OTDIH - Novemeber 26th

November 26th, 1911 -  My Great-Grandparents, Elijha Claude Bruce and Nettie Belle Howerton were married.

He applied for and was granted a license to marry on November 25th by County Judge, W.B.M. Mitchell, and Deputy Clerk of the County Court, J. L. Jordan. He claims his age to be 21 and hers to be 18. Both residing in Maysville, Oklahoma. 

The following day they were married by Justice of the Peace, J. F. Fisher in Maysville. Garvin, Oklahoma, USA. Witnesses to the marriage were Mr. H. F. Fisher and Mr. Henry Taylor. 

The Certificate of Marriage was filed on 18th December 1911 by J.L. Jordan.

You may notice a couple of details are off on these images. For one Nettie's surname appears to be Howard and not Howerton. I have seen Howerton spelt in many different ways. It could be how great-grandpa pronounced it when he gave the information. And subsequently how the clerk heard the name. 

Both of them are a bit older then they actually were. Elijha Claude was born in March of 1893 and would only be 18 at the time of their marriage. And Nettie was born in April of 1894 and would be a few months short of her 18th birthday. I believe, but have not been able to confirm, that Oklahoma marriage laws required that the groom be at least 21 years of age and the bride at least 18 years of age for them to wed without parental consent. 

Here are a few reasons why I am confident that this is the correct marriage record for them:

1. Great-Grandma always said she was married around Thanksgiving, which in the USA in 1911 was on November 30th. 
2. Nettie and her family were in Wayne, McClain County, Oklahoma in 1910. Wayne is less then 10 miles(as the crow flies) North-East of Maysville. 
3. Their oldest son was born in Maysville a little over a year later.
4. There are no other records for an E.C. Bruce or Nettie Howard of the right age.

Here is a photo of them a few decades later. 

OTDIH - November 22nd

November 22nd, 1850 - My 2nd Great-Grandfather was born in Ontario, Canada. Probably in York  County. This date comes from the 1901 Census of Canada. 

His parents were George Winfield and Catherine Stevenson. 

OTDIH - November 9th

November 9th, 1903 - The marriage of my Great-Grandparents, John Franklin Grant and Lottie Helena Warner, at her home in Newington, United Counties of Stormont Dundas Glengarry, Ontario, Canada. 

He was 24, a bachelor and a farmer. She was 25 and a spinster. They were both residents of Osnabruck Township, United Counties of Stormont Dundas Glengarry. It is also where they were both born. 

He was a Presbyterian and she was a Baptist. They were married by license with the ceremony being performed by James Cross of Osnabruck Centre. 

Their parents are listed as John G Grant and Catherine M Cameron and John W Warner and Alice Shaver. 

Witnesses were her brother, Frank Warner, and his sister, Mary C Grant, both of Newington. 

Image clipped from FamilySearch.

Image clipped from FamilySearch.

OTDIH - November 7th

November 7th, 1762 - The birth of my 5th Great-Grandfather, Franz Otto, son of Franz Otto and Marie Elisabeth Schnell. Born in Schoharie County, New York, USA. 

You can view an image of the original birth record, written by his father in German, on the Memories page of his FamilySearch profile, here. A translation was done in 1909 and can be view here.

OTDIH - October 26th

 October 26th, 1875 -  My 2nd Great-Grandparents, Percival Winfield and Sophia McKelvey were married in Mount Albert, York, Ontario, Canada. He was 24 years old and she was 17 years old. He was the son of John and Catherine (Stevenson) Winfield. She was the daughter of George McKelvey and Charlotte Hebner. They were both residing in Scott Township, York, Ontario, Canada. He was a farmer. John Leek and Ellen Potter, both of Mount Albert, were witnesses to the marriage performed by D. Cattenach. 

"Canada, Ontario Marriages, 1869-1927", , FamilySearch, Entry for Percival Winfield and Sophia McKelvey, 26 Oct 1875.

OTDIH = October 20th

 October 20th, 1976 - The death of my Great-Grandfather Elijha Claude Bruce at the Surrey Memorial Hospital in Surrey, British Columbia, Canada. He was residing in Surrey, British Columbia. His son C.A. Bruce was the informant. 

He had come down with pneumonia 5 days earlier after suffering left heart failure a year before.  

He was buried on October 25th, 1976 at Valley View Cemetery in Surrey, British Columbia, Canada.

OTDIH - October 19th

October 19th, 1869 - William Henry "Kerry" Howerton was born in Illinois, USA. He is my 2nd Great-Grandfather. I wrote about Kerry here. I am getting closer to figuring out who his parent's were but my research is needed.