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From: "Brenda Dougall Merriman, CG, CGL" <>
Subject: Re: [UPPER-CANADA] Marriage Procedures
Date: Mon, 9 Jul 2007 20:32:38 -0400
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Pat and All,

The right of the Roman Catholic Church to perform marriages has always been
recognized in Upper Canada-Canada West-Ontario since the British conquest,
and was legislated in the Quebec Act of 1774.

Brenda


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> Hi Kirsten
>
> Up until 1847 in Ontario (Upper Canada) they only recognized marriages
> performed by the Church of England. It was in 1847 that they accepted
> Marriages
> performed in the Roman Catholic Church. However it was not until 1950 that
> Marriages through a purely Civil Ceremony were Permitted by a Judge or
> Official.
> Thus the religious Monopoly was lifted.
>
> Pat R
>
> ***********
> see Upper Canada Genealogy & Resources at
> http://olivetreegenealogy.com/can/ont/
>
>
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