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Marriage Records

‘The presents were numerous and costly’

‘The presents were numerous and costly’

East Grand Forks, Grand Forks, Marriage Records, Newspapers, Ottawa, Women15 March 2025by M.C. Moran

Or, Who Gave What to Whom? In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, marriage notices in local newspapers would sometimes include a list of the wedding presents received by the happy couple, along with the names of the gift-givers….

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Newspaper “Jollies”

Newspaper “Jollies”

East Grand Forks, Grand Forks, Marriage Records, Migration, Newspapers13 February 2025by M.C. Moran

Or, The Marriage of Michael J. Sullivan Michael Joseph Sullivan and Helen Elizabeth Moran Note: Basic genealogical information for this couple can be found here. In brief: the Canadian-born Michael “Mike” Joseph Sullivan (1859-1951), son of Timothy Sullivan and Hanora…

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Irish Counties in Fitzroy Harbour RC Marriage Records (1852-1863)

Irish Counties in Fitzroy Harbour RC Marriage Records (1852-1863)

Canadian Records, Catholic Records, Marriage Records, Migration21 April 2022by M.C. Moran

From 1852, there was a Catholic mission at Fitzroy Harbour (Fitzroy township, Carleton Co., Ontario, Canada). A stone church was built in 1861,1 but the mission did not become the independent parish of St. Michael until 1917. The Fitzroy Harbour Mission…

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Irish Origins in Canadian RC Marriage Records: St. John the Evangelist, Gananoque, Leeds Co., Ontario

Irish Origins in Canadian RC Marriage Records: St. John the Evangelist, Gananoque, Leeds Co., Ontario

Canadian Records, Catholic Records, Marriage Records, Migration20 April 2022by M.C. Moran

From the parish registers of St. John the Evangelist Roman Catholic Church, Gananoque, Leeds Co., Ontario,1 a list of Irish-emigrant marriages from 4 January 1850 to 25 February 1859. I have included only  those marriages where the record supplies information…

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Forkill Names in the Register for St. John the Baptist RC Church, Perth, Lanark, Ontario (1842-1856)

Forkill Names in the Register for St. John the Baptist RC Church, Perth, Lanark, Ontario (1842-1856)

Canadian Records, Catholic Records, Forkill, Marriage Records17 April 2022by M.C. Moran

Extracted from the parish registers for St. John the Baptist Roman Catholic Church, Perth, Lanark Co., Ontario, Canada, July 1842 through December 1856.1 Below, I include only  those marriages where one or both parties were identified with Co. Armagh. Many…

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Muintervara Marriages, 1825-1826

Catholic Records, Irish Records, Marriage Records, Muintervara21 July 2020by M.C. Moran

From the parish registers for the RC parish of Muintervarra [variant names: Kilcrohane, Muintervara, Durrus), Diocese of Cork & Ross, County of Cork, civil parish of Kilcrohane, Co. Cork, at the NLI’s Catholic Parish Registers at the NLI.

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