Redford, NY is on route 3 between Plattsburg and Saranac Lake and it is not far from Lyon Mountain. Just over the hill. The Browns of Penfield ----- Original Message ----- From: Michael Houde <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, November 11, 1999 1:43 AM Subject: Re: [NYCLINTO-L] Re: NYCLINTO-D Digest V99 #160 > Hello everybody, > > First off I'd like to thank Kris for this information. It solved one > puzzle for me. I could never figure out the marriage date for my > g-g-g-grandparents Ernest Roberts and Philomene Demers or Soulard was > for a time after I knew thay had at least children baptised. > Secondly, can anybody help me to interpret the reference to Lyon > Mountain below. This is the church they went to. Where is Redford? The > way I'm reading it, from 1870 to 1881, people from Lyon Mountain went to > Redford for marriages and baptisms. Is that right? > > Mike > > The Goszka's wrote: > > > > I have read {in MARRIAGES (1830-1880) CLINTON COUNTY (NEW YORK) by Benoit > > Pontbriand} that early on they had "traveling pastors" or missionaries that > > would be stationed at a mission. > > > > Also, there apparently was something called a "rehabilitated marriage". > > These will sometimes be found in Catholic church records. It was > > essentially a second marriage. The couple would have been married by a > > squire or Protestant Minister, and sometime after that (I think with in 7 > > years), the couple would be "re-married", or have the marriage > > "rehabilitated" by a Catholic priest. > > > St. Bernard in Lyon Mountain, established 1881, resident pastor 1894, > > mission of Redford 1870. > > >