Marriage Certificates (1844-1849)

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Laughlan McMillan, Cumberland & Flora McPhee, Buckingham (28 Feb. 1848)
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Laughlan McMillan, Cumberland & Flora McPhee, Buckingham (28 Feb. 1848)

By His Excellency the Right Honorable JAMES, EARL OF ELGIN AND KINCARDINE, K.T. 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 authorise me to grant Licenses for the Solemnization of Marriages: AND WHEREAS

Laughlan McMillan of Cumberland in the Ottawa District & Province of Canada West, farmer, and Flora McPhee of Buckingham in the Sydenham District in the Province of Canada East, 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 their 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 Parson 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, Pre-contract, 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 Montreal this 4th day of February in the Year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and forty-eight and of Her Majesty's Reign the eleventh

T E Campbell Major

By His Excellency's Command T.D. Harington

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James Lang, Port Hope and Jane Whiteford, Montreal (29 Aug. 1848)
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James Lang, Port Hope and Jane Whiteford, Montreal (29 Aug. 1848)

Province of Canada } Ss. His Excellency the Right Honorable JAMES, EARL OF ELGIN AND KINCARDINE, K.T. 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.

To any Protestant Minister of the Gospel

WHEREAS, there is a mutual Purpose of Marriage between James Lang of Port Hope i th Newcastle District bachelor, and Jane Whiteford of Montreal Spinster

for which they have desired my License and have given bond, upon condition that there is no lawful Let or Impediment, Pre-contract, Affinity or Consanguinity, to hinder their being joined in the Holy Bands of Matrimony, these are therefore to authorize and empower you to join the said

James Lang & Jane Whiteford

In the Holy Bands of Matrimony, and them to pronounce Man and Wife.

GIVEN under my Hand and the Prerogative Seal, at the City of Montreal, the 28th day of Augt in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty-eight

T E Campbell Major

Entered in the Prerog. Office.

T.D. Harington Clerk Prerog. Court.

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John Lowe, Toronto & Eliza Taylor, Vittoria (16 Aug. 1849)
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John Lowe, Toronto & Eliza Taylor, Vittoria (16 Aug. 1849)

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 authorise me to grant Licenses for the Solemnization of Marriages: AND WHEREAS

John Lowe of the City of Toronto, Canada West widower, and Eliza Taylor of Vittoria, Canada West, Spinster Daughter of John Taylor of Port William, Scotland

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 their 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 Parson 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, Pre-contract, 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 Montreal this fourteenth day of August in the Year of our Lord, One Thousand Eight Hundred and Forty nine and of Her Majesty's Reign the thirteenth year.

M CampbellMajor

By His Excellency's Command T.D. Harington

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