Thomas Benson's Bible(Oxford Press, 1872)
Family Bibles often contain information concerning dates of births, marriages and deaths, and, while not entirely reliable for a variety of reasons (for example, incorrect birthdates to show the legitimacy of offspring whose emergence into the world came closely behind - or before - a wedding), are of great value to researchers. If you have material we can use, please send it to us!
This family data (births, marriages and deaths) was taken from a collection of Bibles located at Dorothy's House Museum, some twelve miles north of Port Hope and operated by the East Durham Historical Society. The spelling shown is as found in the Bibles. Our thanks to Ona Gardiner for allowing us to transcribe them.
* James M. Andrews/Rosanna Brown (from 1810)
Another collection of Bibles is currently housed at the Port Hope Archives. Archivist Krista Taylor graciously allowed us to copy the information written in them.
* George Holdaway (from 1847)
These contributions have been thoughtfully sent to us from personal Bibles.
* William Henry Powe/William Parsons (from 1848)
While not from a Bible, the following information was transcribed from a notebook compiled by the 'Misses Hatch' in Port Hope on 27th May 1861:
* Josiah Haskill/Chloe Gage and William Hatch/Louisa Haskill (from 1786)
James Madison Andrews' Bible
James' wife, Rosanna, was the daughter of John Brown, who came to the United States from Cavan, Ireland, and then to Port Hope in 1818. He was a member of the legislature for Durham County for a number of years. He erected the first brick building in Port Hope in 1823. He died in 1842, after doing much to promote the progress of the town.
According to Lynn Calvin, James M. Andrews Jr. served during the Civil War as a lieutenant in the 30th Regiment NY Volunteer Infantry. He was 'in several battles, taken prisoner, confined in Richmond, exchanged and discharged with his regiment'. He and many other family members are buried in Greenridge Cemetery in Saratoga Springs. Lynn is the coordinator of the Saratoga County NYGenWeb site. Included on that site are many Bible records of Saratoga County families.
Births...
Marriages...
Deaths...
* Henry H. Meredith/Margaret Brown (from 1815)
* Johnson S. & Louisa Walker (from 1835)
* Mary Philp (from 1791)
* James & Christiana Elliott (from 1794)
* Joseph & Anne Symons (from 1844)
* Thomas Moore Benson/Laura Abigail Fuller (from 1874)
* John Smart/Catherine Smith (from 1759)
* Seth Soper Smith/Susie Frances Fuller (from 1843)
* John Elias Smart/Hariett Johnstone (from 1887)
* David Gillespie (from 1798)
* Robert Skitch/Hannah Brock (from 1826)
* William O. Monaghan/Phoebe Mills (from 1832)
* Joseph Henry Hugh/Emily Louise Masters (from 1850)
(Jesper Harding, Philadelphia, 1854)
Found in a vacant house in Ottawa by ME Moffatt, it contains records from two Bibles and shows christening records from St. John's (now St. Mark's) Anglican Church in Port Hope, dating back to the 1840s.
James M. Andrews, born Milton, Saratoga Co., NY 14 Aug 1810
Rosanna Brown, w/o JM Andrews, born NYC 12 Aug 1816. Children:
John Brown Andrews, born Saratoga Springs, NY 01 Sep 1841
James Madison Andrews, Jr., born 20 Nov 1843
Margaret Anna Andrews, born Port Hope 19 Jul 1848
Rosa Mary Andrews, born 19 Jul 1848
Eda Fleda Eunice Andrews, born Saratoga Springs 26 Aug 1852
Ella Marion Turner Andrews, born 29 Aug 1854
Henry Howard Andrews, born 12 Nov 1858
George Sandford Andrews, born 19 Feb 1861
Jason Andrews (22 Feb 1768-28 Mar 1858) f/o JM Andrews
Effie Cochran, born 27 Sep 1848, w/o James M. Andrews, Jr. Children:
James M. Andrews II, born 02 Apr 1868
Effie Rosa Andrews, born 06 Mar 1870
Clarence E. Breckenridge, born 03 Nov 1851, h/o Ella MT Andrews. Child:
Clarence Elias Breckenridge, Jr., born 05 Oct 1881
James Madison Andrews & Rosanna Brown, Port Hope 09 Jul 1840 by Rev. Shortt
James M. Andrews, Jr. & Effie Cochran, 06 Jun 1867
Ella MT Andrews & Clarence E. Breckenridge, 25 Nov 1880
Margaret Anna Andrews, at Saratoga Springs 11 Apr 1853
Rosa Mary Andrews, 29 Apr 1853
Eda Fleda Eunice Andrews, 22 Jun 1855
John Brown Andrews, 25 Apr 1857
Henry Howard Andrews, 21 Apr 1883
Jason Andrews, at Milton, Saratoga Springs 28 Feb 1858 aged 90 years, 6 days; f/o Jas. M.
James Madison Andrews, Sr., at Saratoga Springs of acute brochitis at 7 AM, 08 Jan 1890; buried Saratoga Springs
Rosanna Brown Andrews, at Maywood, NJ of debility 06 Jun 1900; buried Saratoga Springs 09 Jun 1900
(last two entries by B. Wallis, Ottawa)
Parents...
Henry Howard Meredith, born 24 Jan 1815
Margaret Brown, born 28 Feb 1818
They were married 15 Sep 1840 at St. John's Church by Rev. Jonathan Shortt.
Children...
Henry John Meredith, born 08 Mar 1844
Amy Margaret Elizabeth Meredith, born 24 Jan 1847
Annie Rosa Mary Meredith, born 10 Jun 1849
William Howard Graves Meredith, born 14 Jan 1856
Marriages...
Amy ME Meredith & Charles Austin Williams, St. John's Church, Sep 1869? Children:
Mabel Robsart Williams, born 07 Apr 1870
Amy Walsingham Williams, born 28 Feb 1871
Norma Duckett Williams, born 28 Nov 1872
Annie RM Meredith & Charles Percy, St. John's Church, 02 Oct 1878. Children:
Howard Meredith Percy, born 12 Jul 1879
Amy Lorraine Seymour Percy, born 23 Mar 1881
Deaths...
John Brown, at Port Hope Jan 1842, aged 52 years
Margaret Brown, at Port Hope 07 Jan 1856, aged 64 years
Rosanna Brown Andrews, born New York City 12 Aug 1816 (2nd d/o John and Margaret); died Maywood, New Jersey 06 Jun 1900; buried Saratoga Springs 09 Jun 1900
Margaret Brown Meredith, born Port Hope 28 Feb 1818 (3rd d/o John and Margaret); died Port Hope 17 Feb 1901
(last two entries by B. Wallis, Ottawa)
Johnson S. Walker's Bible
(John E. Potter & Company, Philadelphia, c1830)
Donated to Dorothy's House Museum by Mrs. William Hannah of Welcome, Ontario.
Births...
Johnson S. Walker, born 1835
Louisa A. Walker, born 1839
Miranda Walker, born 1857
James A. Walker, born 1859
Edgerton Walker, born 1862
Annie M. Walker, born 1869
"Mary Philp her Book July 20th 1851"
(JS Redfield-Clinton Hall, New york, 1848)
Parents...
John Philp (11 Dec 1791-19 Apr 1841), born Penrose, s/o Hugh & Catherine
Mary Oke (11 Feb 1791-10 Feb 1884), born Hanger St Audy?, d/o William & Christain
Deaths...
Christain Oke Philp, 02 Jul 1830, aged 1 year & 2 months
William Oke Philp, 16 Aug 1878, aged 58
Catharine Philp Dunnett, 02 Jan 1898, aged 81
Belinda Mutton, 1893, aged 81
Elizabeth Fiddick, 1900, aged 75
Hugh Philp, 1902
Robert Philp, 1905
Christiana Philp, 1917, aged 85
John Philp, 1918, aged 92
Mary Dunnett, 1918, aged 94
James Charles Elliott (of Hope)'s Bible
(Jesper Harding, Philadelphia, 1850)
Presented to Dorothy's House Museum by Edgar Bowman of Gore's Landing, Ontario, it is signed on the endpapers by John Elliott (01 Mar 1863) and Miss Charlotta Elliott (26 May 1888).
Deaths...
James Elliott, 10 Mar 1856, aged 60
Christiana Elliott, his wife, 12 Mar 1882, aged 87
John C. Elliott, 11 Dec 1887, aged 63
Edward John Symons' Bible
(William Collins, Sons & Company, Glasgow/London, 1869)
Parents...
Joseph Symons, born 09 May 1844
Anne Symons, born 18 Mar 1846
They were married 30 Dec 1867.
Children, all baptised by Rev. Robt. Hurley, Bible Christian Minister...
Joseph Henry, born 15 Jan 1872, bap. 07 Feb 1872
Wilbert James, born 11 Apr 1874, bap. 15 Jun 1874
Mary Maud, born 09 Dec 1875, bap. Mar 1876
Robert, born 27 Jul 1877, bap. 03 Jun 1878
Clara Jane, born 14 Mar 1879, bap. 09 Jul 1879
Edward John, born 04 Feb 1881, bap. 13 Apr 1881
Marriages...
Joseph H. Symons & Carrie Campbell, 12 Feb 1896
Wilbert J. Symons & Lavina Allie Holmes, 08 Sep 1897
Mary Maud Symons & William G. Chestnut, 08 Sep 1897
Robert Symons & Mabel Ina Leighton, 08 Dec 1908 (Leap Year)
Edward John Symons & Carrie Ethel Wade, 14 Jun 1911
George Holdaway's Bible
(William G. Harding, Philadelphia, 1860)
Births...
Agusta Emma Holdaway born September 29th 1847 A.D.
Fredrick Holdaway born April first A.D. 1849
Adaline Holdaway born January 15th A.D. 1851
George Holdaway born September 19th A.D. 1854
Mary Eliza Holdaway born August 30th A.D. 1859
Myram Melissa Holdaway born February 8th A.D. 1864
Agusta Emma Holdaway (Kinsman) born March 14th 1870
Deaths...
George Holdaway Died December 22nd A.D. 1875
Aguta Emma Kinsman Died March 28th A.D. 1870
Adaline Spry Died August 28th A.D. 1894
Thomas Benson's Bible
(Oxford Press, 1872)
The following family history was written in the front of the Bible:
"Thomas Moore Benson, of Port Hope, Barrister-at-Law, and Laura Abigail Fuller were married in St. George's Church Toronto on the twenty-fifth day of June in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventy-four by her father the Ven. T.B. Fuller DD DCL Rector of St. George's Church Toronto and Archdeacon of Niagara, assisted by her brother-in-law the Rev. D.I.F. MacLeod M.A. Rector of Chippawa.
"Clara Cynthia, daughter of Thomas Moore Benson and Laura Abigail his wife, was born on the 5th June 1875, at Port Hope, and was baptized in the Church of St. John the Evangelist, at Port Hope, on the 22nd August 1875, by the Right Reverend Thomas Brock Fuller, D.D. D.C.L. Lord Bishop of Niagara, Mrs. Fuller her grandmother, Mrs.J.S. McMurray her Aunt, and Frederic Albert Benson her uncle, being Sponsors.
"Thomas Bingley Fuller, son of Thomas Moore Benson and Laura Abigail his wife, was born on the 28th October 1876, at Port Hope, and was baptized in the Church of St. John the Evangelist, at Port Hope, on the 28th January 1877, by the Right Reverend Thomas Brock Fuller, D.D. D.C.L. Lord Bishop of Niagara, his grandfather, The Bishop of Niagara and Colonel Arthur T.H. Williams, of Penryn Park, and Annie Maria Benson, his Aunt, being Sponsors.
"Jessie Laura Louise, daughter of Thomas Moore Benson and Laura Abigail his wife, was born on the 31st December, 1880, at Port Hope, and was baptized in the Church of St. John the Evangelist, at Port Hope, on the 3rd April 1881, by the Right Rev. Thomas Brock Fuller, D.D. D.C.L. Lord Bishop of Niagara, Mrs. William Fraser of Port Hope, and Miss Jessie Macklene of Toronto, and William Fuller, her uncle, being Sponsors.
"Gladys Alicia, daughter of Thomas Moore Benson and Laura Abigail his wife, was born on the 23rd May 1883, at Port Hope, and was privately baptised at Terralta, Port Hope, on the 5th October 1883, by The Rev. W.E. Cooper, M.A. in the absence of The Rev. F.A. O'Meara LL.D. Rector of St. John's - the delay in her baptism arising from the ill-health of her Grandfather the Bishop of Niagara by whom it was desired she should be baptized. She died on the 6th October 1883, and was buried in St. John's Cemetery, Port Hope on the 8th Oct. 1883, by The Rev. Dr. O'Meara, Rector."
John Smart's Bible
(William Collins, Glasgow & London, 1851)
"Presented as a Wedding Present to John & Catherine Sophia Smart, by their Affectionate Father Jn. Smart of Port Darlington. Port Hope 10th Dec. 1853"
Births...
Tuesday October 3rd 1854 at St. Catharines John Elias Smart. Married Hattie Johnstone on 7th Jun 1887.
At Port Hope 3 June 1858 Alfred Smart. Married Harriet Elizabeth Gunn on 7th July 1890.
At Port Hope 10 June 1860 Annie Sophia Smart.
Marriages...
"A Memorandum of the Marriage of John Smart and Jean Napier, with the Dates of the Births of their Children.
John Smart and Jean Napier, were married at Bervie, by the Rev. Robert Croll, Minister of that Parish, on the 10th day of November, 1780. Aged 21 years each, after the month of September preceding their marriage: John Smart being born on the 18th September, and Jean Napier on the 10th day of said month, 1759.
1. Alexander, their first born son, was born on the 9th February, 1782.
2. Elizabeth, was born on the 5th August, 1783.
3. Katharine, was born on the 25th May, 1785.
4. Robert, was born on the 8th May, 1787.
5. Margaret, was born on the 8th February, 1788.
6. Katharine, was born on the 1st July, 1790.
7. Martha, was born on the 12th March, 1792.
8. John, was born on the 19th April, 1795.
10. David, was born on the 19 Sept. 1797.
11. George, was born on the 4th Dec. 1800.
There was a daughter stillborn between the birth of Katharine and Martha." (A tear in the paper obscures the rest of the text.)
At Port Hope by the Rev. J. Cassie on Saturday December 10th 1853 John Smart (born 1 AM on the 29th March 1825 at Montrose, Scotland; dead 24 Mch 1891) and Catherine S. Smith (born Aug. 16, 1835 at Port Hope Canada; died 19 Jun 1891 aged 56 yrs.)
Seth Soper Smith's Bible
(William Collins & Sons, & Company, Glasgow & London, 1865)
"Presented to Seth and Susie Smith on their Wedding Day By their affectionate Mother Sophia Smith. Port Hope 28th Oct. 1869."
Births...
Children of Seth S. Smith & Theresa Ella Smith:
Kathleen Edith Smith 21st Feby. 1883 Port Hope
Stella Sophia Smith 7th Jany. 1885 Port Hope
Phyllis Margaret Smith 11th Aug. 1886 Port Hope
Marriages...
Husband: Seth Soper Smith born 28th March 1843 at Port Hope, Ont.
Wife: Susie Frances Fuller born 24th May 1848 at Simcoe, Ont.
Married: 28th October 1869 at Port Hope
Second wife: Theresa Ella Smith born 24th March 1856 at Fond du Lac, Wisconsin
Married: 23rd June 1880 at Fond du Lac
Deaths...
Susie Frances Smith 5th April 1871 Lindsay, Ont.
Seth Soper Smith 12 October 1922 Port Hope
Theresa Ella Smith 1 May 1925 Port Hope
Kathleen Edith Smith 9 Jan. 1926 Port Hope
John Elias Smart's Bible
(A.J. Holman & Co., Philadelphia, 1886)
Marriages...
"John Elias Smart of the Town of Port Hope and Harriet Johnstone of the Town of Cornwall were united by me in Cornwall on the seventh day of June in the year of our Lord 1887 in the Presence of George A.C. Bell & Eva Johnstone. Signed: G.B. Pettit M.A. Rector of Cornwall."
Powe/Parsons Bible
(Oxford: The Clarendon Press, for the British and Foreign Bible Society, London, 1821)
(back page) Bideford, Devonshire England
The information from this Bible (now housed at the Port Hope Archives) came from Carol Quirk of Australia (cquirk@jedi.apana.org.au):
"I have no idea whose Bible this was. It was in the possession of my grandmother, Robina Haskill Mitchell [died 1982; buried Cobourg Union Cemetery], of Cobourg. Her mother was Mary Grace Rowden of Port Hope, so I suspect it came from her, as her family came from Devon."
William Henry, son of Robert & Catherine Powe - born July 19th 1847, died March 3rd 1848
William Parsons - Born Wednesday Nov 5th 1851 at 1/2 past two o'clock PM, died Sept 15, 1916
Maria Jane - born April 17th Monday 1 quarter past six PM 1854
Thomas Henry - born Monday (unreadable) Dec 24, 1855, died June 21st 1857 (unreadable..possibly 'on the...off New York')
Thomas Henry - born July 18, 1857, Port Hope Canada West
(In pencil) Father Powe died Oct. 8th at 2:15 on Tuesday morning, Port Hope. (no year)
William O. Monaghan Bible
(Oxford: The Clarendon Press, for the British and Foreign Bible Society, London, 1828)
This very old and badly-repaired Bible, missing the front/back pages, was discovered in a family workshop in 1995.
John Monaghan born Sept. 4th 1832, Watertown, Jefferson Co., NY
Rachel born Sept. 4th 1835, Watertown, Jefferson Co., NY
Charles born August 9th 1838, C.W. and died May 10th 1845
Margaret Jane born June 27th 1840, C.W.
William James born December 22nd 1842 died May 10th 1845, C.W.
Joseph Henry Hugh Bible
(J.W. Lyon, Guelph, Ontario, 1873)
In disrepair, this Bible was located (since moved) in the Hugh family home in Port Hope.
Joseph Henry Hugh Port Hope 1850 March 1
Emily Louise Masters England 1853 July 26th
Alice Maud Port Hope 1872 April 4th
Albert Henry Port Hope 1873 October 22nd
Joseph Frederick Port Hope 1875 January 24th
Walter Louis Port Hope 1876 April 13th
Edward William Port Hope 1878 July 22nd
Emily Florence Port Hope 1879 October 7th
George Earnest Port Hope 1882 April 4th
William Charles Port Hope 1883 June 14th
Helen Gertrude Port Hope 1885 September 13th
Henry Bertolotto Port Hope 1890 February 10th
Baby Port Hope 1891 August 10th
Misses Hatch (notebook)
Port Hope, Ontario, May 27th 1861
Our thanks to Larry Green of Port Hope for allowing us to transcribe the following material.
Marriages...
Josiah Haskill & Chloe Gage Entered into Mariage July 3rd 1813
Louisa Haskill maried July 25th 1833
Wakeman Haskill maried March 9th 1841
Melissa Haskill maried October 9th 1842
Jeduthan Haskill maried November 14th 1844
Sidney Haskill maried January 2nd 1851
Births...
Josiah Haskill Born April 13th 1786
Chloe Haskill Born August 13th 1794
Louisa Haskill Born Born February 24th 1814
Wakeman Haskill Born August 9th 1815
Melissa Haskill Born February 10th 1817
Jeduthan Haskill Born March 11th 1818
Jeduthan Haskill Born November 20th 1820
Semantha Haskill Born April 8th 1823
Sidney Haskill Born May 29th 1828
Charles Haskill Born October 17th 1830
Sanford W. Haskill Born November 13th 1832
Eliza Elizabeth Haskill Born September 17th 1835
Deaths...
Eliza Elizabeth Haskill Died January 9th 1845
Melissa Haskill the wife of Arthur Pollard Died January 2nd 1855
Josiah Haskill Died November 28th 1860
Chloe Haskill Died December 4th 1871
Wakeman Haskill Died January 26th 1872
Marriages...
William Hatch and Louisa Haskill Entered into Marriage July 25th 1833
Nancy Hatch married February 2nd 1857
Frances M. Hatch married April 22nd 1867
Paulina Hatch married April 15th 1871
Sophronia Hatch married January 29th 1879
Deaths...
Polly Hatch Died April 13th 1843
Malissa Hatch Died April 2nd 1843
Ellen C. Hatch Died April 10th 1843
Sarah E. Hatch Died September 27th 1871
Louise M. Hatch Died February 10th 1874
William Hatch Died October 29th 1877
Louise Hatch Died August 27th 1883
Births...
William Hatch Born March 24th 1808
Louisa M. Hatch Born February 24th 1814
Nancy E. Hatch Born July 25th 1834
Pauline Hatch Born November 13th 1835
Polly Hatch Born May 18th 1837
Malissa Hatch Born May 2nd 1839
Ellen Chloe Hatch Born February 16th 1841
Mary L. Hatch Born April 28th 1844
Frances M. Hatch Born May 17th 1847
Sophronia Hatch Born November 22nd 1850
Sarah E. Hatch Born December 23rd 1853
David Gillespie Bible
(Phinney & Co., Buffalo, 1852)
The first page of this Bible is inscribed, "David Gillaspie Bible Bought Septr. 20th 1851". Each of the entries was signed by David, with a descendant supplying additional material and dates after David's 1873 death. There is also a note stating that both the Gillespie and Kerr families emigrated to Canada from Co. Fermanagh, Ireland.
Marriages...
David & Jane Gillaspie was married in Port Hope Church of England December 14th 1830.
John & Eliza Anna Lee was married in Port Hope Church of England April 12th 1853.
David & Mary Gillaspie [Kerr] was married 31st October 1859 By Revd. Doctor Bethune in Cobourg Church.
Births...
Jane Gillaspie born August 18th 1798.
David Gillaspie born March 16th 1807.
Eliza Anna Gillaspie born June 20th 1835.
Sarah Jane Gillaspie born April 13th 1839.
Written by David Gillaspie Easter Sunday April 12th 1857.
David George Gillespie was born 15 minutes before 6 oclock on 28 August 1861 & baptised November 4th at 4 oclock by Revd. Jonathan Shortt in our own house, he being sick & died on 12 Feby. 1862 & was intered 13 Feby. 1862 in St. Johns Church at 4 p.m. aged 5 months & 15 days.
Isaac Gillespie was born on the 15 January 1869 at 7 oclock in the morning and was baptised in the New St. Johns Church on the 21st August 1869 by the Revd. Doctor Omera [Frederick Augustus O'Meara]. Died October 27, 1901.
Elizabeth Lee born May 6th 1854.
Jane Lee born January 12th 1856.
Victoria Gillespie was born July 1st 1868 at 5 oclock in the morning and was baptised in St. Johns Church at Port Hope on the 16th day of August by the Revd. C.H. Bagely B.A. Queens College Oxford.
Thomas John Gillaspie was born September 24th 1864 1/2 past 3 oclock in the evening and was baptised by Revd. Jonathan Shortt on 23 of October in St. Johns Church Port Hope.
Mary Jane Gillespie was born January 6th 1866 & was baptised in St. Johns Church Port Hope on the 8th of April by the Revd. Mr. Alexander.
Jemima Gillespie was born on the 5th day of March 1867 and was baptised in St. Johns Church on the 21st of July by the Revd. Mr. Omera.
Deaths...
Sarah Jane Gillaspie died October 27th 1852 aged 13 years & 9 months.
Jane Gillaspie wife of David Gillaspie was born August 18th 1798 & died September 25th 1858 aged 60 years, 1 month & 7 days.
Victoria Ellinor Gillespie died June 10th 1904 at 1:15 p.m. at Midland House Port Hope aged 36 years.
Thomas John Gillespie died October 16th 1941 aged 77 years.
David Gillaspie died Nov 10th 1873 aged 70 years.
Jemima Gillespie died Jan 5th 1888 aged 21 years.
Mary Jane Gillespie died March 3rd 1910 aged 33 years.
Mrs. Mary Gillaspie [Mary Kerr] died Nov 15th 1900 aged 72 years.
Isaac Gillespie died Oct 23rd 1901 aged 31 years.
A hand-written marriage certificate, in the back of the Bible, reads:
Cobourg, October 31, 1859
These are to certify that David Gillaspie of Port Hope, Widower, and Mary Carr [Kerr] of the same place, Spinster, were this day married by me.
A.N. Bethune, D.D.
Rector of Cobourg
Hannah Skitch Bible
(The Complete Domestic Bible. World Publishing Company, Guelph, Ontario, 1873)
This Bible was presented to the Port Hope Archives by Robert B. Peelle, Jr. - Hannah's gggreat-grandson - in December, 2005. The first page is inscribed, "Presented to my Mother Hannah Skitch by Her Son Thomas Skitch. Dec. 20, 1883", and the entries may have been done by Thomas. The family first came to Port Hope (Robert was the brother of William Skitch and Jane Yeo of Port Hope) before settling in Millbrook.
This certifies that Thomas R. Skitch and Margaret Montgomery were solemnly united by me in the Holy Bonds of Matrimony at BelliBrough [Baillieboro] on the seventh day of March in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty-eight conformably in the Ordinance of God and the Laws of the State.
Signed, James Cameron
Centerville Presbyterian Church
Witnesses: R.J. Montgomery, Lottie Skitch
Robert Skitch, born Dec. 25, 1826
Hannah Skitch, born Apr. 19, 1830
Their children:
Ann Jane Skitch, born England Oct. 18, 1849
Mary H.S. Skitch, born England July 1, 1851
William Skitch, born Canada Feb. 26, 1856
Silas Skitch, born Canada Apr. 25, 1857, died 1890
Tamar Skitch, born Canada Jan. 24, 1859
Thomas R. Skitch, born Canada Dec. 19, 1860, died 1862
Frances C. Skitch, born Canada Sept. 2, 1863, died Nov. 1945 (death date written in a different hand)
Robert T. Skitch, born Canada Aug. 13, 1865
Emma A. Skitch, born Canada Aug. 13, 1867, died 1897
Samuel J. Skitch, born Canada Mar. 1, 1869
Henery G. Skitch, born Canada July 10, 1876