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Ancestry.com > Ontario, Canada Marriages, 1857-1924, Atkinson Conn, Birth Ireland, age 50, Est. birth abt 1820, father Meredith Conn, mother Catharine Conn, spouse name Martha Sherlock, spouse age 40, spouse est. birth year abt 1830, spouse birth place Ireland, spouse father Thomas Sherlock, spouse mother Martha Sherlock, marriage date 5 May 1870, marriage place Elgin, marriage county Elgin, family History library MS932_2. This record would further indicate Atkinson as of Sparta, Ontario and being a Widower when married to Martha Sherlock. Page 234 marriage record.