Jane -
I have two books that I check. One has marriage and obits from the paper; the other has the county indexes for marriages.
Source -
Sussex County New Jersey Marriage and Obituary
Dates (1814 - 1903) compiled by Deborah L. Mole.
I found a marriage for a Thomas Bird to Elizabeth
Lanterman but the date is 8-10-1846. Nothing for the time period that you indicated. No death for Thomas Bird. But there is a listing for a T. Steward Bird, age 79 from Blairstown, 11-2-1898.
For Lewis, I didn't find a marriage, but I found a death - Edward Lewis, age 68, 2-18-1854 from Branchville. No marriages for an Edward Lewis.
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Source =
Sussex County New Jersey Marriages by Howard E Case.
There is a marriage listed for a Thomas Bird (
Hardwick) to a Eleanor
Hibler - 20 Nov 1817. Another one is listed for Thomas Bird to (Miss) Swaze 2 Feb 1821.
There are a few marraiges for an Edward Lewis but none to anyone with a last name of
Chardavoyne (or any spelling vairation of that name).
Hope this helps.
Terri