Hi, The original is on ancestry but Anna was recorded as Grahan and an initial search using "Graban" did not find it for me. It does looks like Wannover in the copy of the original and was transcribed that way by ancestry but I agree it is probably meant to be Hanover. Debbie > > I tried looking up this marriage on Ancestry but only a transcription of the > index entry is available, not the actual image, so I'm not sure how it could > "clearly" read Wannover unless you have access to the original. But in any > case, as other listers have noted, considering Anna's sister was born in > Normanby Twp. (where Hanover was), & considering Anna's death record lists > her birthplace as Hanover, I think we can conclude that "Wannover" was > either a bad transcription or original misspelling (handwritten H's are > often mistaken for handwritten W's & vice-versa) of Hanover. > > > > On 14 October 2010 08:39, Joan Atkinson <jmatkinson45@yahoo.ca> wrote: > > > According to Alan Rayburn's <Place Names of Ontario> the name Hanover was > > proposed by the first postmaster Abraham Gottwals since many of the first > > settlers came from Germany,. (From the area NOW known as Hannover).. > > Could Hannover have been Wannover previously.? > > Perhaps a German speaking person could help. > > The Graban record is clearly Wannover. > > Joan