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Marriage Record for Walter Pownceby and Margaret Mac Kennon

Boston marriage certificate form recording Walter Pownceby and Margaret Mac Kennon of 1 Marble St, Boston, joined in marriage in Boston on 9 January 1901. The form also records their ages, occupations, birthplaces, parents' names, and the return by Rev. A. D. McKinnon.

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groom name
Walter Pownceby
bride name
Margaret Mac Kennon
marriage date
9 January 1901
marriage place
Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA
groom age
33
bride age
32
groom color as recorded
W
bride color as recorded
W
groom residence
1 Marble St, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA
bride residence
1 Marble St, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA
groom occupation
Electrician
bride occupation
Dressmaker
groom birthplace
London, England
bride birthplace as recorded
Pr. Edw. Isld.
groom father name
Edwin Pownceby
groom mother name as recorded
Constance Koziell
bride father name
Donald Mac Kennon
bride mother name
Elizabeth Jardine
groom marriage order
first
bride marriage order
first
notice of intention entry date
9 January 1901
city registrar
Edwin W. McElveen
registry stamp date
10 January 1901
officiant name
Rev. A. D. McKinnon
officiant residence
122 W Concord St, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA
officiant official station
Minister of the Gospel

Marriage

Marriage date
9 January 1901
Marriage place
Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA
Officiant Name
Rev. A. D. McKinnon

Groom

Groom Name
Walter Pownceby
Groom Age
33
Groom Residence
1 Marble St, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA
Groom Occupation
Electrician
Groom Mother Name As Recorded
Constance Koziell

Bride

Bride Name
Margaret Mac Kennon
Bride Age
32
Bride Residence
1 Marble St, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA
Bride Occupation
Dressmaker
Bride Birthplace As Recorded
Pr. Edw. Isld.

Other details

Groom Color As Recorded
W
Bride Color As Recorded
W
Groom Birthplace
London, England
Groom Father Name
Edwin Pownceby
Bride Father Name
Donald Mac Kennon
Bride Mother Name
Elizabeth Jardine
Groom Marriage Order
first
Bride Marriage Order
first
Notice Of Intention Entry Date
9 January 1901
City Registrar
Edwin W. McElveen
Registry Stamp Date
10 January 1901
Officiant Residence
122 W Concord St, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA
Officiant Official Station
Minister of the Gospel

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  • Manual transcription created from the cleaned repository PDF after automatic PDF text extraction failed.
  • The bride's birthplace is abbreviated in the form as "Pr. Edw. Isld.", likely Prince Edward Island, Canada.
  • The lower marriage-return section is partially obscured by bleed-through from the reverse side, but the officiant name, residence, and official station remain legible.
  • The bride's surname appears here as "Mac Kennon"; the 1902 Boston birth register for Donald Edwin Ponceby records the mother as Margaret McKinnon.

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Registry Department of the City of Boston
County of Suffolk, Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Certificate of Marriage

Manual transcription from the marriage certificate form:

Groom:
- Name: Walter Pownceby
- Residence: 1 Marble St, Boston
- Age: 33
- Color: W
- Occupation: Electrician
- Birthplace: London, England
- Father's name: Edwin Pownceby
- Mother's maiden name: Constance Koziell
- No. of marriage: first

Bride:
- Name: Margaret Mac Kennon
- Residence: 1 Marble St, Boston
- Age: 32
- Color: W
- Occupation: Dressmaker
- Birthplace: Pr. Edw. Isld.
- Father's name: Donald Mac Kennon
- Mother's maiden name: Elizabeth Jardine
- No. of marriage: first

City registrar certification:
- Notice of intention entered in the office on the ninth day of January 1901.
- Signed: Edwin W. McElveen, City Registrar.
- Registry stamp date: 10 January 1901.

Marriage return:
- The parties above-named were joined in marriage in Boston on 9 January 1901.
- Officiant: Rev. A. D. McKinnon.
- Residence: 122 W Concord St.
- Official station: Minister of the Gospel.

Notes:
- Manual transcription created from the cleaned repository PDF after automatic PDF text extraction failed.
- The bride's birthplace is abbreviated in the form as "Pr. Edw. Isld.", likely Prince Edward Island, Canada.
- The lower marriage-return section is partially obscured by bleed-through from the reverse side, but the officiant name, residence, and official station remain legible.
- The bride's surname appears here as "Mac Kennon"; the 1902 Boston birth register for Donald Edwin Ponceby records the mother as Margaret McKinnon.

Place

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county
Suffolk
place
Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA

Details

Record details

issuing office
Registry Department of the City of Boston
document sections
  • notice of intention entry
  • certificate of marriage return
pages
1
original download file
05_raw/pdfs/marriage-record-for-walter-pownceby-and-margaret-mac-kennon-original-with-citation.pdf

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  • Source remains proposed pending review.
  • Printed citation page removed from repository PDF; original download preserved as 05_raw/pdfs/marriage-record-for-walter-pownceby-and-margaret-mac-kennon-original-with-citation.pdf.
  • This image-backed marriage certificate is stronger evidence for the 9 January 1901 marriage than the corresponding register index entry alone.
  • The names Walter Pownceby and Margaret Mac Kennon are consistent with the parents named in the 1902 Boston birth register entry for Donald Edwin Ponceby, but no canonical person records were added or updated in this ingest.
  • No normalized marriage event was added yet because the repo does not currently have canonical person records for Walter Pownceby or Margaret Mac Kennon.
  • Transcript-22.pdf and Transcript-24.pdf were checked on 22 April 2026 and match this same FamilySearch image/citation; no duplicate source record was created.

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Possibility Margaret Mac Kennon / Margaret Ann McKinnon
Place Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA, Suffolk

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Marriage Record for Walter Pownceby and Margaret Mac Kennon; FamilySearch; Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States records; image group 004280573; image 139 of 1025; Boston (Massachusetts). City Registrar.; accessed 10 April 2026.