On April 1st 1862 Richard Scarlett, the superintendent registrar of Thornbury, certified the Independent Chapel in Thornbury as a place of public worship registered for the solemnization of marriage. The Bristol Mercury of 5th April 1862 reported that the marriage of Frances Jane Powell and Thomas Henry Dodd on 3rd April 1862 was the first marriage solemnised in the building and the Revd J. Morgan presented the bride with a handsomely-bound family bible in commemoration.
Date | Groom, Address & Occupation | Bride, Address & Occupation | Minister |
1862 3rd April | Thomas Dodd | Frances Powell | John Morgan |
1864 Tues 26th July | Thomas Andrew of London | Elizabeth Strickland of Bristol | John Morgan |
undated | Edwin Boyes Lonnen | Annie Dodd | John Morgan |
undated | Stephen Colewell (?) | Jane Barnard | John Morgan |
1865 Mon Dec 25th | Walter Baylis | Anne Morley | John Morgan |
1867 Tues Jan 1st | J. H. Taylor of Newnham | Mary E Lane | J Morgan- Blackburn and JS Binder – Thornbury |
1868 April 7th | Thomas Hudson of Thornbury | Elizabeth Smith of Thornbury | Jno. S Binder |
1869 Oct 6th | Philipp Wilhelm Reinmuth | Mary Ann Binder of Thornbury | Jno. S Binder |
1870 Sat Dec 3rd | Jno. Robertson of Oldbury Naite | Mary Jane Perkins of OIdbury Naite | Jno. S Binder |
1873 Sat (no date) April 1873 | John Allen of Thornbury | Elizabeth Liddiatt of Thornbury | Rev D Griffiths |
1874 Sat 22nd Aug | Samuel Barnard of Thornbury | Fanny Thurston of Thornbury | Rev Geo. Rees |
1875 Mon April 19th | George Mansel Williams of Thornbury | Adelaide Screen of Tockington | Thomas R Donaldson |
1879 Thurs June 19th | Samuel Wilmot of Bristol | Mary Ann Ann of Thornbury | C J Gayler |
1885 Thurs Aug 20th | Richard Ward of Frampton on Severn | Sarah Hodges Williams of Thornbury | C J Gayler |
1886 Sat May 1st | Thomas Eldridge English, baker of Thornbury | Hannah Putley of Thornbury | C J Gayler |
1886 Mon Nov 15th | Oliver Higgins, smith of Thornbury | Mary King of Bristol | C J Gayler |
1886 Sat Dec 11th | Charles Pick carpenter of Olveston | Mary Elizabeth Slade of Crossways | G J Gaylor |
1887 Tues Sep 6th | John Nathaniel Bartlett, butcher of Thornbury | Ellen Withey of Thornbury | CJ Gayler |
1887 Mon Oct 17th | Alfred Gill, fireman of Thornbury | Sarah Ann Stevens of Thornbury | C J Gayler |
1889 Thurs June 27th | George Tucker of Thornbury | Louisa Jane King of Sibland | Rev George Rees. |
1889 Sat July 27th | Edward Salmon of Thornbury | Eliza Webb of Kington | Rev George Rees. |
1889 Sat Nov 2nd | George Payne of Falfield | Elizabeth Nelmnes of Thornbury | D D Evans |
1890 Mon Sep 1st | Henry Bartlett of Thornbury | Peninnah Moss of Thornbury | David Evans |
1891 Thurs Oct 29th | Charles Alfred Liddiatt of Thornbury | Miriam Ball of Crossways | David Evans |
1892 Tues Jan 4th | John Joseph Hookway Carey of Pill | Clara Mary King of Thornbury | D D Evans |
1893 Thurs Sep 7th | William Thomas Farr of Bristol | Emily Williams of Oldbury on Severn | D D Evans |
1895 Monday the 11th day of the year | James Collins Wilkins of Olveston | Ruth Watkins of Olveston | D D Evans |
1895 Thurs June 6th | William Wall, formerly of Kingswood near Wotton under Edge | Ellen Sainsbury of Thornbury | D D Evans |
1897 Mon March 22nd | John Nathaniel Bartlett, butcher of Thornbury | Elizabeth Celia Sainsbury dressmaker of Thornbury | A O Moore |
1897 August 12th | Edgar Walter Pitcher, (29) Thornbury | Caroline Staley (21) Thornbury | A O Moore |
1897 Sat Nov 13th | Henry Longman, (21) of Thornbury | Ellen Maria Probert Greenwood (22) of Thornbury | A O Moore |
1898 Thurs Sep 29th | Arthur Hewlitt Wilkins, (26) draper of Thornbury | Laura Elizabeth Symes of High St Thornbury (24) | A O Moore |
1899 Wed March 15th | Frederick Bladwell, builder of Bath, aged 30 | Mary Ann Pitcher Olds 27 of Morton | A O Moore |
1899 Mon April 3rd Easter Monday | John Thomas Oates formerly soldier (27) of Thornbury | Eliza Ann Fowler (25) of Thornbury | A O Moore |
1900 Sat Sep 19th | George Herbert Sillence of Bournemouth aged 23 | Charlotte Matilda Symes of Thornbury aged 25 | A Jackson |
1900 Tues Oct 30 | George Barrett of Hill aged 56 | Elizabeth Brown aged 55 of Hill | A O Moore |
1902 Tues April 29th | Harry Sainsbury of Thornbury | Julie Isabel Carter of Gloucester | A O Moore |
1902 Wed July 2nd | Cecil Walter Marchant of Slough | Martha Harriett Wiltshire of Thornbury | Robert Nott of Elbey and A O Moore |
1902 Tues Aug 26th | Edward James Elliott of Stroud, Gloucestershire | Blanch Mower of Thornbury | A O Moore |
1903 Jan 19th | James English of Thornbury | Hester Eliza Spill | A O Moore |
1903 June 3rd | Richard George Bevan of Ledbury | Edith Mary Allen of Thornbury | A O Moore |
1903 June 3rrd | Thomas Hext of Thornbury | Alice Lydia Carter of Thornbury | A O Moore |
1904 May 23rd | Reginald Champion of Croyden, Surrey | Charlotte Williams of Thornbury | A O Moore |
1904 July 11th | Howard Flude Wheeler of Dorchester | Beatrice Annie Bennett | A O Moore |