Henry Johnson Fyfe

Henry and Anne were married in 1829. See Anne's notes for a more thorough review.

For the following see Robertson's Landmarks of Toronto, etc., published by the author at Toronto in 1904. This is said to be the fourth in a series and to be republished from the Toronto Evening Telegram. This contains quite a listing of marriages at St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church in Toronto, and the following marriage record as extracted from the church record is to be found on page 179 of the publication:

Fyfe and Kempton - At Toronto, on the sixteenth day of September, one thousand eight hundred and forty five, were married by license, Henry Johnson Fyfe, of the township of York, widower, and Elizabeth Kempton of the city of Toronto, spinster, daughter of Thomas Kempton of the same place, by me, John Barclay. This marriage has been duly solemnized between us, Henry Johnson Fyfe, Elizabeth Kempton, and in the presence of us, William A. McBurney, Cornelius Van Nostrand.

See notes for Elizabeth.

The above also is echoed entirely in the Home District's marriage registrations, Volume 11, 1839-1848, and specifically signed off by John Barclay of St. Andrews Church (Presbyterian) in Toronto.

MS248, reel 11, Vol. 11, pages 184-185
Home District Marriage Register 1839-1848

Extracted from a list of marriages solemnized by John Barclay of St. Andrews Church, Toronto, for the year January 1st to December 31st, 1845.

Henry Johnson Fyfe, widower, residing York, and
Elizabeth Kempton, spinster, residing York.
On September 16, 1845, by license.
Witnesses Wm. McBurney and Chas. Van Nostrand.

There are slight variations in the recording of names of the witnesses. We may perhaps give the slight edge to their names as rendered in J. Ross Robertson's Landmarks of Toronto, 1904. He does appear to have examined the church's record books directly. What we have in the Home District marriage register is probably an interpretation by the registrar of the handwriting on the form of the records as submitted by perhaps a church clerk. That, and while a good candidate for William McBurney has not been found in the 1851 census, there was a Cornelius Van Nostrand who resided in Toronto Township of Peel County in 1852. He was a miller, age 56 as of sometime in the year of 1852, born in the United States, and he is shown as being of the Church of England. If there was another Cornelius Van Nostrand, he has not been found.