Mary Carnie

Mrge Reg. 010574-05 Stanley Twp., Huron Co.
Duncan Shepherd, 52, bachelor, engineer, Presbyterian. Born and residing Galt. Parents Duncan Shepherd and Marg. McLeish.
Mary Carnie, 40, spinster, Presbyterian. Born and residing Stanley. Parents illeg. and Mary Carnie.
Witnesses Alex Mitchell of Varna and Sarah Allan of Blake.
On Oct. 26, 1905, by Thos. Davidson.

Mary's parents are written on the registration as something approximating Joes and Mary Carnie. Duncan Shepherd was the informant when his wife Mary died in Galt in 1932. He shows Mary's parents as William Carnie and Rachel Miller.

Mary, born approximately 1865, is shown as a daughter of William and Rachel from the 1871 census onward. William and Rachel, however, were in Paris, Brant County, at the time of the 1861 census as was also a John Carnie and his wife Margaret. They have with them a daughter Mary, age 8, who we may say was born in approximately 1853. William and John were almost certainly brothers. Both are shown as being born Scotland and their trade was that of mason. John and Margaret are buried in Paris Cemetery. William and Rachel are buried in Bayfield Cemetery in Huron County. There could be more to the story, but Duncan was probably correct when he showed William and Rachel as Mary's parents.