
Judith

[judb]

Find-a-Grave has him buried at Winchelsea:

Richard Parsons, died 1 Sep 1867
Cemetery: Winchelsea, Surf Coast Shire, Victoria, Australia
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/153794958

Judith

[majm]

Hi,

Some questions for pondering ...

Did the clergy make any 'margin' notes anywhere on the church register ....
  bachelor/spinster/widowed
  ages (sometimes as numbers near their signatures)
  if permission was given ... by governor
  did they sign? or make their mark?

JM

[judb]

Newspaper report of his death:

https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/108511683
Gippsland Guardian, Sat 14 Sep 1867
Richard Parsons died suddenly at Winchelsea, on the 31st ult., from the effects of excessive drinking. The policeman who had charge of the body deposed that he found an empty bottle upon it.

Judith

[Jennaya]

Thanks everyone.

JM, I purchased this record in 1990 from Vic BDM. Record no 90/5071.

It is actually a whole page copied from a register, with other records as well.

At the top it says presbyterian marriages celebrated in the district of Port Phillip rom the year 1838 to 1843 as recorded in the registrar generals office at Sydney New South Wales.

Then on the line with a star beside it are their names and date and location and witnesses.

Regards
Jennaya