Middlesex County Marriages and Baptisms 1848 - 1858

By Dan Walker & Fawne Stratford-Devai

This publication includes a complete transcription of the Middlesex County Marriage Register (1852-1856) plus records from five local churches.

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Transcribed records include:

• Middlesex County Marriage Register 1848-1856
• Trinity United Church) Glencoe Baptisms & Marriages: 1842-1853
• St. Andrews Presbyterian Church Marriages: 1856-1858 (East Williams Township)
• Strathroy United Church Baptisms (1855-1858)
• Talbotville United Church Baptisms (1845-1850)
• First St. Andrews United Church Baptisms & Marriages (1848-1857)

Some of the towns and townships where marriages occurred and were reported in the Middlesex County Register include: Mersea, Carradoc, Ekfrid, London City, London Township, McGillvray, Williams, Fingal, Westminster, Southwold, Yarmouth, Nissouri, St. Thomas, Delaware, Lobo, Mosa, Bayham, Malahide, East Oxford, Osborne, Biddulph, Metcalf, Dunwich, North Dorchester, South Dorchester, Dawn, Enniskillen, Aldborough, Oxford, Middleton, Houghton, Harwich, Blanchard, Town of Ingersoll, Town of Stratford, Downie, Fullerton, Adelaide, Bosanquet and a number of other areas.

Contents include

• Introduction
• Acknowledgements
• Townships in Middlesex County (overview during subject period)
• Map - 1852 Middlesex, Oxford, Norfolk
• Map - Upper Canada (Ontario) Districts 1825
• Map - Canada West (Ontario) Districts 1845
• The Challenge of Locating Vital Records in Upper Canada/Canada West (Ontario)
  • 1858-1869: County Marriage Recors (overview)
  • Vital records prior to 1858 (overview)
  • Vital records prior to 1850 - District Marriage Registers (overview)
  • Sources for finding parish registers
  • Additional sources of information for records of birth marriage and death
• Transcriptions of Marriages and Baptisms 1848-1858
  • Middlesex County Marriage Register 1848-1856
  • Trinity United Church) Glencoe Baptisms & Marriages: 1842-1853
  • St. Andrews Presbyterian Church Marriages: 1856-1858 (East Williams Township)
  • Strathroy United Church Baptisms (1855-1858)
  • Talbotville United Church Baptisms (1845-1850)
  • First St. Andrews United Church Baptisms & Marriages (1848-1857)
• Index

Background: Following the move from a district to a county system of local government in mid 19th century Ontario, counties became responsible for recording all marriages within their boundaries. In 1845, an Act was passed which attempted to define the limits of the Counties and Districts in Upper Canada. At that time the following townships were part of the County of Middlesex: Adelaide, Caradoc, Delaware, North Dorchester, Ekfrid, Lobo, London, Metcalfe, McGillvray, Mosa, Westminster, Williams. From 1847-1851 Middlesex.

County also included the townships of the area which in 1852 would become Elgin County. The clerk of Middlesex County began a separate register for marriages in 1852. Some entries in the register date as early as 1848 since an early return from one minister included marriages from 1848.

Details:

194 Pages
Maps
Index
Published by Global Heritage Press, Milton, 2001 
ISBN 1-894378-54-7 (coil bound)