Ann Wansbrough

Mrge reg. 009156-87 Brampton, Peel Co.
Roland B. McRoberts, 32, bachelor, book keeper, Methodist. Born Troy, 'Co. Brant'! Residing Esquesing. Parents Bryce McRoberts and Margaret Brush.
Ann Wansborough, 25, spinster, Methodist. Born Erin Twp., residing Esquesing. Parents Wm. Wansborough and 'Margaret Brush'.
Witnesses C. J. Becker and Edith J. Laird, both of Esquesing.
On 24 May, 1886, by Wm. Hicks.

There are several things to say about this registration.

The handwriting is difficult to put it kindly. Rev Hicks submissions to the town clerk at Brampton are mainly for December, but he has earlier submissions wherein a marriage is out of sequence with the other submissions, so while there may be an error, a May marriage is probably correct.

Again, taking the handwriting into consideration and comparing the clerk's rendering of the letter T with other entries, Rowland does show his place of birth as Troy, though you would be hard put to identify it as such. And this should be correct, for a land transaction places Bryce McRoberts in Beverly in this time frame. Add to that, there is a baptism record for Rowland Bryce McRoberts (Wesleyan Methodist Baptisms) in Beverly. His date of birth is shown as 9 December, 1850, in Beverly. Considering what we may infer as to his father's locale per a land transaction, Troy is probably close enough. See notes for his father, but Bryce was probably post master at Troy during this time frame (though Canada Posts' archives argue otherwise.)

Or to cut to the chase, Rowland's birth will have been in Troy, Beverly Township of Wentworth County, not Brant County, which was next door to Wentworth.

The entry for Ann's mother as Margaret Brush echoes that of Rowland's mother and is probably a mistake. While not common, such mistakes did happen.

Finally, the above is shown as an 1887 marriage registration. The town clerk did not return the page to his superiors until February of 1887 and this is how it will be indexed by the Archives of Ontario.