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John Hamilton, Simcoe & Elizabeth Davis, Simcoe (21 Dec. 1855)
By His Excellency Sir EDMUND WALKER HEAD, Baronet, 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
John Hamilton of Simcoe in the County of Norfolk, Engineer and [strike through] Betsey [/strike through] Elizabeth Davis of the Town and County aforesaid
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 [strike through] Simcoe [/strike through] Toronto, this Nineteenth day of December in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-five and of Her Majesty’s Reign the Eighteenth
T.D. Harington Deputy Governor.
6018 By His Excellency’s Command,
Verso-John Hamilton, Simcoe & Elizabeth Davis, Simcoe (21 Dec. 1855)
John Hamilton and Elizabeth Davis Dec. 21. 1855
Peter Whitehead, Simcoe & Mary Ann Howey, Charlotteville (27 Dec. 1855)
By His Excellency Sir EDMUND WALKER HEAD, Baronet, 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
Peter Whitehead of Simcoe in the County of Norfolk, Farmer and Mary Ann Howey of Charlotteville in the County aforesaid, 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 [strike through] Simcoe [/strike through] Toronto, this Twenty sixth day of December in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-five and of Her Majesty’s Reign the Eighteenth
T.D. Harington Deputy Governor.
6019 By His Excellency’s Command,
Verso-Peter Whitehead, Simcoe & Mary Ann Howey, Charlotteville (27 Dec. 1855)
Peter Whitehead and Mary Ann Howey Dec 27 1855