Hi During that period there was no county system of record keeping for Vital Stats. Instead the province was divided into Districts and a marriage would likely be recorded in either the Home District or the Newcastle District as Mariposa is close to the border. There are several volumes to the Home District. As with most early records they are far from complete but they have been transcribed and are in most larger libraries in Ontario. The information is usually quite limited and seldom gives parents names or birthplace. The most complete records are usually found in church records. However, a large number of township histories have been written and quite a few have wonderful family histories. I suggest trying to locate one on Mariposa. I would also suggest contacting the branch if the Ontario Historical Society for that area. Elaine Robinson Georgetown Ontario -----Original Message----- From: Dana & Ryan Sent: Saturday, November 23, 2013 12:07 AM To: sct-isleofmull@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [SCT-ISLEOFMULL] Angus MacLean Hi Ida, All the information I have says that Flora was from Mull but I don't have any record for it. I have this from the paper in Duluth, MN: Date: Friday, April 16, 1920 Paper: Duluth News-Tribune (Duluth, MN) Volume: 51 Issue: 335 Page: 4 "MRS. D. MCLEAN BORN 1830 DIED APRIL 14 1920 Duluthians learned yesterday of the death of Mrs. Duncan McLean, age 90, formerly of Duluth, at Carmangay, Alberta. Mrs. McLean lived in Duluth for 20 years. She moved to Alberta in 1908 with her daughter Mrs. R.R. Knox, with whom she was living at the time of her death, which occured Wednesday. Mrs. McLean is survived by four sons, Hector, Angus and J.C. of Duluth and Duncan, who lives in Toronto and two daughters, Mrs. David McCarter of Saskatchewan and Miss Julia of Alberta, besides Mrs. Knox. The body will be brought to Duluth for internment."

Dear Dana, Your problem is familiar to me. Mariposa info is hard to find for five reasons: a) the 1851 census for Mariposa has been lost in time (same for Scarborough and Erin in 1851, two other townships I research) b) of the two-dozen-odd volumes of Historic Atlases created for counties in Ontario in the 1870's and 1880's, none was done for Victoria County in which Mariposa resides - a minor tragedy c) the Presbyterian Church at Sonya, is on the Brock Township, Ontario County side of the township line, as is the cemetery, and folk attended from both townships in the two different counties. The church is now closed and I was told by the Presbyterian Church of Canada Archives in Toronto that the church's records have not survived. (I did this research about 10 years ago - my grandmother's baptism there is thus lost) d) requests for help from the Port Perry newspaper were to no avail though I have not repeated the request lately (nor have I put in a paid advertisement) e) in spending a full day at the Whitby Public Library and then another full day at the Lindsay Public Library some four years ago, I found very very few cemeteries have been catalogued in Victoria County. Seems to me, if I remember correctly, it was only about 3-4. Also in Lindsay I spent time at the Registry Office - helpful for sequential ownership of farms (my McDougalls and Beatons and the McKinnons) and neighbours but no breakthroughs on genealogy. Compared to other counties Victoria just has so little. Elaine's suggestion of histories or Women's Institute Archives could help or the slow task of reading archival local newpapers or deaths post-1869 at the RGO. All the above are downers, Dana. Sorry. I will try to check my McKinnon binders to see if I can help you re the folk in Mariposa: a gggrandmother, Flora McKinnon Beaton, returned from Vaughan Township, York County to Mariposa as a widow, in the 1870's, but I have yet to be able to determine with cross-references which McKinnons in Mariposa were her siblings. All the best. Elizabeth Wood McDonald, Sarnia, Ontario. > From: elainer@cogeco.ca > To: sct-isleofmull@rootsweb.com > Date: Sat, 23 Nov 2013 11:12:54 -0500 > Subject: Re: [SCT-ISLEOFMULL] Angus MacLean > > Hi > During that period there was no county system of record keeping for Vital > Stats. Instead the province was divided into Districts and a marriage would > likely be recorded in either the Home District or the Newcastle District as > Mariposa is close to the border. There are several volumes to the Home > District. As with most early records they are far from complete but they > have been transcribed and are in most larger libraries in Ontario. The > information is usually quite limited and seldom gives parents names or > birthplace. The most complete records are usually found in church records. > However, a large number of township histories have been written and quite a > few have wonderful family histories. I suggest trying to locate one on > Mariposa. I would also suggest contacting the branch if the Ontario > Historical Society for that area. > > Elaine Robinson > Georgetown Ontario > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Dana & Ryan > Sent: Saturday, November 23, 2013 12:07 AM > To: sct-isleofmull@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [SCT-ISLEOFMULL] Angus MacLean > > Hi Ida, > All the information I have says that Flora was from Mull but I don't have > any record for it. I have this from the paper in Duluth, MN: > Date: Friday, April 16, 1920 Paper: Duluth News-Tribune (Duluth, MN) > Volume: 51 Issue: 335 Page: 4 > > "MRS. D. MCLEAN BORN 1830 DIED APRIL 14 1920 > > Duluthians learned yesterday of the death of Mrs. Duncan McLean, age 90, > formerly of Duluth, at Carmangay, Alberta. Mrs. McLean lived in Duluth for > 20 years. She moved to Alberta in 1908 with her daughter Mrs. R.R. Knox, > with whom she was living at the time of her death, which occured Wednesday. > Mrs. McLean is survived by four sons, Hector, Angus and J.C. of Duluth and > Duncan, who lives in Toronto and two daughters, Mrs. David McCarter of > Saskatchewan and Miss Julia of Alberta, besides Mrs. Knox. The body will be > brought to Duluth for internment." > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to SCT-ISLEOFMULL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message