Mary Edith Nichol
ID # 4160, (1842-)
| Birth | Mary Edith Nichol was born in 1842 at London, England. |
| Marriage | She married Robert Guthrie on 20 May 1862 at Elora, Wellington County. MS248 reel 17, Vol. 79, page 98 Wellington County Extracted from a list of marriages solemnized by John Duff, a minister of the Canada Presbyterian Church for the year ending 1862 Robert Guthrie, age not given, born Scotland, residing Ingersoll. Parents John Guthrie and Jane Clark. Mary Ann E. Nichol, 21, born England, residing Ingersol. Parents Robert Nichol and Ann Wilkinson. Witness James Philip, Elora. Robert Guthrie, tailer, was still living and with Edith at Georgetown in Halton County at the time of the 1871 census. His age is given as 62 and hers as 28. His year of birth is extrapolated from this census information. Robert died shortly after the census was taken. The Ingersoll library provides transcriptions of some birth, marriage and death information. The Ingersoll Chronicle of Friday, May 23, 1862, tells that on the '29th instant' (a typographical error, the 20th obviously being intended) by the Rev. John Duff at the residence of Mr. James Phillips, cousin of the bride, Mr. Robert Guthrie, merchant, to Miss M. A. E. Nicholl, both of Ingersoll. County marriage registrations do not typicall provide exact locations of a marriage, but the newspaper account tells us that they were married in Elora. |
| Marriage | She married William Thompson, son of Thomas Thompson and Frances Maw, on 30 December 1872 at Esquesing Twp., Halton County. Mrge reg. Esquesing, Halton County William Thompson, 35, bachelor, grocer, Baptist. Born Co. of Peel, residing Georgetown. Parents Thomas and Francis Thompson. Mary Edith Guthrie, 30, widow, Baptist. Born London, England, residing Georgetown. Parents Robert and Ann Nichol. Witnesses Ellen Perrin and Mary Appelbe, both of Esquesing. On 30 Dec 1872 at Esquesing by C. Perrin. |
| Note | When Mary Edith Nichol (apparently full name Mary Ann Edith Nichol) married Robert Guthrie in Wellington County in 1862, they were both resident in Ingersoll, which is in Oxford County. The 1861 census in Ingersoll shows Robert, age 51, apparently a widower, with four children, ages ranging from 26 to 13. Interestingly, also in the household is Mary A. Nichol, age 19, born England. Her status in the household is not shown, though, at a guess, she was working there as a servant. By 1891, husband William is likely deceased. Mary has a boarding house in Georgetown and has her children William and Edith with her. See note under Gilbert with regard to his name. |
Child of Mary Edith Nichol and Robert Guthrie |
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Children of Mary Edith Nichol and William Thompson |
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| Last Edited | 23 Jan 2017 |