Martha Jane McBride

ID # 9082, (1849-)
FatherRobert McBride (1812-1872)
MotherSophia Dale (1815-1895)
BirthMartha Jane McBride was born on 5 November 1849 at Quebec City. 
BaptismShe was baptized on 23 December 1849 at Chalmers Church, Quebec City. 
MarriageShe married Duncan Aitken on 26 February 1869 at Toronto, York County.
MS248 reel 16, Vol. 67, page 92
Toronto Marriage Register 1866-1869

Extracted from a list of marriages solemnized by the Rev. Alexander Topp, A.M., a minister of the Canada Presbyterian Church for the half year ending 30th June, 1869.

Duncan Aitken, 25, born and residing Toronto, Ont. Parents Thomas Aitken and Christina Hunter.
Jane McBride, 19, born Quebec City, residing Toronto, Ont. Parents Robert McBride and Sophia Dale.
Witnesses Robt. Nelson Duncan and Janet Aitken, both of Toronto.
On 26th February, 1869.

The marriage from this era were, typically, recorded in county marriage registers. The City of Toronto, however, had its own registers. The Archives of Ontario shows these as volumes as 66 and 67 on reels 15 and 16 of their MS248 series of reels.
 
NoteFor the following, see leaf thirty six of the 1949 record book for Chalmers Presbyterian Church, Quebec City. The source is the Drouin Collection, but is to be found presented by Ancestry.

It reads as follows:

Baptism
Martha Jane McBride
Martha Jane daughter of Robert McBride carpenter Quebec and Sophia Dale his wife was born on the fifth day of November one thousand eight hundred and forty nine and was baptised on the twenty third day of December following by me
Wm. Rintoul, min'r
Robert McBride
Sophia X Dale her mark

There are two signatures below that, but they are illegible. 

Child of Martha Jane McBride and Duncan Aitken

Last Edited18 Apr 2022