Index to Marriages
1576-1960
Note: These files were part of an on-going project that has been terminated. The files are therefore incomplete.
A - Z of Marriages
About the index
In 1849 it became legal to perform marriages in a place other than the Established Church (Church of England). At this time the Island was divided into four registration districts with Registry Offices at which Civil Marriages could be performed: Castletown, Douglas, Peel and Ramsey. The Registry Office in each district kept a record of all marriages in the district. While a separate book was maintained for each Established Church from the beginning, all Non-conforming marriages were initially recorded in a single, separate volume with the reference A1. As the books became full, a second would be started, referenced A2, etc. In 1885 separate books were established for each non-conforming Church or Chapel. Registry Office marriages continued to be recorded in the A1 or A2 volumes.
In many cases (maybe the majority) only the groom's name has been indexed in the official index.
Possible Spouses
Each page of a Register Book can record the details of two marriages. The index gives only the volume name and page number so it is not always possible to completely identify a marriage and in this case all possible partners are shown.
The work of Tom Corteen and Sue Pedersen has enabled the marriages in Maughold to be completely identified.
Church/Office Codes
The Church or Office at which the marriage was performed is indicated in the index by a code according to the table below.
NOTE: Capitalized codes are as they appear in the Official Index. Lower case codes are used only in this index to identify C of E churches.
| Castletown District, Church of England (1884-1911) | ||
|---|---|---|
| arb - Arbory rus - Rushen cas - Castletown |
san - Santan mal - Malew |
|
| Castletown District, Non-Conforming | ||
| A133 - All to 1885 then RO A1 - Registry Office PM - Primitive, Castletown PMPE - Primitive, Port Erin |
WM - Wesleyan, Castletwon WMB - Wesleyan, Ballasalla WBBA - Wesleyan, Arbory |
WMPSM - Wesleyan, Port St. Mary WMS - Wesleyan Santan WPSM - Wesleyan Port St. Mary |
| Douglas District, Church of England (1884-1911) | ||
|---|---|---|
| bra - Braddan dsb - St Barnabas dsg - St George |
dsm - St Matthew dst - St Thomas lon - Lonan |
lkc - Laxey mar - Marown onc - Onchan |
| Douglas District, Non-Conforming | ||
| A1 - All to 1865 A2 - All 1865-85 then RO RO - Registry Office RC - Roman Catholic RCx - Roman Catholic pre 1849 LWS - Loving Waters PRES - St Andrew, Presbyterian U - Circular Rd Unitarian |
BAP - Broadway Baptist CUMB - Congregational, Union Mills FH - Congregational, Finch Hill CM,CWMM - Crosby, Wesleyan RM - Rosemount, Wesleyan TS - Thomas St, Wesleyan |
BR - Bucks Road Methodist LP - Loch Parade Methodist ML,PML - Laxey Primitive Methodist WS - Wellington St. Prim. Methodist MNC - Derby Rd. Methodist |
| Peel District, Church of England (1884-1911) | ||
|---|---|---|
| bal - Ballaugh cyv - Cronk-y-Voddy fox - Foxdale |
ger - German mic - Michael pat - Patrick |
|
| Peel District, Non-Conforming | ||
| A1 - All to 1885 A1 - Registry Office PM - Primitive Methodist Peel PMM - Primitive Methodist Michael |
ASM - Athol St Methodist CSM - Christian St Methodist KMM - KK Michael Methodist |
WM - Wesleyan Peel WMB - Wesleyan Ballaugh |
| Ramsey District, Church of England (1884-1923) | ||
|---|---|---|
| and - Andreas bri - Bride dhn - Dhoon |
jur - Jurby lez - Lezayre mau - Maughold |
sja - St Jude, Andreas sor - St Olave, Ramsey spr - St Paul, Ramsey |
| Ramsey District, Non-Conforming | ||
| A1 - All to 1885 then RO PRES - Presbyterian RC - Roman Catholic |
PM - Methodist PMM - Methodist - Michael UM - United Methodist |
WM - Weslyan WMA - Weslyan - Andreas WMS - Weslyan - Sulby |