Catherine Delmage
ID # 6930, (1846-1914)
| Birth | Catherine Delmage was born in 1846 at Harwich Township. |
| Marriage | She married John Peter Alma, son of John Lees Alma and Emily Rankin, on 13 June 1866 at Kent County, Canada West. MS248 reel 8, Vol. 23, page 75 Kent County Marriage Register Church of marriage or clergyman not clear John Peter Alma, 25, born England, residing Malahide. Parental names not given. Catherine Delmage, 20, born Canada, residing Harwich. Father's name John Delmage. Witness John Delmage On 13 June, 1866 The above marriage registration is lacking in information. See notes for the groom. |
| Marriage | She married George Arthur Sayer on 19 April 1893 at Ridgetown, Kent County. Mrge reg. 055955-93 Ridgetown, Kent Co. George Arthur Sayer, 33, bachelor, solicitor, Church of England. Born England, residing Chatham. Parents James and Eliza Sayer. Catherine M. Alma, 45, spinster (really, a widow), Church of England. Born and residing Chatham. Parents John and Catherine Delmage. Witnesses Arthur Delmage and Louisa Delmage, both of Ridgetown. On April 19/93, at Ridgetown, by Rev. Wm. E. Scott. |
| Death | She died on 19 December 1914 at Chatham, Kent Co., Ontario. |
| Burial | She was buried at Maple Leaf Cemetery, Chatham, Ontario. |
| Note | The death registration for Catherine Delmage places her birth in Harwich Township. At the time, this was in the Western District, though it was later a township of Kent County. The 1851 census has not survived for Harwich, neither the every person census nor the agricultural census, but both have survived for 1861. This places Catherine's father, John F. Delmage, on lot 15 of the 1st concession. He appears to be on a half lot. A problem here is that there are three surveys in Harwich and the agricultural census page does not make mention of which survey the Delmages are on. The presence of a family on a lot in an agricultural census does not necessarily mean that the own the property. They may only be renting. Onland.ca, the website for the website of the Ontario Land Registry Access has a fairly good and legible showing of the surveys. The abstract index pages for the River Thames survey, the Lake Erie Survey, and the East and West Communication Road surveys have been examined and the Delmage name does not appear. It is possible that they were renting land, though this is not conclusive. There is a microfilm series known as the Township Papers (this is to be found on the MS658 series of reels, specifically reels 183 thru 186, but which is not available online) and this could have a story to tell. Death reg. 016853-14 Chatham, Kent Co. Catherine Sayers died at Chatham Dec. 19, 1914. Age 68. Born Harwich. Housewife. Married. Parents John F. Delmage and Catherine Taylor. Physician Reginald V. Bray. Informant George Sayers, Chatham. Going by the inscription on the gravestone in Maple Leaf Cemetery, per a photograph provided by Find-a-Grave, the correct family name was Sayer. |
| Last Edited | 12 Mar 2019 |