Elizabeth Waldeck & John Maley's Marriage Certificate

Elizabeth was the daughter of Frederick and Fredericka Waldeck, two German missionaries who migrated to the Swan River Colony in 1836. Elizabeth was born in Perth on 14 May 1841. She was the third of eleven Waldeck children, and has the distinction of being listed as Birth No. 1 in the Western Australia Birth Register that commenced that year. Frederick later abandoned missionary work to take on the more profitable trade as a tailor in Perth. In their desire to settle their sons on farms, the Waldecks bought land at Central Greenough. Before the family moved permanently there in late 1859, Elizabeth would accompany her father on trips to their Greenough property. Mount Pleasant, the Waldeck farm, is located close to the sand hills directly west of the Central Greenough village. Elizabeth soon caught the eye of an eligible young engineer, John Stephen Maley.
John Stephen Maley, the youngest son of Kennedy and Martha Mealey, was born in Albany on 5 April 1839. At the age of ten; Maley was apprenticed to the engineer, Solomon Cook. Maley stayed with Cook for 11 years, firstly as an apprentice and later as a junior partner, gaining valuable experience in design and construction of steam mills and bridges and the operation of steam engines and flour mills.
In November 1860, Maley came to Greenough to oversee the construction and management of a flourmill built on land owned by George Shenton Snr. The Victoria Steam Mill was financed by Shenton and Cook and was working by April 1861.
Maley then turned his thoughts to seeking a wife.
Their marriage took place on 27 August 1862 at the Resident's office, Greenough (Henry Gray’s store) and was performed by Thomas Symmons and witnessed by Charles Crowther and Henry Gray.
Thomas Symmons (1804-1887) was acting Resident Magistrate at Champion Bay from 1861-62. He later served as Resident Magistrate at Fremantle.
Charles Crowther (1831-1894) was a businessman in Geraldton. He went on to become the MLC for Greenough (1873-1887) and also served as Mayor of Geraldton (1880-1881).
Henry Gray (1800-1897) owned a store at Greenough from 1858, and went on to become a prominent businessman in the region.