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From: "Doug Porteous" <>
Subject: RE: [ONT] H.M. 77th Regiment
Date: Sun, 21 May 2006 16:26:17 -0400
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Bill,

No, I don't have their marriage certificate, but I do have a fairly
comprehensive entry from Landmarks of Toronto. The minister was Rev. John
Barclay.

Would additional information be available on the original certificate (the
transcript gives no information about his regiment or occupation)?

Is there a possibility a copy of the original might be with either the
United Church, or the Presbyterian Church Archives. I believe Joseph and
Isabella belonged to St. Andrew's Presbyterian (the current church building
is just east of Roy Thomson Hall). As you suggest, is it also possible a
copy might be with the Anglican Church Archives?

I've just done a Google search and found a reference to Rev. John Barclay at
http://www.accessgenealogy.com/scripts/data/database.cgi?file=Data&report=Si
ngleArticle&ArticleID=0032960.

Thanks,
--Doug

-----Original Message-----
From: Bill Davidson [mailto:]
Sent: Sunday, May 21, 2006 3:23 PM
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Subject: Re: [ONT] H.M. 77th Regiment


Doug,

Do you have their marriage certificate? Those serving in the army
back then had their marriage (if in Canada) registered at the nearest
Anglican church. I found one of mine in Fredericton, NB in 1816.


bill


On 21-May-06, at 3:09 PM, Doug Porteous wrote:

> Hi Pat,
>
> It's all quite confusing to me since my knowledge of military
> history is
> quite poor (something I hope to rememdy soon!). One of my biggest
> challenges
> is figuring out the various places where Joseph REID might have been
> garrisoned.
>
> I finally found some information at the PRO site that seems to
> match my
> Joseph, but the number of regiments he served in seems quite high:
>
> "Covering dates 1827-1848
> Scope and content JOSEPH REED
> Born DRUMACOZA, Londonderry [Google thinks that should be 'DRUMCOURA
> Londonderry'] Served in 56th Foot Regiment; 68th Foot Regiment;
> 77th Foot
> Regiment; 81st Foot Regiment; 11th Foot Regiment Discharged aged 45"
>
> He would have been discharged ca. 1848 (the 1871 census gives his
> age as 68,
> indicating a DOB of 1803), the year following his marriage to Isabella
> Harrison. I'm inferring that the regiment somehow ended up in
> Toronto (but
> when, I wonder, did Joseph arrive?).
>
> The obit only mentions one regiment (perhaps it was the one he was
> serving
> in when he met Isabella, or it was the best known). The "military
> angle"
> makes him more interesting than my other gg-grandfathers (George
> PORTEOUS,
> Archibald BELL, Henry MCCUAIG, Peter MCARTHUR, Alexander DOUGLAS,
> Thomas
> ARTHURS and Joseph GODSON), who all seemed to be in the "farming
> business"
> in Scotland or England. :-)
>
> Thanks for your note (I believe I've thanked all other responders
> offline).
>
> Cheers,
> --Doug
>


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