McDonald & Provorse Families of Ontario & USA
Wellington McDonald married PhoebePROVORSE, not Provarse.
Three different Provorse family members who lived in Dereham Township, Oxford County, Ontario married people with the surname of McDonald.I personally find it hard to believe that all of those McDonald's came from different families!
John A. Provorse, b. abt 1812 in Upper Canada, married Melinda McDonald, b. abt 1817, Upper Canada.They were married 29 Nov 1835 in Bayham Twp., Elgin County, Canada West
Hiram Steven Provorse, b. 16 Dec 1814,m. Emily Minerva McDonald, b. 24 Aug 1821.They were 23 Nov 1838 in Houghton, Norfolk Cl, Canada West
Phoebe Provorse, b. Sep 1818, m. Wellington McDonald, b. 23 Jan 1815.They were married 23 Nov 1845 in Bayham Twp., Elgin Co., Canada West
It has been suggested that the parents of at least two of those McDonalds were Peter McDonald and Amanda Smith.To the best of my knowledge, this has never been proven however.
Since there are over 20 messages on this list that concern these families, I thought it might be good to post ALL of those marriages, and see if anyone has any information on the ancestry of those McDonald's.