Affidavit required by Section 22 of The Marriage Act before License is granted.
I, Arthur Foster Chapman of the City of St. Thomas in the County of Elgin in the Province of Ontario Shoemaker make oath and say as follows:
That, for the space of fifteen days immediately preceding the issuance of this license, I Arthur Foster Chapman have had my usual place of abode within the Province of Ontario;
That I believe there is no affinity, consanguinity, prior marriage or other lawful cause or legal impediment to bar or hinder the solemnization of the marriage; and
That the contents set forth herein are to the best of my knowledge, information and belief, true in every particular:
Names in full | Arthur Foster Chapman | Gladys Constance Taylor |
Occupation | Shoemaker | Domestic |
Age | 22 - Twenty-two | 18 - Eighteen |
Condition in Life | Bachelor | Spinster |
Religious Denomination | Baptist | Baptist |
Residence when Married | 37 Chester St St. Thomas | 130 Centre St St. Thomas |
Place of Birth | St. Thomas | Wales |
Intended Place of Marriage | City of St Thomas in the County of Elgin |
Sworn before me at the City of St. Thomas in the County of Elgin this second day of June 1934
Leeta A. Penhale (Deputy) Issuer of Marriage Licenses at St. Thomas, Ont
I Certify that I solemnized the marriage of:-
Bridegroom Arthur Foster Chapman and
Bride Gladys Constance Taylor
Witness Albert Ostland
Address Yarmouth ??, Elgin Co
Witness Oliva Taylor [Probably Gladys's Sister] Ostland
Address 5 Alma St St Thomas
in the City of St Thomas in the
County of Elgin Province of Ontario
on the 23rd. day of June 1934
Name of Bridegroom's Father
John Edward Chapman
Maiden Name of Bridegroom's Mother
Eliza Ann Foster
Name of Bride's Father Francis Taylor
Maiden Name of Bride's Mother Lily Langley
Source: Archives of Ontario; Registration of Marriages 1933-1934
Source: Ancestry and Genealogical Research Library (Brampton, Ontario,
Canada). Ontario, Canada, Marriages, 1826-1938