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Marriage Registers
District Marriage Registers 1801-1858  Archives of Ontario, RG 80-27-1, Appendix A18

5 Gore District - Index to Vol. 4 1842-1855 1 6 Home District Fifteen marriages registered by Stephen Heward, Home District Clerk of the Peace. Home District: Ontario, York and Peel Counties to 1850; Simcoe County; East half of Grey County to 1821. Back of Book: Oath of Allegiance sworn by Richard Beasley, Colonel and 23 others of the 2nd Regiment of the York Militia on March 25, April 4 and 10, 1812; and Extracts of all Inquisitions involving 22 persons declared aliens under The alien Act and whose lands were vested with the Crown 1816-1830 1 7 Home District Marriages (1823-1825) &amp; Baptisms (1806-1844) by Rev. James Harris (Presb.); Also entries re: the Dispensing of the Eucharist. 1806-1844 1 8 Home District Marriage Register of Rev. James Harris (Presbyterian) 1826-1831 1 9 Home District - Index to Vol. 8 1826-1831 1 10 Home District - (to page “Y”) Index partly at front and partly at back 1831-1840 1 10 Home District - (to page “S”) Index partly at front and partly at back 1831-1840 1 11 Home District Index at front of volume 1839-1848 2 12 Home District Index at back of volume 1848-1857 2 13 Huron District - (to page 11) Huron County except Morris &amp; Grey Twps; Perth County except Wallace, Elma and Mornington Twps; Biddulph &amp; McGillivray, Middlesex County; index at front of volume 1841-1849 3 14 Johnstown District Also on microfilm MS 187 1801-1850 3 14A Johnstown District Marriage certificates issued by certain Justices of the Peace in the United Counties of Leeds &amp; Grenville; arranged in chronological order 1804-1896 3 15 Johnstown District Index to Vol. 14; more complete index see LAC microfilm #C3031 1801-1850 3 16 London District Middlesex and Elgin Counties; for early marriages in the London District (1795-1833), see LAC microfilm #C3031 1833-1855 3 17 Newcastle District Northumberland &amp; Durham Counties; index at back of volume is for books A &amp; B; Vol. #17 is book B. All the original returns for marriages are at Trent University Archives, Peterborough 1839-1851 3 18 Newcastle District - index at front Northumberland &amp; Durham Counties 1850-1854 3 19 Ottawa District Prescott, Russell, Glengarry &amp; part of Carleton Counties; Argentueil, Hull, Grenville, &amp; Chatham Townships in Province of Quebec 1816-1853 3 20 Ottawa District - Index to Vol. 19 1816-1853 4 21 Prince Edward District Prince Edward County; index at Back of Volume 1833-1846 4 22 Talbot District Norfolk &amp; Haldimand Counties; Walpole &amp; Rainham Townships 1838-1857 4 22A Talbot District - Index to Vol. 22 1838-1857 4 23 Victoria District Hastings County after 1850 1839-1858 4 24 Victoria District - Index to Vol. 23 1839-1858 4 26 Western District - Register A Essex, Kent &amp; Lambton Counties 1780-1835 MS 205 Reel 13 27 Western District Register B 1822 1835-1856 MS 205 Reel 13 It should be emphasized again that Anglican and Roman Catholic clergy did not send all of their records of the marriages they performed to the District Clerk. This list of District Marriage Registers held at the Archives of Ontario is therefore not a complete collection of all marriages that took place, 1831-1858. Marriage registers for the Districts of Niagara, Midland and Dalhousie have never been found. The Wellington District register is available only at the Wellington County Archives in Fergus, but it has been transcribed by Dan Walker and published by Global Heritage Press.

Anglican church registers and Catholic church registers should be consulted if your ancestors were either Anglican or Catholic. Also, if you cannot find your ancestor’s marriage record in the District Marriage Registers, it would be wise to consult these churches as well. The appropriate Anglican diocese archives can be determined by referring to The Guide to Ecclesiastical Holdings of the Province of Ontario, published by Generation Press Inc., of Agincourt.

If you are looking for Catholic church marriage registers, the Archives of Ontario have some available on microfilm. The following list will give you the reel numbers required for the parishes and missions described. There is an index (in book form) of these films that was compiled by R. Rumpel titled Roman Catholic Marriage Registers 1828-1870. Checking this index will save time in determining if you need to view these films or not. A copy is available at the Archives of Ontario or can be interlibrary loaned.

Roman Catholic Marriage Registers Archives of Ontario - Sub-Series RG 80-27-4, Appendix A21, Microfilm Series 248 (MS 248) Reel # Vol. Page Description Parish/Mission County 20 1 1-624 Toronto - St. Paul’s 1833-1845 York 20 2 1-136 Toronto - St. Paul’s 1846-1856 York 21 2 137-707 Toronto - St. Paul’s 1846-1856 York 21 3 1-170 Toronto - St. Mary’s 1853-1857 York 21 4a 1-185 Adjala Mission 1833-1857 Simcoe, York 21 4a 1-185 St. Margaret Mission 1833-1857 Simcoe, York 21 4b 186-370 St. Gregory Mission 1844-1856 Ontario 21 4b 371-387 St. Gregory Mission 1844-1856 Ontario 22 4c 388-644 Newmarket Mission 1850-1870 Simcoe, York 22 5a i-xvi, 28-37 Townships above Toronto 1830-1833 York 22 5b 28-38 St. Catharines 1851-1851 Lincoln 22 5c 38-60 Port Colborne 1860-1870 Welland 22 5d 61-134 Falls View 1858-1869 Welland 22 5 135-465 Niagara-on-the-Lake 1828-1857 Lincoln 22 6a 1-4 Dixie Parish 1856-1857 Peel 22 6b 5-279 Gore Mission 1834-1869 Peel 23 6b 280-487 Gore Mission 1834-1869 Peel

There are also other Catholic records at the Archives of Ontario or Library and Archives Canada for a few of the early individual churches. See their inventory descriptions and catalogues, especially under place names, e.g. Library and Archives Canada’s Checklist of Parish Registers.

As well, the Drouin collection of French and English Catholic church baptismal, marriage and death records is searchable online on Ancestry.ca (subscription site) with digital images available.

Many ‘Répertoires’ have been compiled for French Catholic churches in Ontario. Volunteers from the Société franco-ontarienne d’histoire et de généalogie have compiled a large number of registers of marriages. These registers can save you lots of time. If you are searching for Anglican Church Marriages for St. James Cathedral in Toronto, a book created by the Toronto Branch of the Ontario Genealogical Society, transcribing this marriage register, may be useful. It is called, St. James Marriages 1807-1908. These marriages will not be found within the Home District Registers. Of course, there are registers of Anglican marriages for all of Ontario and they are housed at the appropriate Anglican archives. Please refer to the above mentioned Guide to the Ecclesiastical Holdings of the Province of Ontario in order to get the location.

Map of Province of Upper Canada Original Districts of 1788 (broken line) &amp; Districts in 1802 (solid line)

Map of Province of Upper Canada, Districts in 1836

Map of Province of Canada West, Districts in 1849

County Marriage Registers of Ontario, 1858-June 1869 Archives of Ontario, RG 80-27-2, Appendix A19, Volumes 1-86

“In 1857, legislation was enacted to provide for the registration of all marriages performed by clergymen in the Province of Canada West (later Ontario). This led to the creation of a series of volumes known as the COUNTY MARRIAGE REGISTERS, which contain records of marriages performed by clergy from 1 January 1858 until 30 June 1869, at which time a new system of registration was established. Most marriage records found in the registers fall within these dates, but there are occasional records of marriages performed before 1858 and during the latter half of 1869. One minister from Perth County sent in marriage records dating back to 1850, which were duly copied into the register.”

“There is, however, ample evidence that marriage returns from many ministers operating within the province never reached the County Marriage Registers. And in virtually every register, there are not as many marriages for the half-year of 1869 as should be expected, making it obvious that many records at this time were lost during the transition from one system of registration to the other.”

These marriage registers have been microfilmed and are at the Archives of Ontario MS248. See the finding aid for the reel number needed. They have been transcribed, indexed and published by Elizabeth Hancocks, CG of Generation Press under the title County Marriage Registers of Ontario, Canada 1858-1869.

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