Scottish Presbyterian Church of Saint Andrew,
 in Montréal, Québec, Canada. c. 1860

On December 25, 1820, 194 years ago, my Third Great Grand parents James Howie & Jean Ross were married by Rev. Robert Easton in the Scottish Presbyterian Church of Saint Andrew, in Montréal, Québec, Canada. The United States had not yet formed. In fact Spain owned most of the South West which included Texas. They had immigrated from Scotland to the British Colony of Lower Canada, and were under the rule of King George III. James Monroe was the President of the United States, and the White House as we know it today had just been built after the British had burned it to the ground in 1814. Stores in New York City had just begun advertising Christmas Shopping for the very first time that December. Merry Christmas Everyone!

Marriage certificate of James Howie & Jean Ross 25 December 1820.