William Henry M Bailey [2596] ¹

William married Mary Margaret Christie [1656] [97F7-34L] [MRIN: 789], daughter of James Christie Esq. [5184] [9JBD-FBV] and Margaret Dunbar Bailey [5185] [LXSN-Y8R], in 1860 in Carcoar, Bathurst County, New South Wales. (Mary Margaret Christie [1656] [97F7-34L] was born on 1839 Apr 1 in New South Wales ² and died on 1868 Jun 7 in Lost River, Wheoo, Yass, New South Wales, Australia ³.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• Registration: Marriage, 1860, Carcoar District, New South Wales. ⁴ 1513/1860
BAILEY, HENRY
CHRISTIE, MARY
CARCOAR

• Newspaper: The Argus, 1861 Jun 21, Melbourne, , Victoria. ⁵ MINING ASSOCIATIONS. (1861, June 21). The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 -1956), p. 7. Retrieved January 10, 2012, from <http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article5701250>
BIGAMY,-On Wednesday, at the Goulburn Police Court, Margaret Christie and James Christie (Mother and son) were charged with being accessory to the commission of bigamy by Mary Margaret Beattie, daughter of the first named defendant. The defendants are settlers residing at the Lost River, near Wheeo. On the 6th June, 1859. Mary Margaret Christie was married to David Beattie, of Goulburn, formerly a police constable ; and it is alleged that, having separated from her husband, she, on the 6th October last, contracted a marriage with one Henry Bailey, the ceremony being performed at Carcoar by the Rev. Mr. Burke, the resident minister of the Church of England, It is alleged that the defendants were present on the latter occasion. Mary Margaret Beattie has not yet been apprehended. On Wednesday, the Bench took the evidence of the Rev. W. Ross, who solemnized the first marriage, and of David Beattie, the husband. It was established from the evidence of these witnesses that the ceremony was performed on the day stated, that Jams Christie was present, and that the written con-sent of the mother was given to the clergyman. Beattie further, deposed-that an offer had been made; to him, to compound the present proceed-ings, ,and that he had assented, provided he got his property back, The Rev. Mr. Burke, who had been duly subpoenaed, not being in attend-ance, a warrant was ordered to issue for his ap-prehension, and the case was again remanded. Goulburn Herald, June 15.