Marriage Certificate of Samuel Woodland and Ida Moore

The application to marry reads:

AFFIDAVIT

Required before License of Certificate is Granted by Issuer of he Marriage Licenses by Provision of The Marriage Act.

Samuel Franklin Woodland, Morrisburg Ontario in the County Dundas make oath and say as follows:

1. I and Ida P. Moore of Morrisburg Ontario in the County Dundas are desirious of entering into the Contract of Marriage, and of having our Marriage duly solemnized at the Village Morrisburg in the County of Dundas.

2. According to the best of my knowledge and belief, there is no affinity, consanguinity, prior marriage or any other lawful cause or legal impediment to bar or hinder the soleminzation of the said Marriage.

3.  I, Samuel F. Woodland, have since the 1st day of May 1915 my usual place of abode within the municipality of Morrisburg in the County or District.

4.  I am of the age of 46 years, and the said Ida P Moore is of the full age of 18 years.

5. I am a Widower and the said Ida P Moore is a Widow.

Sworn by me at Morrisburg in the County of Dundas this 26th day of July 1916.

Signed:  S.F. Woodland

F.R. Chalmers (?), Issuer of Marriage Licenses at Morrisburg.

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The left side of the marriage certificate has the following details supplied by the minister.

BRIDEGROOM

• Name: Samuel Franklin Woodland
• Age: 46 years
• Residence when Married:  Morrisburg
• Place of Birth:  Ottawa
• Bachelor or Widower:  W (for Widower)
• Occupation:  Mechanic
• Religious Denomination:  Methodist
• Name of Father:  Stewart Woodland
• Maiden Name of Mother:  Eliza Godwin

BRIDE

• Name:  Mrs. Ida P. Moore
• Age: 60 years
• Residence When Married:  Morrisburg
• Place of Birth:  Hull, Quebec
• Spinster or Widow: W
• Religious Denomination:  Methodist
• Name of Father:  Erastus E. Kellogg
• Maiden Name of Mother:  Lydian Winehester

Signature of the Bridegroom:  S F Woodland

Signature of Bride:  Ida P. Moore

Name of Witness:  Mrs (Rio) Strike   Address: Morrisburg

Name of Witness:  Hazel Woodland   Address:  Morrisburg

I certify the above named parties were married by me at Morrisburg in the county of Dundas this 26th day of January 1916. Signature A J H Thike (?)  Address Morrisburg  Denomination:  Methodist

There is a big stamp on the upper right hand corner that is dated Jan 29 1916 Registrar General Ontario

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This record provides considerable information about my great grandfather.

We are given his full name, Samuel Franklin Woodland and that his age was 46 when he applied for the marriage license in July of 1915 and when he was married in January of 1916.  I also know he is a widower (not mentioned here but his first wife was killed in a horse and buggy accident when the children were quite young). I also know he is a mechanic, was a Methodist and who his parents were.  I know where he is born (Ottawa) and where he resided at the time of the second marriage (Morrisburg).   We also see his signature on two places on this record.  One of the witnesses is Hazel Woodland (his oldest daughter from the previous marriage, although not stated here).

His new wife Ida was 14 years older than him and we learn considerable information about her as well.

One tends to chase the bloodline documentation and perhaps not spend as much time on second marriages.  This document is a good example of one that gives considerable information about one’s ancestor.  I suggest considering the documentation from second marriages (if applicable) as good sources of genealogy material.

© 2010 Joan Miller (Luxegen).  All rights reserved.

[Source:  This document was obtained by a search using a world membership of ancestry.com.  There is a 14 day free trial available if you wish to do your own search without purchasing.]

Starched and pressed, shoes polished and bodies posed. This photo shows the graduates of the first nursing class from Ottawa Civic Hospital in 1925.

My grandmother Isabel (WOODLAND) IRVINE was in that class and can be seen in the front row, far left.  (CLICK on the photo for a larger view).  Grandma graduated fifth in the class and kept her nurse’s registration active until she turned 65.  She attended at my birth and before that at the birth of countless other youngsters in the hills near Young, Saskatchewan.  Her husband Bill Irvine was a homesteader in the area. Surnames mentioned on the back of the photo are Woodland, Mulraugh, Webb, Bennett, Morrison, Wheissel, Sterwart, McIlroy, Richardson, Curren, Byers, Lenohan, McLelland, Maxwell, McDonald, Farmer, Kemp, Mitchell, Payne, Reid, Nexon, Trott, Allison, Boyle, Currie.  (CLICK on the photo for a larger view.)   If you have connections or comments please use the form below.

It looks like a great line up of speakers who will be teaching everything from Inferential Genealogy (click to find out what that is!), to dealing with record shortages, case studies, Ontario Crown Land Records, How to avoid being duped on the internet, Beginning Genealogy, Genealogy Podcasts and more.

Below is the list of speakers (from the webpage) as of February 17.  What an opportunity to hear experts speak on their favourite topic – genealogy!

• Lesley Anderson of Ancestry.ca

• William (Bill) Bienia

• Ruth Blair

• Ruth Burkholder

• John Philip Colletta

• Lisa Louise Cooke

• Rick Crume

• Susanna De Groot

• Melissa Ellis

• Amy Wachs Fellner

• Karolyn Smardz Frost

• John A Geck

• Alison Hare

• Thomas W. Jones

• Elayne Lockhart

• Mary Nash

• Janice Nickerson

• Dave Obee

• James Onyschuk

• Marian Press

• Linda L. Reid

• Rick Roberts

• Gary Schroder

• Fawne Stratford-Devai

• Marueen A. Taylor

• James F. S. Thomas

• Glenn Wright

It is a large conference and lots of genealogy learning involved.  There are pre-conference archives tours and Toronto’s Irish Heritage Bus tour.  Dutch and Italian ancestry will be featured along with a session that would definitely interest me:  Quebec Church Records.  I’m still working out our KERR story in Quebec.

And more.  Lots more.

If you live anywhere close, consider going to Toronto in May for this conference.  Registration is on OGS conference website.

Find your Canadian ancestors

A list of the Canadian Genealogy Societies:

(click on the names for more information)

Alberta Family Histories Society

British Columbia Genealogical Society

Manitoba Genealogical Society

New Brunswick Genealogical Society

Family History Society of Newfoundland and Labrador

Nova Scotia Genealogical Network Association – list of several societies

Ontario Genealogical Society

Prince Edward Island Genealogical Society

Quebec Family History Society

Saskatchewan Genealogical Society

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Genealogists in Canada and elsewhere will be interested to hear of the Canadian Headstone Photo Project. This looks like a worthwhile cause if you are interested in volunteering. 

“The mission of this project is to capture digital images of  headstones of our ancestors. As decades pass — many stones are becoming harder, if not impossible, to read the inscriptions they originally contained. By archiving the images, we can help save these important records and also assist researchers using this valuable resource.  This Headstone Photo Project is a privately sponsored, non-profit, educational site. Success of the Project depends completely upon the activities of many volunteers and other individuals who contribute photographs to the archive.”

If you enjoy photography and would relish a worthwhile volunteer project, consider helping with this one.  The Website is here: http://canadianheadstones.com/