At last!

I was beginning to wonder if I was going to have to go to Winnipeg myself and get Edward Forfar's Marriage Certificate in person.  As some of you may remember, in early May on this post I was rather chuffed to have discovered a record of Edward Forfar's marriage.  I duly sent off my credit card details and the charge was processed 23 May.  Having no reply after a few weeks,  I emailed the Archives at the end of June and was told it would take 8-10 weeks to process the request. More like 12 weeks I think.  So, if you are ordering anything from the Province of Manitoba be prepared to be patient.

Here's the envelope - see I scored three great stamps of otters, I think, which I hope to be seeing in animal (as opposed to person) in the not too distant future.

And here's a glimpse of the certificate

So here's what was on the certificate:

BRIDEGROOM

Full name Forfar Edward

Occupation or profession: Provincial Police

Bachelor, Widower or Divorced         Bachelor

Age 41 Religious Denomination Presbyterian

Residence Hudson's Hope, B.C.

Place of Birth Perth, Scotland

Name of father: George Robert Forfar

Occupation of father: Civil Engineer

Place of birth of father: Stirling, Scotland

Maiden name of mother: Emily Hollingham

Can bridegroom read? Yes Can bridegroom write? Yes

BRIDE

Full name: Kinniburgh Mary

Occupation or profession: Clerk

Spinster, Widow or Divorced: Spinster

Age 22 Religious Denomination: Presbyterian

Residence: 22 Agnes Street, Winnipeg, Man.

Place of Birth: Glasgow, Scotland

Name of father: James Kinniburgh

Occupation of father: Engineer (deceased)

Place of birth of father: Kirkintilloch, Scotland

Maiden name of mother: Marion Hendry

Can bride read: Yes Can bride write: Yes

When Married 10th October 1921

Place of marriage Knox Church, Winnipeg, Man.

By license or banns: M.L. No. 7 38561

Then there are the signatures of the bride and groom and a witness James Kinniburgh of 424 Agnes Street Winnipeg, Man. and Janet Kue (?) of 50 Kate Street Winnipeg, Man. and the clergyman R.S. Laidlaw of Suite 6, 21 Hargrave Stree Winnnipeg, Man. 

My first Canadian certificate.  

Lots of good information there. 

The weird thing though is that I am pretty sure that Edward was born in Leamington rather than Perth but I am happy to be proved wrong.  This bears further investigation.  

I am also fascinated that George is a civil engineer.  I had only ever known him as a shop keeper so he must have changed profession. I wonder where I go to look up records of civil engineers.  Does anyone out there know?  All suggestions gratefully accepted.

Well that's enough for one day....let's dance the gene-dance....