Description George McPherson and Catherine Ross

Information below was transcribed from the family bible of George MacPherson and Catherine Ross.

 

This certifies that the rite of Holy Matrimony was celebrated between

George McPherson of Wentworth Grant

And Catherine Ross of Blue Mountain

On the 3 June 1871 at ---

by D. C. Blair

 

Marriages

John James Purvis and Jessie Bell MacPherson          December 4^th, 1898

Hiram Cumming and Cassie MacPherson                   September 8^th, 1900

James Johnston Crockett and Mary A. MacPherson  December 31^st, 1901

John James MacDonald and Maggie MacPherson     July 28^th, 1903

 

(The girls names are entered on the page lines and the husbands names written above them at what would appear to be a different time.  Jessie and Cassie are entered in the same hand, Mary and Maggie were entered by another, as well as the husbands names being entered by yet another hand.)

 

Births

George McPherson                                         born March 1, 1846 (1846) added in brackets, same pen

Mary A. McPherson                                        born April 14, 1873

Jessie B. McPherson                                        born August 26, 1874

Maggie McPherson                                         born January 29, 1877

Cassie McPherson                                           born May (12), 1880  

Catherine MacPherson                                   born Oct 25, 1898

George MacPherson Crockett                        June 6, 1903

James Johnston Crockett                                June 24, 1905

Catherine Irene Cumming                              May 8, 1902

Harry Sutherland Cumming                           

Hiram Wilmot Cumming                                 Nov 14, 1906

Joyce Margaret MacDonald                           Dec 23, 1911

Lelia F. Purvis, Lelia Frances                           

Gladys Catherine Purvis

 

Deaths

William McPherson                                        Died July 26, 1872

James McPherson                                           Died March 2, 1874

William Ross                                                   Died Dec 30, 1883

Grandma Ross                                                 Died Wednesday 11 PM, Nov 8, 1896

Angus MacPherson                                         February 2, 4 am, 1901, 64 years old

Grandma MacPherson                                    February 2, at ½ past 10 am, 1901, 97 years old

Catherine MacPherson                                   April 3, 1922

Harry Sutherland Cumming                            Feby 1905 age 6 months 3 days

Cassie Cumming                                             Nov 4, 1930

Hiram Cumming                                             July 6, 1923

George W. MacPherson                                  April 21, 1931

Hiram Wilmot Cumming                                 1950

Irene Cumming MacLean                               Apr 5^th, 1956

James Johnson Crockett                                 Mary 7/57

John James MacDonald                                  Dec 6^th, 1956

Margaret MacPherson MacDonald                June 2, 1952

Ian Murray Crockett                                       Dec 26, 1957

Mary Anne MacPherson Crockett                  March 4, 1958