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    Prior to the 20th century, the Family Bible was a staple in households and acted as the official place for a family's vital records. These books were often given as gifts to married couples or passed down through generations, allowing members to record their marriage, births of children, family deaths, ...

    As an added bonus, this family bible also contains a genealogy of the Patriarchs! Note Adam is listed first as 'created'.

    The Bible used by this family is a translation from the Latin Vulgate, a late-4th-century Latin translation of the Bible.

    The Holy Bible (Family Bible). Philadelphia: John E. Potter and Company. (Appropriation of Archbishop James F. Wood of Philadelphia).

    Pages for recording family births

    Pages for recording family stats - note the annotations by the owner

    The Holy Matrimony page in this Family bible is where the marriage of the family's Matriarch and Patriarch would have been recorded.

    Names and news clipping recorded under 'Deaths' in this family bible.

    As with this family bible, most will have space to record family marriages and deaths.

    Death entry in this family bible for one Catherine .McDonald, late of Glengarry since 1815.

    The marginal illustrations on this page reference love and marriage.

    A Devotional Family Bible with Practical and Experimental Reflections on Each Verse of the Old and New Testament, and Rich Marginal References. A 2 Vol set.

    The illustrations on these pages reference Birth and Death respectively.

   

    Cardinal McGuigan was pleased to help Miss Mitchell and provided her with a directory that included contact information for clergy in all districts. One reason the Cardinal may have been so accommodating is due to personal experience. In his introduction of Cardinal McGuigan at the 1946 Congress of the Catholic ...

    Chrism oil stock, used for anointing in Sacraments of Confirmation and Holy Orders. Stock of Sterling silver, makers mark, Benziger Bros. New York. c1875.

    Bronze plate of Bp. Francis V. Allen that had been used as a printer's plate.

    Silver Trowel presented to Abp. McGuigan on the occasion of the laying of the cornerstone for the new St. Michael's College, August 27, 1935 (A.W. Holmes, Architect; George A. Fuller Co. of Canada Ltd., General Contractor).

    Silver Trowel (tarnished) presented to Card. McGuigan on the occasion of the laying of the Dedication Stone of St. Joseph's High School, Bloor Street West, Etobicoke, May 31, 1947.