NSW Electoral Roll 1878 BATHURST
Charles WILSON, household, Hope Street
Daniel SULLIVAN, residence, William Street
Grevilles 1875 Post Office Directory BATHURST
No listing for any by the name of Charles WILSON
No listing for any by the name of Daniel SULLIVAN
NSW Electoral Roll 1870 BATHURST
No listing for any by the name of Charles WILSON
No listing for any by the name of Daniel SULLIVAN
The above info MAY BE relevant, and then again it MAY BE NOTHING to do with your couple.
I am actually unable to find any info in your reply #71 that gives you any reason to consider that that Charles was born in Tasmania to Charles and Sarah WILSON.
I will stress that the NSW BDM marriage record may NOT have all the answers, but there’s information on the NSW BDM record that should help you get to the actual original parish register.
If this were my family I would NOT be purchasing the NSW BDM marriage certificate, BUT I would be purchasing the OFFICIAL transcription of the NSW BDM marriage certificate. Official transcriptions are reliable, are licenced by NSW BDM and are transcribed by experienced people who are familiar with the handwriting of the clergy who submitted summary information to the NSW BDM in 1878.
This was in the era when NSW BDM was mid way through 40 years of disputes with the Churches over how much/how little info the NSW civil admin actually needed to know about the couples marrying in NSW. The clergy were withholding details that they collected from the brides and grooms, and only providing ‘summaries’ of the marriages to the civil registration processes. BUT the NSW BDM’s records will give you the details of the clergy, denomination, witnesses, etc. The elusive blanks (on civil official registrations) are usually found/resolved on the actual parish register, which is why you only need an official transcription from NSW BDM. With that official transcription you will learn which denomination. With that knowledge you then set about finding out which organisation has the current custody of the parish register.
The headings on NSW BDM marriage certificates (and on official transcriptions) include the following that are NOT covered in the indexes that your reply # 71 is likely drawn from
the then AGES of the bride and the groom, and if either were not yet 21, the details of who gave consent on their behalf, (name and relationship)
Where born, (town and colony, or if overseas, sometimes just the country)
their marital status (bachelor, widower, divorcee petitioner, spinster, widow, divorcee etc) ( Single is a NEW term introduced quite recently, it is NOT on the actual record, it is a politically correct term, and does not mean 'never married' ... Divorce came to NSW in 1873)
their usual residential addresses,
their occupations,
their father’s occupations,
the names of the witnesses (occasionally their home addresses even)
the denomination
where the ceremony was held ... (manse/home/church building etc)
the clergyman’s name
See this (quite lengthy) thread :
https://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=546609.0NSW BDM info on OFFICIAL transcriptions :
https://www.bdm.nsw.gov.au/familyhistory scroll down. All three offer excellent service.
It is simply NOT possible to draw any conclusion as to the origins of Mary SULLIVAN’s husband or his parents without knowing what first hand information HE gave to the clergyman when marrying Mary. I cannot stress strongly enough HOW significant it is that the surname you are researching is one of the most popular surnames in NSW in that era, and thus how careful and dedicated you need to be when validating info before proceeding to the parents’ generation and beyond.
JM
Modified re some grammar issues.
