Hesson/McMillan marriage in Osnabruck

[canuckscot]

Trying to locate any marriage info on my gg-grandmother/father. Mary Ann Hesson, born ~1837 in Ireland, daughter of James & Elizabeth Hesson, married Hugh McMillan, born ~1820 in Scotland, all of Osnabruck, Ontario. Family lore has date of 1857 but this isn't confirmed by any documentation. She was Presbyterian and he was Methodist. Her family immigrated around 1842.

I've found various spellings of their names in some census such as Hessin, McMullen, McMillen.

[IndisVanyar]

I haven't been able to find a marriage entry as yet,  but they are here on the 1881 census
Province of Ontario, Stormont, Osnabruck
Macmillan
Hugh, 40, Scotland, Methodist, Scotch(sic), Farmer, Married
Mary Ann, 45, Ireland, Met, Irish, Weaver (I think)
Margaret E, 21, US, Meth, Scotch, Servant
Agnes, 19, US, do, do, Servant
James, 17, O (presumably Ontario)
Hugh, 16
William, 14
John, 11
Joseph, 8
Catherine J, 6
Arthur, 4
Edith, 2

Nell

[cosmac]

1861 census for Osnabruk has James and Elizabeth living with William, Margaret, Margery and James but no Mary Ann.  In 1871 Mary Ann(33) with Hugh(51) and 7 children with the oldest Mary J(12).  Mary Ann is next door to her parents and sister Margery.  Above the parents census entry is one for William Hesson and wife and child.  By 1891 the number of children has grown by 4.

Haven't been able to find a marriage for this couple either nor their entries in the 1861 census or Hugh in the 1851 to see if he had been married before.

Debbie

[canuckscot]

I've been able to find references in various census for the Hessons and for Hugh & Mary Ann after they were married. Their first three children were born in Madrid, New York so I know they lived there from 1858 to 1862. They then moved back to Ontario. Their next was born in Stormont. I'm sure they were married before they moved from Ontario and the land registry shows Hugh owning property in Stormont while they were in New York. I'm assuming then that the marriage was shortly before 1858 as Mary Ann would be about 19 or 20 years old.

Hugh has always been an enigma. There is no birth record, immigration record or marriage record than I can find. It's like he's one of the first in the witness protection program

[cosmac]

There is a photo of Mary Ann's headstone on cornwallroots.com.  Buried Sandtown cemetery
Died Jan 18, 1912.

Have you tried finding her obituary in the Cornwall newspaper?  Sometimes deaths were noted in a single line with just the basic facts and others included a lot of information such as when the person was married.

Debbie