Complex sentence: Though both families were opposed to the relationship, they became engaged in the autumn and were married on 3 February 1837, by the Rev. David Babington, in the parish church of Drumcree.
Split into simpler sentences: Though both families were opposed to the relationship, they became engaged in the autumn of the same year. They were then married on 3 February 1837, by the Rev. David Babington, in the parish church of Drumcree.