Ontario Death Desperately - need help

[MJP]

Marriage Registration

Registration #: 021150-00 (Ontario Co.)
Frank J Robinson
Age: 28
Residence: Sunderland
Place of Birth: Brock
Bachelor
Farmer
Parents: George Robinson and Emma Scott

Caroline Reynolds
Age 27
Residence: Sunderland
Place of Birth: Brock
Spinster
Parents: John Reynolds (no mother listed)

Names and residence of witnesses: blank
Date and place of marriage: Apr 28 1900 Peterboro
Religious Denomintation: Methodist
Married By: blank
By License
Date of Registration: Apr 28, 1900

This registration confuses me a bit.  It is registered in Ontario County, which is where both Brock Township and Sunderland (a place in Brock Township) are.  But it says the marriage took place in Peterborough, which is the main city of Peterborough County.  Strange. 

Oh look - it has also been registered in Peterborough County, with more detail. 

Registration 3:  013598-00 (Peterborough Co.)
Francis J Robinson
Age: 28
Residence: Sunderland, Ontario
Place of Birth: Brock Twp.
Bachelor
Liveryman
Parents: George Robinson and Emma Scott

Caroline Reynolds
Age 27
Residence: Sunderland, Ontario
Place of Birth: Aurora, Ontario (=Whitchurch Twp. York County)
Spinster
Parents: John Reynolds and Sarah E. Lewis

Names and residence of witnesses: Joseph Rogers, Peterborough, and ? Appleyard, Bobcaygeon
Date and place of marriage: Apr 28 1900 Peterborough
Religious Denomintation: Methodist
Married By: D. O. Crossley
By License
Date of Registration: Apr 30, 1900

MJP

[LAH]

Hello MJP-

Oh my gosh !!   
Thank You for this record, this is one child that I had not found.. in the few census that I have since located the family... (my access is limited)
so its a double wammy  here, from you !!

You also answered a wonder of mine- on the town of Sunderland.
I get crazy, with where these places are at !!
So if I may ask-
Would you know then where   Toronto Centeris at ? County ??
That is where I found his parents in 1911 census -  Toronto Center Ward 13 ,at 21 Elm St. ( I found that on line, was shocked too, I have been having a hard time digging out Ontario, Canada old records and  things.
      I do appreciate all the information provided here on this family. Everyone on here has been so very nice.. wow , who could ask for anything more .
Your Great!! a Gem for us out of the area- country..etc !!
Wonderful Job !!
Thanks,
LAH

[MJP]

Hi LAH,

Historically, any place in Toronto would be considered to be in York County.  (Not all of Ontario's counties exist anymore - many have become "metropolitan areas" and other such things).  But for genealogy purposes, Toronto is in York Co.  A great site for Ontario research is the Ontario Locator

http://www.geneofun.on.ca/ontariolocator/

It will tell you the township and (historical) county of any place in Ontario.  It will also give you former names, boundary changes, etc...  It's handy!

Also, a great site for modern street maps is http://maps.google.ca . Just type in the street address, city name, and province.  Your 21 elm street is there, right in downtown Toronto.  (You want "21 Elm Street, Toronto" not the other choices it gives you, which are other Elm Streets in modern suburbs of Toronto).

Hope this helps!

MJP

[LAH]

Hello MJP,

I have been to this site you posted.. thanks for sharing it. The site and you have both helped me!  Many Thanks !

This searching ancestors has its way of teaching also. Just to bad that I did not learn this in my "younger  year's" when my retention was at a peak  .

Many thanks to you for taking your time to help us  "clueless wanderer's", as we stumble around the country side looking. Yes I can envision me- in my best- with my bonnet on  .. ducking the tree branches on my pony- as I gather the last crumbs of the trail left out in the wilderness in that area by my family- they are playing hide and seek with out me again it seems 
When along comes someone nice such as You  and drops another clue for me to follow .
Thank You,
Smiles for a great day where ever you are
LAH

[Janice M]

Hi,

You might also want to try searching the Pickering/Ajax Digital Archive at http://www.pada.ca/

They have everything from cemetery inscriptions, photographs, newspaper articles to births, deaths, marriages etc.

Hope this helps.

Janice

[Janice M]

Here are some useful links:

Ontario County Cemeteries:
http://www.archives.gov.on.ca/ENGLISH/interloan/cem_ontario.htm

1871 Census Ontario
http://db.library.queensu.ca/census/

You might also want to try this link within "Rootschat" with particular interest to "Ontario Canada Resources"

http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/board,372.0.html

Janice

[LAH]

Hello Janice,

 Thank You so much, for the sites.. any help works for me in this search !!

I thought this was rootschat for Canada ?? guess thats what I get for thinking again.. 
I do know better then to do that, thinking is not one of my best things.

Anyways,
Thanks perhaps I will locate what I need here in one of the area's you have given me to explore.
Hugs with a Smile,
LAH

[acorngen]

Aint it funny.  Thanks to another mailing list I made contact with a woman who was born and raised in the same village as me went to school 5 years apart.  She moved to Toronto and lived around the corner from where my great great great Uncle lived and upon her return moved to Sussex and a village not 5 minutes from where I used to live.  She put me in touch with a lady in Toronto who is 5 days as smashed a brick wall and not only smashed it but put the branch to bed.  Names dates death dates copies of wills, directories and obituaries.  No children born to the marriage so thats the end of that one.  Well not quite.  In his will it states he had copyrighted work both published and unpublished and his wife was to get all the royalties from such.  Now if only I could discover what he had published.  Maybe this is where I get my love of Copyright law from.  Anyway thought I would share and to show how hanging in there, returning to the Brick walls does in the end pay dividendes

Rob

[LAH]

Hello Rob,
Ahh the brick walls.. if it were not for them.. I do think the search would be a tad boring, with out them walls to crash down - just what would keep us looking this way    and then    .
I, Kinda like the thrill of the hunt myself.
But, some times- enough is just enough  just one good crack helps.
If one questions is answered , along comes 20 more with it to be answered.

hangin in here  - Yes
Thanks for your reply always nice to be encouraged to keep going, the answer is there waiting me. Nice meeting everyone on here.. such nice place this site is !
Hugs with Smiles   
LAH