La mention de l’âge des époux

Les registres de l’Ayer’s Cliff Congregational Church pour le 8 novembre 1916 font état de l’acte de mariage suivant :

«November 8^th.   Marriage   CM. T. Adams Miss G.G. Hand.

      

At the residence of the bride’s father, Mr. Munrock Hand of Ayer’s Cliff, Township of Hatley, County of Stanstead, Quebec, his daugther Miss Grace Geneve Hand, was united in marriage under license, by me, to Mr. Cornelius Thomas Adam, of North Hatley, Township of Hatley, County of Stanstead, Quebec, on November Eight, one thousand nine hundred and Sixteen.

Age of Groom = Twenty five, years

Age of Bride  =   Twenty six,    "

Signed = Churchill Moore,

                    Officiating Minister.

Witness : { Thomas H Adam = Father fo Groom

                  James M. Hand = Father of Bride». 

Noter l’absence des signatures des époux de même que celle de la mention de leurs parents.

[Summary :

The church record for a marriage in Ayer’s Cliff, Québec.]

Baptisée à la maison

Les registres de l’Ayer’s Cliff Congregational Church pour le 26 mars 1916 font état de l’acte de baptême suivant : 

«Baptisms

Barbara May Temple, daughter of Mr. Roy A. Temple, and his wife May l. Adams, born at Newport, Vermont, United States, on October fifteenth one thousand nine hundred and fifteen, was by me Baptized, at the home of M. E. E. Temple, Ayer’s Cliff, Stanstead County, Quebec, on March twenty-sixth, ont thousand one hundred and sixteen.

Aged 5 months and.

Signed =  Churchill Moore,

                          Officiating.

Witness { Roy A Temple

                 May A. Temple.». 

Noter que le baptême a été célébré cinq mois après la naissance de cette fille née aux États-Unis.

[Summary :
The church record for the baptism  of a girl in Ayer’s Cliff, Québec.]

Un mariage à Ayer’s Cliff

Les registres de l’Ayer’s Cliff Congregational Church pour le 16 août 1916 font état de l’acte de mariage suivant :

                   «Marriage

   At the residence of M. Timothy E. Brainerd, Boynton, Township of Stanstead, Quebec, M. Nelson M. Knowlton, of the City of Concord, State of New Hamsphire, United Sates of America, was by Me, united in Marriage, under License, to Miss Nancy Agnes Walker of Boynton, Township and County aforesaid – Quebec – on Aaugust Sixteenth one thousand one hundred and Sixteen.

   Age of Groom = Twenty seven, years.

   Age of Bride = Twenty four, years

Signed = Churchill Moore, Officiating Minister,

Witness = { J.E Brainerd

                   John Knowlton». 

Noter l’information sommaire relative aux époux et le fait que le mariage a été célébré dans une résidence familiale.

[Summary :

The church record for a marriage in Ayer’s Cliff, Québec.]

Deux femmes signent à titre de témoins

Les registres de l’Ayer’s Cliff Congregational Church pour le 22 janvier 1916 font état de l’acte de sépulture suivant : 

«Died.

 Jan. 20.^th.

Buried

Jan 22.^th.

    1916.

Wilbert Dustin, departed this life at his home, in the village of Ayer’s Cliff, Township of Hatley, County of Stantead, Quebec, of &aemdice nephritis, on January twentieh, one thousand one hundred and Sixteen and was buried in the cemetery of Ayer’s Cliff, Township an County aforesaid, on January twenty Second, one thousand nine hundred and sixteen. Aged thirty eight years.

Witness { Mrs. Mildred A. Dustin

                Miss Katie C. Tyler.

                   Signed = Churchill Moore.

                                        Officiating.». 

Noter la présence de deux femmes signataires à titre de témoins, une situation rare dans les registres de l’état civil.

[Summary :

The church record for the burying of a man in Ayer’s Cliff, Québec.]

Le fils du pasteur est inhumé

Les registres de l’Ayer’s Cliff Congregational Church pour le 15 novembre 1915 font état de l’acte de sépulture suivant : 

«Departed this life at his parents’home, Ayer’s Cliff, County of Stanstead on November the twelfth. in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hunfred and fifteen, and his remains entered in the  Cemetery, Ayer’s Cliff on November the fifteenth of the same year : Grant M^cLellan  Moore, son of the Reverend Churchill Moore and his wife Mary Matilda MacDocnald, aged seventeen years.

   Churchill Moore

   Galen H Craik.

                          G. Ellery Read

                                 Officiating». 

Noter que le pasteur n’agit pas à titre de greffier de l’état civil.

[Summary :

The church record for the burying of a boy in Ayer’s Cliff, Québec.]