Sarah Long

MS248 reel 17, Vol. 82, page 127
Wentworth County
Marriages by Rev. A. McGill of the U. P & C Church

Charles Main, 24, born and residing Beverly. Parents George & Margt. A. Main.
Sarah Long, 25, born and residing Glanford. Parents Henry & Rachel Long.
Witness Anthony McGill of Barton.
On Sept. 27, 1864

The U. P. & C. church is probably a form of the Presbyterian Church.
As noted this county registration, as with most, does not give the mothers' maiden names. The 1884 Biographies for Mecosta County shows Sarah's mother's maiden name as Rachel Hunter, which may be correct. We are on safe ground in saying that Charles' mother's maiden name was Margaret Chandler.

The witness, Anthony McGill of Barton is clearly a witness. The name of a Mrs. Young also appears written in above that of Anthony's, but it isn't at all clear if she was a witness for the Main-Long marriage or the previously listed marriage.

As with almost all, if not all, county marriage registrations from this era, the location of the marriage is not given. Charles and Sarah's marriage may well have been at the bride's parents' residence, which was apparently in Glanford Township. Witness residences, on this and the few other marriages shown for Rev. McGill, are mainly in Barton Township (Barton Township is now a part of the city of Hamilton) and the marriage may have been performed in Barton.

Human errors abound and a clergyman might well perform a marriage in one county and then return to his home in another county and register the marriage in his county of residence by mistake. Such a situation is unlikely for the marriage of Charles and Sarah.