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CHATFIELD Pearl A 
| Birth GRO 4th qtr 1950 CHATFIELD, Pearl A Johnson Deben 4b 879 |
| Marriages GRO 2nd qtr 1972 CHATFIELD. Pearl A SNEAD Ipswich 4b 3006 |
| Vermont, Vital Records Name: Pearl Dexter Chatfield Event Type: Death Event Date: 26 Dec 1943 Event Place: Randolph, , Vermont Gender: Male Age: 72 Birth Year (Estimated): 1871 Father's Name: Dexter Chatfield Mother's Name: Lina Spouse's Name: Emma Saunders Chatfield GS Film number: 1984411 Digital Folder Number: 004703675 Image Number: 00261 |
| Vermont, Vital Records Name: Pearl D Chatfield Event Date: 28 Oct 1920 Event Place: Randolph, , Vermont Gender: Male Father's Name: Dexter L Chatfield Mother's Name: Lina L Owen Spouse's Name: Emma Clyal Saunders GS Film number: 1984409 Digital Folder Number: 004703672 Image Number: 02281 |
| Iowa, County Births Name: Pearl Edalene Chatfield Event Type: Birth Event Date: 18 Feb 1911 Event Place: Palo Alto, Iowa Gender: Female Father's Name: Austin Charles Chatfield Mother's Name: Nellie Cecelia Forbes GS Film Number: 1255970 , Digital Folder Number: 004311224 , Image Number: 00288 |
| Photograph of Coal Miners: Pearl going to work at the Superior Coal Mine #3 outside of Gillespie IL, USA. He was a "loader". ----- USA World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 Name: Pearl Edward Chatfield Event Place: Macoupin County no 2, Illinois Gender: Male Birth Date: 23 Apr 1878 Birthplace: , , USA Nationality: USA GS Film number: 1614324 Digital Folder Number: 005248728 Image Number: 00328 ----- USA Census, 1920 Name: Pearl Chatfield Event Place: Gillespie Twp Gillespie City Ward 2, Macoupin, Illinois Gender: Male Age: 41 Marital Status: Married Race: White Birthplace: Ohio Birth Year (Estimated): 1879 Relationship to Head of Household: Self Household ID: 28 Sheet Number: 2 GS Film number: 1820388 Digital Folder Number: 4300552 Image Number: 00480 Household Gender Age Birthplace SELF Pearl Chatfield M 41y Ohio WIFE Myrtie E Chatfield F 37y Ohio DAU Lola B Chatfield F 13y Ohio SON Maurice Chatfield M 9y Illinois Robert Brown M 31y Scotland ----- USA Census, 1930 Name: Pearl Chatfield Event Place: Gillespie, Macoupin, Illinois Gender: Male Age: 50 Marital Status: Married Race: White Birthplace: Ohio Birth Year (Estimated): 1880 Relationship to Head of Household: Head Father's Birthplace: Ohio Mother's Birthplace: Ohio District: 0011 Household ID: 195 Sheet Number and Letter: 8A Line Number: 31 Affiliate Publication Number: T626, roll 539 GS Film number: 2340274 Digital Folder Number: 4584620 Image Number: 00769 Household Gender Age Birthplace Head Pearl Chatfield M 50 Ohio Wife Artie Chatfield F 47 Ohio Dau Berdena Chatfield F 8 Illinois Son Morris Chatfield M 20 Illinois Mother Ellie Chatfield F 72 Ohio ----- USA Census, 1940 Name: Pearl Chatfield Event Place: Ward 1, Gillespie, Gillespie Township, Macoupin, Illinois Gender: Male Age: 62 Marital Status: Married Race: White Relationship to Head of Household: Head Birthplace: Ohio Birth Year (Estimated): 1878 Last Place of Residence: Same House District: 59-10 Family Number: 272 Sheet Number and Letter: 12A Line Number: 8 Affiliate Publication Number: T627 Affiliate Film Number: 846 Digital Folder Number: 005459587 Image Number: 00190 Household Gender Age Birthplace Head Pearl Chatfield M 62 Ohio Wife Myrtie Chatfield F 58 Ohio Dau Berlina May Chatfield F 18 Illinois ----- USA World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942 Name: Pearl Edward Chatfield Event Place: Gillespie, Macoupin, Illinois Gender: Male Birth Date: 23 Apr 1878 GS Film number: 2139776 Digital Folder Number: 004134249 Image Number: 00104 |
| Husband of Myrtie Estella EWING 1882-1968 |
| Ohio, Marriages Name: Pearl Edward Chatfield Birthplace: Lawrece Co., O. Spouse's Name: Myrtle Ewing Spouse's Birth Date: 1879 Spouse's Birthplace: Jackson Co., O. Spouse's Age: 26 Event Date: 23 Aug 1905 Event Place: Jackson County, Ohio Father's Name: William Chatfield Mother's Name: Ella Rippeth Spouse's Father's Name: Albert Ewing Spouse's Mother's Name: Laura Tripp Indexing Project (Batch) Number: M86882-2 System Origin: Ohio-VR GS Film number: 301048 Reference ID: 2:3WRZ5B8 |
| Florida Death Index Affiliate CD Number FDI16 Certificate Number 82216 Name Pearl G Chatfield Event Type Death Event Date 22 Jun 1995 Event Place Pinellas, Florida Gender Unknown Age 92 Race White Birth Date 25 Aug 1902 Affiliate File Name Fdi16.txt Affiliate Line Number 172875 ----- USA Social Security Death Index Age 93 Given Name Pearl Middle Name G Surname Chatfield Birth Date 25 Aug 1902 State District Of Columbia Last Place of Residence Pinellas, Florida Previous Residence Postal Code 34688 Event Date 22 Jun 1995 ----- Find A Grave Memorial# 159482832 ===== USA Public Records Name Pearl G Chatfield Residence Date 01 Aug 1992 Residence Place Tarpon Springs, Florida Address 39 Us 19, Tarpon Springs, Florida 34689 Address Date 01 Aug 1992 Record Number 46718022 ----- USA Public Records Name Pearl G Chatfield Residence Date 01 Jan 1998 Residence Place Tarpon Springs, Florida Birth Date 25 May 1902 Phone Number (813) 937-2009 Phone Number Recorded Date 13 Nov 2000 Address 39248 US Highway 19 N # 2, Tarpon Springs, Florida 34689 Address Date 01 Jan 1998 2nd Address 1840 Us 19th, Holiday, Florida 34691 2nd Address Date 01 Mar 1994 3rd Address 1840 Us, Tarpon Springs, Florida 34689 3rd Address Date 01 Dec 1993 4th Address 224 Box 19 S., Tarpon Springs, Florida 34688 4th Address Date 01 Oct 1985 Record Number 46618321 |
| Find A Grave Memorial# 53916231 |
| Birth GRO 3rd qtr 1949 CHATFIELD, Pearl I W Hollowell Northampton 3b 756 |
| Birth 1907/19653 CHATFIELD, Pearl Lillian Jane Lillian Gray & Richard Albert Death 1991/50093 CHATFIELD, Pearl Lillian Jane born 1 December 1908 ----- Cemetery Record Surname Chatfield Forename(s) Pearl Lillian Jane Age 83 Years Gender Female Date of death 08/11/1991 Date of cremation 11/11/1991 Funeral director H. Morris Ltd Funeral director address Po Box 36273, Northcote, Auckland 0748 Cemetery Unknown Cemetery address Unknown Plot location Unknown ----- Find A Grave Memorial# 158846448 |
| N Z Marriage Index 1931/5289 Pearl Lilian Jane Chatfield & James Archdell Sedcole |
| Find A Grave Memorial# 112648260 |
| Colorado Statewide Marriage Index Name Clarence F Ide Event Type Marriage Event Date 15 Feb 1911 Event Place Glenwood Springs, Garfield, Colorado Age 36 Birth Year (Estimated) 1875 Spouse's Name Pearl M Chatfield Spouse's Age 21 Spouse's Birth Year (Estimated) 1890 Page 2195 |
| Colorado Statewide Marriage Index Name Anton M Jensen Event Type Marriage Event Date 19 Dec 1917 Event Place Glenwood Springs, Garfield, Colorado Age 32 Birth Year (Estimated) 1885 Spouse's Name Pearl Ide Spouse's Age 27 Spouse's Birth Year (Estimated) 1890 |
| Spouse of David Wall 1867-1940 |
| Spouse of David Wall 1867-1940 |
| Wisconsin, Death Index Name: Pearl O Wall Event Type: Death Event Date: 20 Dec 1962 Event Place: , , Wisconsin Residence Place: , Wisconsin Gender: Female Age: 92 Certificate Number: 034770 ----- Burial Plot: B-18-3-7 Find A Grave Memorial# 122491536 ===== USA Census, 1900 Name: Pearl Wall Event Place: Marinette city Ward 3, Marinette, Wisconsin Gender: Female Age: 31 Marital Status: Married Race: White Relationship to Head of Household: Wife Number of Living Children: 2 Years Married: 11 Birth Date: Dec 1869 Birthplace: Illinois Marriage Year (Estimated): 1889 Father's Birthplace: Illinois Mother's Birthplace: Illinois Mother of how many children: 2 Household Role Gender Age Birthplace David Wall Head M 33 Canada Eng Pearl Wall Wife F 31 Illinois Mabel Wall Dau F 10 Wisconsin Clifford Wall Son M 7 Wisconsin District: 116 , Sheet Number and Letter: 14B , Household ID: 260 , Line Number: 56 , GS Film Number: 1241799 , Digital Folder Number: 004119955 , Image Number: 00194 ----- USA Census, 1920 Name: Pearl Wall Event Place: Goodman, Marinette, Wisconsin Gender: Female Age: 50 Marital Status: Married Race: White Relationship to Head of Household: Wife Birth Year (Estimated): 1870 Birthplace: Illinois Father's Birthplace: Illinois Mother's Birthplace: New York Household Role Gender Age Birthplace David Wall Head M 52 Canada Pearl Wall Wife F 50 Illinois District: 133 , Sheet Number and Letter: 10A , Household ID: 183 , Line Number: 10 , GS Film number: 1821996 , Digital Folder Number: 004390834 , Image Number: 00616 ----- USA Census, 1940 Name: Pearl Wall Event Place: Ward 2, Green Bay, Green Bay City, Brown, Wisconsin Gender: Female Age: 70 Marital Status: Married Race: White Relationship to Head of Household: Wife Birthplace: Illinois Birth Year (Estimated): 1870 Last Place of Residence: Rural, Marinette, Wisconsin Household Role Gender Age Birthplace David Wall Head M 72 Canada Pearl Wall Wife F 70 Illinois District: 5-17 , Family Number: 26 , Sheet Number and Letter: 2A , Line Number: 17 , Affiliate Publication Number: T627 , Affiliate Film Number: 4459 , Digital Folder Number: 005461173 , Image Number: 00525 |
| Wisconsin, Marriages Name: David Wall Spouse's Name: Pearl Olive Chatfield Event Date: 12 Jun 1889 Event Place: Marinette, Wisconsin Father's Name: William Wall Mother's Name: Jane Wall Spouse's Father's Name: Oliver P. Chatfield Spouse's Mother's Name: Anna Chatfield Indexing Project (Batch) Number: M00351-7 System Origin: Wisconsin-EASy GS Film number: 1292021 Reference ID: 02317 |
| Note: Buried next to husband, Fred F. McCormick. Find A Grave Memorial# 20385899 ===== USA Census, 1920 Name: Pearl S Mccormick Event Place: Sherman, Mason, Michigan Gender: Female Age: 26 Marital Status: Married Race: White Can Read: Yes Can Write: Yes Relationship to Head of Household: Wife Birth Year (Estimated): 1894 Birthplace: Michigan Father's Birthplace: Michigan Mother's Birthplace: Michigan Household Role Gender Age Birthplace Fred F Mccormick Head M 30 Indiana Pearl S Mccormick Wife F 26 Michigan Cleobelle Mccormick Dau F 3 Michigan Gerald W Mccormick Son M 1 Michigan Edgar Rarick Grandfather-in-law M 73 New York District: 100 , Sheet Number and Letter: 7B , Household ID: 148 , Line Number: 78 , GS Film number: 1820783 , Digital Folder Number: 004311621 , Image Number: 00582 ----- USA Census, 1930 Name: Pearl Mccormick Event Place: Montague, Muskegon, Michigan Gender: Female Age: 36 Marital Status: Married Race: White Relationship to Head of Household: Wife Birth Year (Estimated): 1894 Birthplace: Michigan Father's Birthplace: Michigan Mother's Birthplace: Michigan Household Role Gender Age Birthplace Fred Mccormick Head M 40 Indiana Pearl Mccormick Wife F 36 Michigan Cleobelle Mccormick Dau F 13 Michigan Gerald Mccormick Son M 11 Michigan Gilford Mccormick Son M 5 Michigan Clarice Mccormick Dau F 0 Michigan District: 0012 , Sheet Number and Letter: 5B , Household ID: 132 , Line Number: 64 , Affiliate Name: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) , Affiliate Publication Number: T626 , Affiliate Film Number: 1014 , GS Film number: 2340749 , Digital Folder Number: 004609254 , Image Number: 00240 ----- USA Census, 1940 Name: Pearl Mccormick Event Place: Sherman Township, Mason, Michigan Gender: Female Age: 46 Marital Status: Married Race: White Relationship to Head of Household: Wife Birthplace: Michigan Birth Year (Estimated): 1894 Last Place of Residence: Rural, Mason, Michigan Household Role Gender Age Birthplace Paul Mccormick Head M 50 Indiana Pearl Mccormick Wife F 46 Michigan Gifford Mccormick Son M 15 Michigan Clarice Mccormick Dau F 10 Michigan District: 53-29 , Family Number: 73 , Sheet Number and Letter: 4B , Line Number: 68 , Affiliate Publication Number: T627 , Affiliate Film Number: 1788 , Digital Folder Number: 005461657 , Image Number: 00515 |
| Name: Fred F. Mccormick Age (Expanded): 21 years Birth Year: 1890 Birthplace: Indiana Spouse's Name: Silver Pearl Chatfield Spouse's Age (Expanded): 19 years Spouse's Birth Year: 1892 Spouse's Birthplace: Michigan Event Date: 30 Nov 1911 Event Place: Freesoil, Mason, Michigan Father's Name: Jacob Mccormick Mother's Name: Annie Reprogle Spouse's Father's Name: John Chatfield Spouse's Mother's Name: Unknown GS Film number: 2342694 , Digital Folder Number: 4001632 , Image Number: 65 , Reference ID: v 3 p 414 rn 3839 |
| Name: Jack Allen Hall Age: 24 Birth Date: 1881 Spouse's Name: Pearl Chatfield Spouse's Age: 23 Spouse's Birth Date: 1882 License Type: Marriage Event Date: 13 Apr 1905 Event Place: Chicago, Cook, Illinois Additional Relatives: X GS Film number: 1030383 , Digital Folder Number: 4270475 , Image Number: 897 , Reference ID: 406829 |
| Birth GRO 3rd qtr 1926 CHATFIELD, Peggy D Hider Godstone 2a 414 |
| Marriages GRO 4th qtr 1952 CHATFIELD, Peggy D STONE Surrey S.W. 5g 1319 STONE, Reginald W CHATFIELD Surrey S.W. 5g 1319 |
| Birth GRO 3rd qtr 1919 CHATFIELD, Peggy J Hardy Islington 1b 325 Death GRO 1st qtr 1920 CHATFIELD, Peggy J 0 Islington 1b 359 ----- Find A Grave Memorial# 127297017 |
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| 1 _MSTAT Friends |
| Birth 4th qtr 1923 CHATFIELD, Peggy M Earl Eastbourne 2b 92 Death 4th qtr 1923 CHATFIELD, Peggy M 0 Eastbourne 2b 91 |
| Birth GRO 2nd qtr 1961 CHATFIELD, Penelope A PIPER Sidcup 5b 1189 |
| Spouse of Ephraim Henry CAMPBELL 1854-1939 |
| According to 1900 census born Jan 1850. ---- Find A Grave Memorial# 20086175 ----- Mrs. Nellie Campbell aged 81 years, wife of Ephram Campbell, deceased, died at her home north of Galveston, Sunday night. Her husband preceeded her in death only a short time, having died August 31st. She leaves 5 sons to mourn her departure. Funeral services were held at the Otterbein U B Church Tuesday afternoon. Burial in the Walton cemetery. Galveston Leader Nov. 21, 1929, front page. |
| Name: Ephraim H. Campbell Spouse's Name: Nellie Chatfield Event Date: 09 Sep 1875 Event Place: Cass County, Indiana Marital Status: Unknown Spouse's Marital Status: Unknown Indexing Project (Batch) Number: M00469-7 , System Origin: Indiana-EASy , GS Film number: 1987535 , Reference ID: pg113 |
| Birth QLD 1877/C5534 Percival Chatfield Charles Mary Anne Budd ----- Find A Grave Memorial# 147546934 ===== Electoral list Booval, Ipswich, Queensland 1915. Chatfield. Percival, c/o Fox and Railway Streets, Booval; carpenter, 19 Jan., 3 1915, M. |
| QLD Marriage Index Percival CHATFIELD 28/03/1901 Florence Maud Davies 1901/C 1724 ----- The Courier-Mail (Brisbane, Qld. : Wednesday 28 March 1951) GOLDEN WEDDING CHATFIELD - DAVIES. On March 28th 1901, at Blackstone, Ipswich, by Rev. J. T. Williams, Percival, 3rd Son of the late Mr. Charles CHATFIELD, of Goodna, to Florence Maude Davies, 6th Daughter of the late Mr. Archibald Davies, of Yabbavale, Gympie. Present address, 10 Mizpah Road, Brown's Bay, Auckland, New Zealand. ----- No issue. |
| Birth GRO 2nd qtr 1898 CHATFIELD, Charles Percy Steyning 2b 272. (He joined and died in the Canadian Army as Percy Charles) ----- Find A Grave Memorial# 56582833 ===== Not found in 1901 UK Census. ----- Arrived in Canada May 16, 1915 Percy Chatfield year date vessel Montreal, Quebec ----- Butcher ----- Signed for Canadian Army 1st Dec 1916. Next of Kin: Mother, Mrs Hiscox, 804, 22nd Ave E., Vancouver, B.C. (Living with mother) CHATFIELD, Private Percy Charles 200130 56582833. b. 4 Jan or 1 Apr 1898, d. Oct. 5, 1918, Bucquoy Road Cemetery, Ficheux, Pas-de-Calais, Nord-Pas-de-Calais Region, France, IV.E.8. 47th Battalion Canadian Infantry (Western Ontario Regiment). Son of Jemima Hiscox, 132 61st Avenue, South Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada (Percy’s mother relocated to Canada after the death of her first husband). Trade Butcher. Enlisted 1 Dec 1916. Died of his wounds 5 Oct 1918. Was with his Company in the village of Sailly when he was severely wounded by machine gun bullets. He was evacuated to No. 22 Casualty Clearing Station where he succumbed to his wounds. |
| Birth GRO 2nd qtr 1893 CHATFIELD, Percy Cyril Tunbridge 2a 668 Death GRO 4th qtr 1953 CHATFIELD, Percy C 60 Greenwich 5c 489 ===== Served in the Kent Cyclist Battalion and was later transferred to The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) during the Great War. |
| Husband of Ethel Marion STANDEN 1887-1948. |
| Back row: Arthur~~Middle row: Twins Bessie and Marion~~Front row: Cyril and Ethel |
| Son of Alfred CHATFIELD & Mary Jane SUTER |
| Marriage GRO 1st qtr 1919 CHATFIELD, Percy C Standen Tonbridge 2a 1694 Standen, Ethel M Chatfield Tunbridge 2a 1694 |
| Birth 3rd qtr 1913 CHATFIELD Percy E Reed Uckfield 2b 213 ----- England and Wales Death Registration Index Name: Percy Ernest Chatfield Registration Quarter: Jan-Feb-Mar Registration Year: 1993 Registration District: Uckfield County: Sussex Event Place: Uckfield, Sussex, England Birth Date : 21 Jun 1913 Volume: 4611 Page: 28E |
| Marriages GRO 1st qtr 1937 CHATFIELD, Percy E Beeby Uckfield 2b 282 Beeby, Martha Chatfield Uckfield 2b 282 |
| Birth GRO 3rd qtr 1896 CHATFIELD, Percy Frederick W. Ham 4a 318 |
| Marriages GRO 4th qtr 1926 CHATFIELD, Percy F Paterson W. Ham 4a 604 Paterson, Robina I Chatfield W.Ham 4a 604 |
| Husband of Amelia Elizabeth MACKANESS. |
| Birth 435/1863 CHATFIELD, PERCY G CHARLES S F & JANET SYDNEY Death 17182/1941 CHATFIELD, PERCY GARRAWAY CHARLES STEPHEN F & JANET RYDE ----- Find A Grave Memorial# 123622058 ===== of North road, Ryde, Sydney, NSW 1900 ----- Dec 1932: ALDERMAN P. G. CHATFIELD (Mayor of Ryde). ----- Licenced Surveyor. ----- The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : Saturday 30 August 1941) CHATFIELD - August 26, 1941, at his residence, Ryde, Percy Garraway CHATFIELD, beloved husband of Amelia and father of Charles, Percy, Dorothy (Mrs A. L. Kendall) Keith (killed in action 1917) and Enid son of the late Captain Charles CHATFIELD, R.N., and Mrs Chatfield of Kent. Privately interred. ----- CHATFIELD STREET, Ryde, Sydney, NSW was named after Percy Garraway CHATFIELD, Surveyor, Mayor of Ryde from 1932-1934. He owned a house called "Aeolus". ----- NSW State Papers Primary Application - Percy Garraway CHATFIELD, Great North Road Municipality Ryde Parish Hunter's Hill Volume 2331 Folio 62. |
| 1018/1887 CHATFIELD, PERCY G MACKANESS, AMELIA C SYDNEY ===== MARRIAGE. The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : Wednesday 13 July 1887 CHATFIELD-MACKANESS.-July 9, at St. Philip's Church, Sydney, by the Rev. J. D. Langley, Percy Garraway, second son of Captain C. S. F. CHATFIELD, of Ryde, to Amelia (Millie) E., second daughter of the late James Mackaness, of St. Leonards. ----- The Sydney Morning Herald, NSW : Saturday 10 July 1937 GOLDEN WEDDING CHATFIELD-MACKANESS.-July 9. 1887, at St, Philip's, Church Hill,Sydney by the Rev. J D. Langley, Percy G. son of Captain and the late Mrs, CHATFIELD, of Ryde, to Amelia E., daughter of the late James and Mrs Mackaness. of St. Leonards. North Sydney. Present address; Aeolus, North-road. Ryde. ----- The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : Tuesday 20 July 1937) MR. AND MRS. P. G, CHATFIELD, well-known residents of Ryde, were recipients of numerous congratulations recently on the occasion of the fiftieth anniversary of their wedding. They were married at St. Philip's Church, Church Hill, and have resided at Ryde ever since. Mr. Chatfield was for many years an alderman of Ryde Council, and has been Mayor on several occasions. ----- The Australian Women's Weekly (16 October 1937) BIG DAY for 1500 Married COUPLES Wedding Commemoration Service at St. Philip's Church Over 1500 married couples who have taken their marital vows within the walls of St. Philip's Church, Church Hill, Sydney, have been invited to attend a special wedding commemoration service on Sunday, October 17. The longest-married couple who will attend the Service will be Mr. and Mrs. CHATFIELD, of Ryde, who celebrated their golden wedding in July this year. ----- ST. PHILIP'S CHURCH. Meet Mr. and Mrs. Chatfield. I was married 50 years ago in St. Philip's Church," said Mr. Percy Garraway Chatfield in a special interview with The Australian Women's Weekly. "It seems no time! To look back on 50 years is nothing to look forward to that number of years, one feels is a life-time." "We both feel as young and as happy to-day as we did 50 years ago," said Mrs. CHATFIELD, who looks remarkably young for her age. "There were no trams, no telephones and no electricity, when we were married at St. Philip's. "It's almost impossible to believe that the church in its surroundings to-day is the same one we were married in." "I well remember my wedding day," said Mr. Chatfield. "I arrived from the New England district to be married, to find my family and home in quarantine and the yellow flag waving outside. "The policeman who patrolled the house questioned me as to whether I lived there, but, not wanting any delay with my wedding, I denied all association. "Consequently I was running round trying to borrow clothes, and ended in being married in odds and ends collected around the neighborhood." ----- 11,000 Weddings The Chatfields' wedding ls one of 11,000 which have been celebrated in St. Philip's Church since 1807. St. Philip's, "The Church of Romances," averages 250 marriage ceremonies a year, and is as fashionable and popular to-day for weddings as it was in the dim past of 1809, when Rev. William Cowper arrived in Australia from the Old Country as its first rector. Mr. Cowper found himself in a strange world. He was horrified to find that among the convicts, and even a certain number of officers, the ceremony of marriage was looked on as quite unnecessary. Governor Macquarie, upon his arrival the following year, dealt with this matter in one of his characteristic proclamations. In this he expressed his "high disapprobation of such immorality, and his future resolution to repress it." Among the convicts, at least, the Governor's manifesto had an effect, with the result that the Rev. William Cowper was kept busy at St. Philip's Church reading the marriage service. To cope with the rush, as many as six couples had to be married at the one service, and it is recorded in the register books that eighteen couples were married in one day. One of the Rev. Cowper's sons subsequently became Premier of N.S.W. Early registers of St. Philip's Church are in the keeping of the Registrar-General, but the first entry in the register at St. Philip's Church was in 1826. Most of the signatures in this register were in the form of an "x," for few of the parties could sign their names. |
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