John Adams

Mrge reg. Adelaide Twp., Middlesex Co.
John Adams, 28, bachelor, farmer, Methodist. Born Westminster, residing Delaware. Parents Wm. Adams and Mary J. Hunt.
Sarah Anne Brothers, 20, spinster, Methodist. Born England, residing Adelaide. Parents George and Mary Brothers.
Witnesses John Anderson and Hannah Adams, both of Delaware.
On 21 Nov 1871, at Adelaide Twp., by Rev. John Mahan.

See notes for Sarah as to confusion regarding her maiden name.

The year of Sarah's marriage we may safely say is in 1871. The handwriting has problems and its tempting to wonder if the marriage took place in November of 1870 considering the entry of other marriages on the same page. John and Sarah, however, are with their respective parents at the time of the 1871 census, which began on 2 April of the year.

Arvilla seems to have married late. John Adams was apparently a widower with a number of children. The family does appear in later years in Ekfrid Township. The Ekfrid Township clerk seems to have had difficulty with the handwriting of the minister, but this does appear to be the marriage registration for Arvilla and John.

Mrge reg. 007972-89 Ekfrid Twp., Middlesex Co.
John Adams, age 46, residence Ekfrid, place of birth Westminster, widower, farmer, parents William and Mary Jane Adams;
Anabella Coleman, age 44, residence and place of birth Caradoc, spinster, parents William and Elizabeth Coleman, witnesses Mr. and Mrs...the surname appears to be something like Quail and Miss N.W. Locke. Both are said to be Methodists. The minister was H.W. Locke.