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Books, Maps & Other Resources  Ontario, Canada  (Upper Canada, Canada West) Concerns more than one County Main District Marriage/Vital Records Page What Are The District Marriage/Vital Records & Why Are They Important? Map of Ontario Districts 1836 | Map of Ontario Districts 1845 More Ontario Resources | More Canadian Resources BOOK - VOLUME 13: GORE DISTRICT MARRIAGE REGISTER 1842 - 1856 by Dan Walker & Fawne Stratford-Devai Published by Global Heritage Press In March of 1816 the Gore District was created out of parts of the West Riding of the County of York, Home District and parts of the first riding of the County of Lincoln and the County of Haldimand in the Niagara District. The Gore District included the present counties of Wentworth, Halton, Brant Waterloo & Wellington, parts of Haldimand and Lincoln counties. In June of 1840, the counties of Waterloo and Wellington were separated out of the Gore District to form the Wellington District. Effective 1831 marriage returns for the Gore District were required to be returned to the Clerk of the Peace in the District town of Hamilton. Returns were sent to the Clerk from clergy who performed marriages, with the exception of Anglican and Roman Catholic ministers. Unfortunately the early marriages for the Gore District have not been found. The District Marriage Register that survives includes only returns from 1842 onwards. As of January 1850 all Districts were abolished and the Gore District became the independent Counties of Wentworth, Halton, Haldimand and Brant and remain to this day. This printing of The Gore District Marriage Register includes a complete transcription of the original register created by the Clerk of the Peace. Each ministers' entries include the page number in the original register where those entries are located. Please keep in mind that in most cases the returns were submitted by ministers who were circuit riders. If you cannot find the marriage in the Gore District register you would be well advised to search bordering districts such as the Niagara District Marriage Register, the Brock District Marriage Register , the Talbot District Marriage Register, the Wellington District Marriage Register and the Home District Marriage Register. An example of some of the towns and townships where marriages occurred and were reported in the Gore District Register include: Nelson, Nassagawaya, Esquesing, Trafalgar, Town of Oakville, East Flamborough, Erin, Saltfleet, Eramosa, Chinguacousy, Ancaster, Town of Brantford, Dundas, Brantford Township, Town of Hamilton, Cayuga, Oneida, Beverly, Barton, West Flamborough, Dumfries, Blenheim, Town of Palermo, Glanford, Brinbrook, Wilmot, Grimsby, Townsend, Gainsborough, Waterloo, Guelph, Town of Paris, Grand River, Tuckersmith, Whitchurch, Town of St. Catharines, Puslinch and a number of other areas. The Gore District Marriage Register does not begin until 1842 which is quite late for a district that was created in 1816 and for which a district marriage register should have been started in 1831. In an attempt to capture some of this lost early information for the district, we have begun to assemble and publish all existing vital records (early birth, baptism, death and burial records as well as similar yet unknown vital records) for the Gore District. This Revised and Expanded Edition published in 2000 Softcover (image: softcover example)
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About the author Dan Walker has spent much of his adult life transcribing genealogical and historical information for publication. His primary focus has been on pre-confederation Ontario vital records. Dan is well known and respected for his meticulious attention to detail, and for the accuracy of his transcription work.
About Fawne Stratford-Devai 
Fawne Stratford-Devai's work on Land Records and early Ontario records is well known in the genealogy community. A published author of several Canadian and UK research books, she has also contributed articles to the Ontario Genealogical Society's newsletter "Families" as well as writing for the online family history newsletter the "Global Gazette". Biography
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