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From: "Kirsten Bowman" <>
Subject: [UPPER-CANADA] Marriage Procedures and Bonds - for Bill Smith
Date: Thu, 12 Jul 2007 18:33:15 -0700


Hello Bill:

Many thanks for your response. Yes, it's of tremendous help--and also very
encouraging. But may I impose and ask a few more questions?

I assume you found the record of the marriage bond first. Exactly how did
you get from there to the proper church record? Did you order and search
films for all the churches in the area, or is there a smarter way? Next,
did the church record give any additional information over the bond? In my
case, I'm looking for names of parents of the married couple and the bond
gives no clues.

Thanks again for your help.

Kirsten


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Hello Kirsten,
This information may be of some help to you. My third great grandparents
William Thackeray & Margaret Brown were issued a Marriage Bond in
Cobourg Ontario Feb 19, 1834 and were married in Cobourg on Feb 22, 1834
by A. N. Bethune who was later the Bishop of Toronto. Their marriage was
recorded in the register of St Peter's Church of England. They were both
adherents of the Church of England but chose to be married by license
instead of banns. Possessors of a marriage bond could be married by
Minister or JP. In my case, the marriage was found in a church register
and also in a newspaper article.

regards,
Bill Smith
Sarnia, Ont


Kirsten Bowman wrote>>>
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Date: Sun, 8 Jul 2007 22:06:00 -0700
From: "Kirsten Bowman" <>
Subject: [UPPER-CANADA] Marriage Procedures and Bonds
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I should have known better than to post a query to the Upper Canada list on
July 1. There was just one response, and that left a portion of my
question unanswered, so I'll try again . . .

I know that a marriage bond is simply a guarantee that the parties are
unencumbered by prior spouses, it's not a record of the marriage itself.
When a bond exists, specifically Wentworth County in 1832, would that
necessarily preclude marriage by a minister? Would it indicate that the
couple were married by a Justice of the Peace? And if by a JP, where might
the actual marriage record be?

Kirsten



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