Marriage Certificates (1860-1869)

Charles F Smith & Adelaide Bennett July 27 1860

No 2192

By His Excellency The Right Honorable Sir EDMUND WALKER HEAD, Baronet, One of Her Majesty's Most Honorable Privy Council, 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,

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

John Davy of the town of Stamford in the County of Welland and Province of Canda Widower and Margaret Fairweather of the Town of Clifton County and Province aforesaid Widow.

are determined to enter into the Holy Bans 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 Bans, I do hereby for good causes give and grant this this License of Faculty as well as 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 Seal at Quebec this Third day of August in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty and of Her Majesty's Reign the Twenty fourth

HS Ross Deputy Governor

John Davy & Margaret Fairwether

Aug. 7. 1860.

No. 1725

By His Excellency The Right Honorable Sir EDMUND WALKER HEAD, Baronet, One of Her Majesty's Most Honorable Privy Council, 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,

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

James Spencer of the Village of Jordan in the County of Lincoln, and Province of Canada, Bachelor and Valeria Burnham at the same place, Spinster.

are determined to enter into the Holy Bans 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 Bans, I do hereby for good causes give and grant this this License of Faculty as well as 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 Seal at Quebec this Twenty fifth day of March in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty one and of Her Majesty's Reign the Twenty fourth

HS Ross Deputy Governor

James Spencer & Valeria Burnham

Mar 27 1860