Mahala Church

Mrge reg. 003042-91 Gosfield North, Essex Co.
Elijah Pedrick, 27, bachelor, farmer. Methodist. Born and residing Gosfield. Parents William and Jane Pedrick.
Martha Church, 27, spinster, born and residing Gosfield. Methodist. Parents Shedrick & Rose Church.
Witnesses: William Church and Edith Church, both of Gosfield.
On November 16, 1891, at Gosfield.
Person performing ceremony: J.G. Fallis

The are problems with the above registration, the glaring one being Mahala's given name. This was probably a handwriting problem and the Gosfield North clerk will have written the registration as he understood the handwriting of J.H. Fallis.

Mahala was likely not born in Gosfield North Township but in Saltfleet.

That the parents of the bride were Shadrack and Rose makes it clear enough, particularly comparing the approximate birth year of Mahala to her age in various censuses, that this was indeed Mahala who married Elijah Pedrick. The inscription on their stone in North Ridge Cemetery places the matter beyond question.