Historical information

The certificate shows that William LAWSON had been born in Leeds, UK, and was a widower of 28 years of age. A mariner, he had one living and two deceased children by his previous marriage. Ellen Ann DOBSON was a twenty-one year old spinster born in Tasmania.

Physical description

At the top of the photocopy of the Certificate of Marriage is the Coat of Arms & a notation that it is "in the Colony of Victoria. Details of both William Edward LAWSON & Ellen Ann DOBSON are listed as well as the information that the marriage was solemnized at Holy Trinity Vicarage, Port Melbourne.