Rebecca Burkitt

MS248 reel 5, Vol. 1, page 87
Brant County Marriage Register

Excerpted from a list of marriages solemnized by Rev. Thos. L. Davidson, a Minister of the Baptist Denomination, for the year ending December 31, A.D. 1861.

Chas. Burrill, 25, born and residing Onondaga, parents Wm. and Mary Burrill.
Rebecca Birkitt, 20, born and residing Brantford Twp., Parents Wm. and Ellen Burkitt.
Witnesses John Davis and Mary A. E. Gill, both of Newport.
On April 3rd, 1861, by licence.

At the times of birth for Charles and Rebecca, Onondaga Township and Brantford Township were both in the Gore District. By the time of their marriage the old District system was done with and both townships were in Brant County.

An obituary exists for Charles Burrill in Vol. 12 on page 65 of Donald McKenzie's Obituaries From the Christian Guardian, 1896-1900, and as published by Global Heritage Press in 2013. This provides us with Charles' date of birth, 13 December, 1835, and also dates his marriage to Rebecca as being on April 3, 1861. This in turn is helpful in at least finding the correct page in the Brant County Marriage Register. The handwriting on the page is not easy to read.