Kate’s notes: Although this marriage announcement appeared in the paper for Belfast, Northern Ireland, the marriage actually took place at Staten Island, New York. No doubt the news was published in the Belfast paper to benefit relatives still living in the home country.
    The original document is held at the Central Library, Belfast, N. I.

The Belfast News-Letter
Belfast, Northern Ireland
Saturday, 25 June, 1864

MARRIAGES.

M'Bride* and Gilliland - May 31, at Stapleton, Staten Island, New York, by the Rev. Thos. H.
Skinner, Mr. William M'Bride, late of Belfast, to Miss Annie Gilliland, of Stapleton.

*M’Bride = McBride

-transcription by Kate Maynard, 2013