Marriage Certificate of our Great Grandparents - Grant

This marriage certificate was provided by our dear cousin Lionel Lauzon.  Thank you again Lionel.  It is the marriage certificate of our Grant Great Grandparents.  Should I keep adding, "Great Great to some"?  


If you have lived in Glengarry long enough you will know that everyone had/has a nickname, hence our Great Grandfather was "Sandy", but his name is "John Alex Grant" on the certificate.  


Here are the details of the marriage certificate:
https://www.familysearch.org/search/recordDetails/show?uri=https://api.familysearch.org/records/pal:/MM9.1.r/1SN7-GMM/p1


Notice the "McDonald" and "McGillis" lineage of our Great Great Grandparents.

Ontario Marriages, 1869-1927 for John Alex Grant

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name:	John Alex Grant
event:	MARRIAGE
event date:	09 Dec 1871
event place:	Lancaster, Stormont, Ontario
age:	22
estimated birth year:	1849
father:	Arch Grant
mother:	Isabella Mcgillis
spouse:	Isabella Mcdonald
spouse's age:	25
spouse's estimated birth year:	1846
spouse's father:	Charles Mcdonald
spouse's mother:	Mary Mcgillis
registration number:
film number:	1862694
digital folder number:	4529099
image number:	00158

Granddaughter's Visit Grandparents Grave

My sister, Betty Lee, and I had a chance to visit our Grandparent's grave in St. Andrews, West, Ontario in April 2011.  These were our father's parents.  

In this video my sister fondly recalls our Grandmother, Lillian (nee Phillips, born in Cockermouth, Cumbria, England). Our Grandfather died very young.  James Leonard died of a massive heart-attack, although he had sustained a severe head injury during WWI.  Our father referred to his father as, "Number 1 on the gun" (in reference to WWI).

We had a great day remembering our relatives; the people who have influenced our lives directly and indirectly.

Warm regards,

Family, MacDonell

St. Andrews West Cemetery in St. Andrews West, Ontario is the final resting place of James L. and Lillian F. MacDonell (nee Phillips), parents of Colbourne MacDonell (Colborne on his birth certificate, but he perferred the "u").  You should be able to locate the grave site with this video.