Marriage records

By His EXCELLENCY LIEUTENANT GENERAL WILLIAM ROWAN, C. B. Administrator of the Government of the Province of Canada, and Commander of Her Majesty s Forces therein, &c. &c. &c.

WHEREAS Her Majesty has been graciously pleased to authorize Me to grant Licenses for the Solemnization of Marriages: AND WHEREAS

Horatio Nelson Courtland of Windham in the County of Norfolk in the Province of Canada, Tracher and Sarah Jane Wilson of the same place, Spinster

are determined to enter into the Holy Banns of Matrimony, and are desirous of having their Marriage publicly Solemnized ; in order that such their honest desires may the more speedily have the due effect, and that they may be able to procure the same to be lawfully Solemnized without Publication of Banns, I do hereby, for good causes, give and grant this License of Faculty, as well to them the said Parties contracting, as to all or every Person or Minister, duly ordained and lawfully exercising his Ministry within that part of the Province of Canada heretofore constituting the Province of Upper Canada, to Solemnize and perform the same: Provided always, that by reason of any Affinity, Consanguinity, Precontract, or any other lawful cause, there be no legal impediment in this behalf, otherwise, if any fraud shall appear to have been committed, at the time of granting this License, either by false suggestions or concealment of the truth, that then this License shall be null and void, to all intents and purposes whatsoever.

Given under my Hand and Office Seal, at Quebec this twenty-fourth day of December in the year of Our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-three and of Her Majesty's Reign the seventeenth.

E.L. Larius Deputy.

4426 By His Excellency's Command, T.D. Harington

By His EXCELLENCY LIEUTENANT GENERAL WILLIAM ROWAN, C. B. Administrator of the Government of the Province of Canada, and Commander of Her Majesty s Forces therein, &c. &c. &c.

WHEREAS Her Majesty has been graciously pleased to authorize Me to grant Licenses for the Solemnization of Marriages: AND WHEREAS

Samuel Allen County of Haldiman and township of Walpool and Margaret Montgomery Township of Woodhouse and County of Norfolk and province of Canada

are determined to enter into the Holy Banns of Matrimony, and are desirous of having their Marriage publicly Solemnized ; in order that such their honest desires may the more speedily have the due effect, and that they may be able to procure the same to be lawfully Solemnized without Publication of Banns, I do hereby, for good causes, give and grant this License of Faculty, as well to them the said Parties contracting, as to all or every Person or Minister, duly ordained and lawfully exercising his Ministry within that part of the Province of Canada heretofore constituting the Province of Upper Canada, to Solemnize and perform the same: Provided always, that by reason of any Affinity, Consanguinity, Precontract, or any other lawful cause, there be no legal impediment in this behalf, otherwise, if any fraud shall appear to have been committed, at the time of granting this License, either by false suggestions or concealment of the truth, that then this License shall be null and void, to all intents and purposes whatsoever.

Given under my Hand and Office Seal, at Quebec this third day of June in the year of Our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and fifty four and of Her Majesty's Reign the seventeenth.

E.L. Larius Deputy.

233-aBy His Excellency's Command, T. D. Harington

By His Excellency the Right Honorable JAMES, EARL OF ELGIN AND KINCARDINE, Knight of the Most Ancient and Most Noble Order of the Thistle, Governor General of British North America, and Captain General and Governor in Chief in and over the Provinces of Canada, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and the Island of Prince Edward, and Vice Admiral of the same, &c. &c. &c.

WHEREAS Her Majesty has been graciously pleased to authorize Me to grant Licenses for the Solemnization of Marriages: AND WHEREAS

Richard Brimsley Sheridan of Simcoe in the County of Norfolk of the Province of Canada, Tailor and Martha Elizabeth Wilson of Windham in the County of Norfolk of the Province of Canada, Spinster

are determined to enter into the Holy Banns of Matrimony, and are desirous of having their Marriage publicly Solemnized ; in order that such their honest desires may the more speedily have the due effect, and that they may be able to procure the same to be lawfully Solemnized without Publication of Banns, I do hereby, for good causes, give and grant this License of Faculty, as well to them the said Parties contracting, as to all or every Person or Minister, duly ordained and lawfully exercising his Ministry within that part of the Province of Canada heretofore constituting the Province of Upper Canada, to Solemnize and perform the same: Provided always, that by reason of any Affinity, Consanguinity, Precontract, or any other lawful cause, there be no legal impediment in this behalf, otherwise, if any fraud shall appear to have been committed, at the time of granting this License, either by false suggestions or concealment of the truth, that then this License shall be null and void, to all intents and purposes whatsoever.

Given under my Hand and Office seal, at Quebec, this fifteenth day of July in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and fifty four of Her Majesty’s Reign the Eighteenth

E Larius Deputy Governor.

2342 By His Excellency’s Command, T.D. Harington

By His Excellency the Right Honorable JAMES, EARL OF ELGIN AND KINCARDINE, Knight of the Most Ancient and Most Noble Order of the Thistle, Governor General of British North America, and Captain General and Governor in Chief in and over the Provinces of Canada, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and the Island of Prince Edward, and Vice Admiral of the same, &c. &c. &c.

WHEREAS Her Majesty has been graciously pleased to authorize Me to grant Licenses for the Solemnization of Marriages: AND WHEREAS

Abel Macdonald of the Township of Walpole in the County of Haldimand and Province of Canada Farmer, Batchelor; and Jane Anne Hall of the same place, Spinster

are determined to enter into the Holy Banns of Matrimony, and are desirous of having their Marriage publicly Solemnized ; in order that such their honest desires may the more speedily have the due effect, and that they may be able to procure the same to be lawfully Solemnized without Publication of Banns, I do hereby, for good causes, give and grant this License of Faculty, as well to them the said Parties contracting, as to all or every Person or Minister, duly ordained and lawfully exercising his Ministry within that part of the Province of Canada heretofore constituting the Province of Upper Canada, to Solemnize and perform the same: Provided always, that by reason of any Affinity, Consanguinity, Precontract, or any other lawful cause, there be no legal impediment in this behalf, otherwise, if any fraud shall appear to have been committed, at the time of granting this License, either by false suggestions or concealment of the truth, that then this License shall be null and void, to all intents and purposes whatsoever.

Given under my Hand and Office seal, at Quebec, this twenty-first day of August in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and fifty four of Her Majesty’s Reign the Eighteenth

E Larius Deputy Governor.

2569 By His Excellency’s Command, T.D. Harington

By His Excellency the Right Honorable JAMES, EARL OF ELGIN AND KINCARDINE, Knight of the Most Ancient and Most Noble Order of the Thistle, Governor General of British North America, and Captain General and Governor in Chief in and over the Provinces of Canada, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and the Island of Prince Edward, and Vice Admiral of the same, &c. &c. &c.

WHEREAS Her Majesty has been graciously pleased to authorize Me to grant Licenses for the Solemnization of Marriages: AND WHEREAS

Aaron Austin of Woodhouse in the County of Norfolk of the Province of Canada Widower and Wilimina Ross of the of the same place, Widow

are determined to enter into the Holy Banns of Matrimony, and are desirous of having their Marriage publicly Solemnized ; in order that such their honest desires may the more speedily have the due effect, and that they may be able to procure the same to be lawfully Solemnized without Publication of Banns, I do hereby, for good causes, give and grant this License of Faculty, as well to them the said Parties contracting, as to all or every Person or Minister, duly ordained and lawfully exercising his Ministry within that part of the Province of Canada heretofore constituting the Province of Upper Canada, to Solemnize and perform the same: Provided always, that by reason of any Affinity, Consanguinity, Precontract, or any other lawful cause, there be no legal impediment in this behalf, otherwise, if any fraud shall appear to have been committed, at the time of granting this License, either by false suggestions or concealment of the truth, that then this License shall be null and void, to all intents and purposes whatsoever.

Given under my Hand and Office seal, at Quebec, this thirty-first day of August in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and fifty four of Her Majesty’s Reign the Eighteenth

E Larius Deputy Governor.

3108 By His Excellency’s Command, T.D. Harington B. McColl Agent