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Notes on finding Ontario Marriage records
from Wish # 4. (from Nikki Orvis) Looking for marriage record before 1850 in Ontario Link to G2G post
- Profiles: Courtney-3120, McDonald-23162
Notes from M. Ross:
As shown on various census they were Catholic. Couples who were to be married by a clergyman of the Anglican (Church of England) or Roman Catholic Church did not need a licence or a marriage bond. The only requirement was the reading of banns on three consecutive Sundays before the marriage.
The marriage of Peter Courtney and Ann McDonald and variations of their names, is not found on the Upper Canada marriage bonds records at Library and Archives Canada. Unless the last names on a document were spelled very creatively and they were not aware that they did not need a marriage bond.
The only option I can think of is to search the unindexed marriage records on Family Search, you would need to look at the location and date descriptions on all of the following record sets, and search through them page by page. Sometimes the records have parents names, many do not, they usually have witnesses names, which sometimes are family members.
Probably the best bet is:
"Canada, Ontario Roman Catholic Church Records, 1760-1923." Database with images. FamilySearch. http://FamilySearch.org : 16 November 2023. Catholic Church parishes, Ontario., They may have had to be married in Lindsay as I believe it may have been the closest place with a Catholic Church.
https://www.archives.gov.on.ca/en/microfilm/v_mrc.aspx, Roman Catholic marriages certificates copied from parish registers from the Niagara Peninsula, Toronto area, and Simcoe and Dufferin Counties, this listing does not officially included Victoria county, it does include FS FamilySearch Microfilm numbers.
These records may be some help or not, I don’t have them,
https://globalgenealogy.com/countries/canada/ontario/general/resources/258019.htm many Anglican and Catholics settlers married in churches of convenience or by passing circuit riders when churches of their own faith had not been established yet -- the result is that many of those marriages appear in these District Marriage Registers.
"Canada, Ontario Church and Civil Records, 1801-1948", Database. FamilySearch. https://familysearch.org : 16 November 2023.
"Canada, Ontario District Marriage Registers, 1801-1858." Database with images. FamilySearch. http://FamilySearch.org : 16 October 2023. Citing The Archives of Ontario, Toronto.
"Canada, Ontario Marriages, 1800-1910." Database. FamilySearch. http://FamilySearch.org : 18 July 2022. Index based upon data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City.
https://www.ontariogenealogy.com/Victoria/index.html has a lot of links to other sites that may have useful information or suggestions.
There is a Facebook group called Eldon Township Memories, or look for a local historical society.
Reading and Deciphering German Records
Elf Danny Gutknecht put together an amazing PDF that he shared on the 4th Day of Elf-Mas that outlines how to read and interpret German records.
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Bio from Edward McKinlay
Edward M. McKinlay was born 22 March 1874 in the United States according to his draft registration card (NOTE: The box was checked for Native Born).[1] The California Death Index gives this same date of birth, but without mentioning the place of birth.[2]The 1880 census in Auroura Nevada has him born in Nevada, with his two brothers and his mother born in Canada and his father born in Scotland,[3] According to the 1900 US Federal Census he was born in the state of Nevada to parents who were both born in Scotland.[4] The census taker wrote his date of birth as "May 1884" but also said he was 26 years of age, so he was most likely born in 1874.[4] This agrees with most other records. In the 1910 US Federal Census his birth year is 1876 in Scotland and is noted to be "naturalized".[5] Both parents are born in Scotland also.[5] According to the 1920 US Federal Census, he is estimated to have been born in 1875 in Canada, emigrated to the United States in 1898, and was naturalized in 1905.[6] His parents are still both said to be born in Scotland. In 1930 the census has him born in 1880 in Nevada, father b. Scotland and mother b. Canada.[7] The 1940 US Federal Census indicates that he was born in Nevada in 1874.[8] His Find a Grave Memorial states his date of birth as 22 March 1874 in Stellarton, Pictou County, Nova Scotia, Canada.[9] In the 1950 US Federal Census, he is born in Nevada in 1874, his father is born in Scotland, and his mother in Canada.[10]
He was a college graduate and did not serve in the military.[10][11]
Edward registered to vote in Nevada City, Nevada on 24 July 1896 along with his father William who registered on 1 July 1896. [12] He was working as a assayer.
In 1900, he was working as a "drug dealer" or more accurately by today's terminology, a druggist in a pharmacy in San Francisco, California.[4]
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