Celebrations at St Patrick’s Catholic Church

Marriages

A small percentage of the early marriages1Lindsay and Roger Thwaites. The History of Araluen.  National Capital Printing. 2001. p 19. celebrated in the little Roman Catholic Church in Araluen, as published in the newspapers of the time.

DateNameAgeOccupationTown Country of Origin
9 August 1863James Greenwood
Sarah Paton		25 years
15 ¼ yrs		Gold Digger
Housekeeper		Sydney
Goulburn
5 September 1863Martin Brynes
Sarah Elliot		30 yrs
26 yrs		Gold Digger
Housekeeper		Ireland
Moruya
September 1863Denis Kennedy
Catherine Therese McCann		 Inn Keeper
Inn Keeper		County Tipperary, Ireland
November 1863William John Morris
Hanora Donnelan2Braidwood Parish Office, Researcher, St Bede’s Parish, Braidwood.		28 yrs
25 yrs		Miner
Servant		Essex, England County Clare, Ireland
1864Peter Leonard
Margaret Berriman		27 yrs
21 yrs		Labourer
Servant		Penrith
Penrith
5 September 1864John Nelson
Elizabeth Tighe3Braidwood Parish Office, Researcher, St Bede’s Parish, Braidwood.		24 ½ yrs
20 yrs		Gold Digger
Servant		Glasgow, Scotland
NSW
18 September 1864James Connel
Julia Coughlin		21 yrs
23 yrs		Gold Digger
Servant		Liverpool,
London
22 August 18664Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842-1954), Friday 31 August 1866, p 1.D. Doherty
Louisa Mary Josephine Dunn		  Dublin
Araluen
5 July 19195Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal (NSW : 1888-1954), Friday 11 July 1919, p 2.Thomas Doyle
Lizzie Collins		  Araluen
Araluen
January 19236Braidwood Review and District Advocate (NSW : 1915-1954), Tuesday 23 January 1923, p 2.William Mclntosh Cooper Nellie Ivers  Araluen
Araluen
December 19237Braidwood Review and District Advocate (NSW : 1915-1954), Tuesday 11 December 1923, p 2.Lester Herbert Brooks May Waddell  Buckenboura Mudmelong
27 October 1943 *Roy Augustine Keating
Ellen Moira Mathison		  Moruya, Araluen
Araluen

*suggested to be the first marriage at the newly built St Patrick’s8Braidwood Review and District Advocate (NSW : 1915-1954), Tuesday 9 November 1943, p 2.

Baptisms

Some of the early Baptisms celebrated at St Patrick’s9Braidwood Parish Office, Researcher, St Bede’s Parish, Braidwood. were:

  • Elizabeth Ffrench – 21 November 1844, daughter of Peter Ffrench and Charlotte Hanton (registered in Goulburn records, as the Braidwood Parish only began in 1852)
  • Michael Connors – 6 April 1873, son of Martin Connors and Catherine Collins
  • Mary Boyle – 28 April 1873, daughter of John Boyle and Mary Byrne
  • Richard Dempsey – 28 April 1873, son of Cornelius Dempsey and Emma Knaggs

References

  • 1
    Lindsay and Roger Thwaites. The History of Araluen.  National Capital Printing. 2001. p 19.
  • 2
    Braidwood Parish Office, Researcher, St Bede’s Parish, Braidwood.
  • 3
    Braidwood Parish Office, Researcher, St Bede’s Parish, Braidwood.
  • 4
    Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842-1954), Friday 31 August 1866, p 1.
  • 5
    Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal (NSW : 1888-1954), Friday 11 July 1919, p 2.
  • 6
    Braidwood Review and District Advocate (NSW : 1915-1954), Tuesday 23 January 1923, p 2.
  • 7
    Braidwood Review and District Advocate (NSW : 1915-1954), Tuesday 11 December 1923, p 2.
  • 8
    Braidwood Review and District Advocate (NSW : 1915-1954), Tuesday 9 November 1943, p 2.
  • 9
    Braidwood Parish Office, Researcher, St Bede’s Parish, Braidwood.