Holy Angels Roman Catholic Church Records, St. Thomas
https://heritagecollections.elgin.ca/link/archives157979
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Elgin County Microform Collection
- Description Level
- Item
- GMD
- records on microform
- Date Range
- 1839-1910
- Storage Location
- Microfilm Cabinet Drawer E
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Description Level
- Item
- Item Number
- MF-2530
- Storage Room
- Archives Microform Room
- Storage Location
- Microfilm Cabinet Drawer E
- GMD
- records on microform
- Date Range
- 1839-1910
- Physical Description
- 1 microfilm reel; 35 mm
- Scope and Content
- General note: many of the records on this film are written in Latin. Section One: Baptisms This section contains:
- An index of names, giving the page location and the baptism number for each person
- Baptisms from November 9, 1861 to November 27, 1910 Information given: baptism date, name, date of birth, parents’ names, sponsors’ names, minster’s name. Sometimes details about their birth place, marriage, and confirmation are given. Note: the baptism records are out of order. They begin chronologically from July 13, 1890 to November 27, 1910. Then at the end of the records there is a section of various baptisms from different periods, going from November 9, 1861 to September 27, 1905. Section Two: Index of Baptisms This section contains:
- An alphabetical listing of names which notes whether the baptism is described in Volume I (Section Three) or Volume II (Section Four), as well as the page number and the baptism number Section Three: Baptisms, Marriages This section contains:
- A discussion of payments and various church elections
- Marriages from October 13, 1839 to February 6, 1842
- Lists of people and their ages
- Information on the early history of the church
- Baptisms from April 23, 1839 to November 13, 1842 Section Four: Baptisms, Burials, Marriages, Confirmations This section contains:
- Baptisms, marriages, and interments from February 25, 1850 to April 17, 1866
- Confirmation and communion records from June 21, 1857 to October 17, 1869
- Converts from May 4, 1854 to September 15, 1859 Note: not all of these records are in order. Section Five: Baptisms, Burials, Marriages, Confirmations This section contains:
- Baptisms, marriages, and interments from September 4, 1866 to September 10, 1889
- Marriage certificates from February 23, 1881
- A note that marriage records from 1872 to 1896 are missing
- Confirmations from June 14, 1874 to June 10, 1886 Section Six: Baptisms This section contains:
- Baptisms, marriages, and interments from November 10, 1889 to January 1, 1911
- Confirmations from June 17, 1897 to May 18, 1904
- Letters about marriages conducted January 14, 1918
- A second baptism section from 1876 to September 10, 1889
- An index that seems to only include names that start with M, and gives the page number and the entry number Information given: the second section of baptisms gives the date of baptism, name, date of birth, parents’ names, sponsors, and minster’s name. Note: many of these documents are torn and so some of the information has been lost. Section Seven: Marriages This section contains:
- Marriages from September 16, 1896 to April 6, 1910 Information given: the name, age, residence, place of birth, occupation, religious denomination, and names of parents for the bridegroom, as well as whether he is a bachelor or widower, and the name, age, residence, place of birth, religious denomination, and names of parents for the bride, as well as whether she is a spinster or widow. There is also a section stating whether the couple was married by license or banns, as well as the signatures of the bridegroom, bride, and witnesses, the residences of the witnesses, and a certification of where and when the couple was married.
- Name Access
- Holy Angels Church
- St. Thomas (Ont.)
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