Hi Gerry: Nat'l died before the question re parentage was added to the death reg's: Ontario, Canada Deaths, 1869-1934 County of Oxford Name: Nathaniel Cave Death Date: 1 Jun 1895 Death Location: Oxford Occupation: Farmer Gender: Male Age: 66 Estimated birth year: abt 1829 Birth Location: Nova Scotia Religion: Methodist Cause of Death: Suicide by hanging Physician: Dr. Lucas Carr Informant: Abijah? Cave, and it looks like "son of deceased" Reg. #013180 No township/town/city is written on the page of death reg's. Not uncommon but annoying! There is no record of the marriage Cove/Cave to Mary Boss on Ancestry or on Mary Crandall's Ontario Marriages site. Nor one for Nathaniel and Mary Robinson. Daughter Annie's marriage, further down, gives her mother's name as Mary Robinson, not Boss. I assume you already have the newspaper clippings from the Woodstock newspaper, search here in the surname box, Search for Births, Marriages, Deaths, using just Cove, not Cave and no given names: http://woodstock.news.halinet.on.ca/ Cove, Abijah, (Died on 24 Oct 1924) Death notice (1860-1924) appeared in Sentinel Review (Woodstock), 25 Oct 1924, page 3, column 4 Cove, Abijah, (Died on 24 Oct 1924) Death notice (1860-1924) appeared in Sentinel Review (Woodstock), 28 Oct 1924, page 10, column 4 Cove, Nathaniel, (Died on 31 May 1895) Death notice (1831 - 1895) appeared in Sentinel Review (Woodstock), 1 Jun 1895, page 5, column 1 Cove, Viola, (Died on 13 Feb 1925) Death notice (1907 - 1925) appeared in Sentinel Review (Woodstock), 13 Feb 1925, page 5, column 5 Cove, Viola, (Died on 13 Feb 1925) Death notice (1907 - 1925) appeared in Sentinel Review (Woodstock), 14 Feb 1925, page 3, column 6 Cove, Viola, (Died on 13 Feb 1925) Death notice (1907 - 1925) appeared in Sentinel Review (Woodstock), 17 Feb 1925, page 3, column 4 Cove, William Henry, and Schofield, Margaret, Marriage notice appeared in Sentinel Review (Woodstock), 24 Jul 1902, page 5, column 2 For copies: The library is unable to provide long-distance telephone, written or email research assistance or to extract copies of entries in the newspaper index from the microfilmed newspapers. If you are unable to visit the library, you may wish to contact the Oxford Historical and Genealogical Society at ocbogs@oxford.net. Their experienced volunteers can search the library's collection and make copies for you for a small research fee. Oxford County Public Library, Genealogy Databases: There are Cove entries in there databases: http://www.ocl.net/genealogy/directory/directory.pl http://www.ocl.net/genealogy/ http://www.ocl.net/cemetery/ http://www.ocl.net/genealogy/chronicle/ Please read Search Tips and General Questions for instructions as to how to request a transcription of a birth, death or marriage notice, in Frequently Asked Questions. http://www.ocl.net/genealogy/ Searching the 1861 census on that site brings up: Enumeration District: 2, Comprising the Western portion from the 6th Lot, Census pages are out of order Cove, Nathaniel born NS Wesleyan Methodist Laborer Cove, Mary born NS Cove, James born Upper Canada Cove, Ann born UC Cove, Mercy Ann born Nova Scotia - that's what the transcriber says, you'd have to check the original I searched for marriages of any of these children and found this which gives the mother as Mary Robinson, not Boss: 009281-88 ( Oxford Co) George DYE , 31 , farmer , England , West Oxford , s/o William DYE & Elizabeth PALMER , married Annie COVE , 28 , Thamesford , North Oxford , d/o Nathaniel COVE & Mary ROBINSON , witn: Mrs W.G. & J.E. BROWN both of Ingersoll , 21 May 1888 at Ingersoll. 008588-81 ( Oxford Co) James T. COVE , 24 , farmer , Canada , Oxford , s/o Nathaniel & Mary , married Annie CUTHBERT , 25 , Canada , Oxford , d/o William James & Jane , witn: Margaret CUTHBERT & George DYE of North Oxford , 6 Dec 1881 at Ingersoll. The son Abijah's death: Ontario, Canada Deaths, 1869-1934 County of Oxford, Division of Ingersoll Name: Alirjah Cones Death Date: 24 Oct 1924 Death Location: Alexandra Hospital, Ingersoll, Oxford Gender: Male Marital: Widower Age; 68 Born: May 18 Birth Location: Ontario Parents: Nathaniel Cove and Elizabeth Boss, both born Nova Scotia Physician: Dr. Cornish, Ingersoll Informant: Mrs. A. Sutherland, daughter, Ingersoll Burial: Ingersoll R____, October 27, 1924 Cause: Lobar pneumonia and myocardial failure Reg. #024334 But when he married, he gave this info: 009423-94 ( Oxford Co) Abijah COVE , 30 , farmer , North Oxford , same , s/o Nathaniel & Mary Jane , married Gertrude BEETLE , 19 , North Oxford , same , d/o Nelson , witn: Luther WILLSON & Minnie McKENZIE both of Ingersoll , 7 Nov 1894 at Ingersoll. 009413-94 ( Oxford Co) Merchant John COVE , 26 , farmer , North Oxford , Ingersoll , s/o Nathaniel & Mary , married Sarah Jane MERRITT , 17 , Thamesford , same , d/o William & Susan , witn: S.J. & G.S.F. BARKER of Ingersoll , 20 June 1894 at Ingersoll. 10883-11 Charles Benedict CAVE, 27, baker, of Woodstock, s/o Nathaniel CAVE (Cove?), deceased, & Mary E. ROBINSON, married Belva Lea GOODALL, 22, of Woodstock, d/o Leslie GOODALL & Marilla BROWN, witn: Jean E. McLEAN & Mrs. John MAYBERRY, both of Ingersoll, 20 Nov 1911 at Ingersoll You can search Nova Scotia vital events here but they are likely too recent to help you: https://www.novascotiagenealogy.com/ 4 Cave births, 27 marriages, 30 deaths. Ontario, Canada Census Index, 1871 Name: Nathaniel Cove Age: 45 Estimated birth year: abt 1826 Gender: Male Birth Place: Nova Scotia Residence District: Oxford South Residence Location: Oxford North Ethnic Origin: English Religion: Wesleyan Methodist Occupation: Laborer Division: 2 Microfilm Roll: C-9911 Page: 6 Head of Household Comment: This person is listed as a head of household. 1857 Directory of the Province of Ontario: Cave & Pickard Canning Oxford Post office; general store, flour, grist and saw mill owners, Canning Mills Cave and Turner Canning Oxford Blacksmiths and waggonmakers Cove, John Toronto York Tailor, 32 Park Lane Marriage Notices of the Ontario Examiner, Toronto, 1840 - 1847: 13 July 1842 (Wed.): At New Haven, Conn., on Wednesday, Thomas Cave of Toronto, Upper Canada, to Elizabeth Lishman, of the former place. Ontario, Canada Births, 1869-1909 County of Oxford, Division of North Oxford Twp. Name: Silas Nathaniel Cove Date of Birth: 24 Nov 1875 Gender: Male Birth County: Oxford Father's name: Nathaniel Cove, farmer Mother's name: Mary Robinson Roll Number: MS933_4 Delayed Reg. #901184 Declaration by Wm Henry Cove of the the Twp. of West Zorra, Oxford County, brother of the aforesaid, that I am 5 years and 8 months senior to the aforesaid, and I was at home at the time of the birth and have a distinct recollection of the occurence. That both parents are now dead. Sworn at the City of Woodstock in the County of Oxford, April 3, 1934. Ontario, Canada Deaths, 1869-1934 County of Oxford, Division of Ingersoll Name: Janet Garelan Iles Death Date: 25 Mar 1919 Death Location: Ingersoll, Oxford Gender: Female Age: 53 Estimated birth year: abt 1866 Birth Location: Canada Father: Nathaniel Voce Mother: Mary Robinson Physician: Dr. Furlong? Informant: Fred Keeler, Ingersoll Cause: Lobar pneumonia Reg. #024543? or 024548 - last digit is hard to read And Jackie already sent some birth reg's. Marg in Sunny Alberta Gerry Mattinson wrote: