Vital Statistics From Newspapers:1840-1870 (including,Georgetown and Royalty, Boughton Island and some Three Rivers)

Anne Symonson of Cable Head, Lot 40.” (EugenMaﬁ. 1854)

M. “At Georgetown on Tuesday the 27th inst. by W.R. Aitken, Esq., J.P., Daniel Gordon, Esq. to Miss Bridget Kearney of Georgetown.” (Islander, June 30, 1854)

D. “Suddenly at his residence in Kings Co., on the 30th Nov., Mr. James Henry Stuart Norton, second son of the late Mr. Norton, Brudenell, Three Rivers, in his fortieth year, deservedly esteemed by his acquaintances.” (lslander, Dec. 15, 1854)

1855:

M. “At Georgetown, on the 15th Jan, 1855, by W.B. Aitken, Esq.,J.P., Mr. William E. Allen of Boughton Island to Miss Zilpha Ann Head of Georgetown Royalty.”( blander

D. “ At the residence of Mr. John B. Howlett, Georgetown, on the 20th Sept., of a diseased liver, Mr. Patrick Berrigan, age 42 years, beloved by all who knew him, having a wife and six small children to bemoan their irreparable loss. The deceased was a native of County Kilkenrry, Ireland and emigrated to this country in the year 1833,” (lslander, Oct. 12, 1855)

M. “On the 10th inst. by William Sanderson, Esq., J.P., Mr. George Peters to Elizabeth Cameron, both of Three Rivers.” (Islander,

Dec. 21, 1855)

M. Angus McLean, Three Rivers, to Margaret MacPhee Lot 49. (St. James, Ch’town, Parish Records)

1856:

M. “On the 28th Jan. 1856, by W.B. Aitken, Esq., J.P., Mr. Malcolm Campbell to Miss Ann Hennessey, both of Georgetown.”

( Islander}

M. “At Georgetown, on Thurs, the 10th inst, by W.B. Aitken, Esq., J.P., Mr. Daniel Baker

of that place to Miss Margaret MacRay of St. Peter’s Bay.” (Islander, Apr. 18, 1856)

M. At Ainslie Cottage, Grand River, Lot 56 on the 15th inst. by J.C. Underhay, Esq. J.P. Mr. George R. Batchilder, mate on the American ﬁshing schooner Triton, to Miss Martha Diana, eldest daughter of Mr. William Blackett of Grand River.” (IslanderI Oct. 31, 1856.)

1857:

M. Rev. Andrew Lockhead to Anne Farrant, daughter of the late William Haszard of Belle

Vue, 1857 (lslander)

D. “At Jessie’s Grove, Three Rivers, on Monday the 3rd Jan., 1857, John Alexander Macdonald, Esq. Age 80 years. He emigrated to the Island in

1805." (lslander)

M. “On the 25th Feb. by the Rev. Andrew Lockhead, Mr. William Dalziel, Murray Harbour, to Miss Jessie Ferguson of Georgetown.” (Islander, Mar. 28, 1857)

M. “At Georgetown on the 21st March by the Rev. Andrew Lockhead, Mr. Ronald McRae to Mary Yoston, both of Cardigan.” (ﬂotector, April, 1857)

M. At Georgetown on the 8th of April by the Rev. Andrew Lockhead, Mr. James McDonald of Burnt Point to Elizabeth Margaret Allan of

Boughton Island “ (ﬂotector, Apr. 15, 1857)

D. John L. Lewellin, Esq., J.P. at Murray Harbour [N] , 16 April 1857, age 76. He wrote on agricultural subjects. (ﬁctectgrl

M. “At St. Eleanors’ by the Rev. J.H. Reid, Rector, Mr. Samuel Glover to Miss Martha McLaren, Georgetown, on Aug. 1, 1857

( islander )

D. At Georgetown, Sept. 8, 1857, Martin Byrne, Esq., Age 50 leaving a wife and eight

children.” (ﬂotector)