St. John's Congregational Marriages

What follows is a list of Pike marriages from the St. John's Congregational church records held at PANL. This list constitutes a typescript of my handwritten extraction from a microfilm of the original records, which is to say that I may have inadvertantly introduced some errors while transcribing and typing... as always, you should double-check against the original records. That said, if you spot any mistakes that I have made, please let me know at dapike@mun.ca. Additional Pike entries from other Newfoundland church records can also be found on my website.

Some comments about this list:

The entries below are in the same order as presented in the church records, which was not always in chronological order.
Unless I mistakenly overlooked an entry or two, this is a complete list of all Pike entries, including all entries where one of the marriage witnesses had Pike in his/her name.

At PANL these marriage records are on microfilm as follows:

Reel 41: 1802 - 1857 (which I viewed in April 2008)
Reel 73: 1845 - 1939 (which I viewed in September 2004)

Reel 41 also has baptisms (1779-1815), but I found no Pike entries among them. There was, however, documentation (numbered 120) that Mrs Mary Pike was admitted as a member of the church on 31 January 1840.

Reel 41 also included 4 pages of text (which were typeset and dated 8 July 1833) detailing provisions of an Act to regulate the celebration of marriages in Nfld.

The format of most of the entries that follow is as follows:

Line 1: Marriage Number, and Groom's name, abode, occupation, etc
Line 2: Bride's name, abode, etc
Line 3: Marriage date and location
Line 4: List of witnesses

Entries are separated by one or more blank lines.

20    William Collis
      Sarah Gregory         both of St John's
      16 April 1838
      William H Rowe, Mary Pike, Susan Geary


XXIV  Moses Pike, Merchant, of Carbonear, son of Samuel Pike of the same place
      Mary Anne Stowe, of Saint John's
      20 May 1848
      [Eliza?] Bulley, William Noad, Samuel Knight, S A Knight, R E [Barnes?], Cranswick Noad


William Pike            25 bachelor     Cooper          Abode: Brigus Con Bay           Parents: Geo & Hanna, New Har Trinity B
Elizabeth Armstrong     26 spinster                     Abode: Port de Grave            Parents: John & Ann, Port de Grave
29 November 1872 at Fort William
George Mucher, Fanney Mercer, Elizabeth Mercer


John Pike               25 bachelor     Seaman          Born: New Harbour               Parents: Geo & Hanna
Mary Ann Clow           24 spinster                     Born: Bonavesta                 Parents: Philip Job & Ann
27 April 1877 at Fort William
William Pike, Matilda Good, Nora Pike


Robert Gordon Rideout   22 bachelor     Farmer          CofE    Father: Edward James Rideout, Foxtrap, Kelligrews
Emily Rose Pike         24 spinster                     Cong    Father: Noah Pike, 83 Pennywell Rd, St. John's
[25?] April 1922 at Salvation Army Room
Olive Pederson, Maxamilian Pike


John Thackeray          26 bachelor     Hairdresser     Cong    Father: William Roger Chancey, 64 Pennywell Rd
Dorothy May Pike        25 spinster                     Meth    Father: Richard Pike, 11 Hamilton St
7 May 1922 at 12 Pleasant St, St. John's
Carl Chancey, B [Pridraf ?], James Chancey, B Cooper

Last Modified: Sunday, 19-Feb-2012 10:08:03 NST