Ruskie, NZ certificates at that time didn't have any other details, nor did the early Australian ones. I think it wasn't 'til about 1860 that the Australian marriage certificates asked for parent's names.
I think we, as genealogists, are aware of our mothers' maiden names but a lot of people never ask.
I tried it out amongst some friends one day and half of them didn't know their mother's name before she married.
I'm only just getting into all the links here. They're very interesting. I think it's quite funny that we never even thought he might actually be Portuguese when so much points to that. I'm checking out some family photos, put a whole new light on them.
